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  1. Steel (28384 bytes)
    28: ...into tools in pre-contact [[North America]]. Beginning around the year [[1000]], the [[Thule]] people...
    32: ...Swedish Iron Age, found at Gotland, Sweden.]] Beginning between [[3000 BC]] to [[2000 BC]] increasing ...
    36: ...nt theory is that warfare and mass migrations beginning around 1200 BC disrupted the regional tin trad...
    40: ...l fire for prolonged periods of time. By the beginning of the iron age, smiths had discovered that ir...
    60: ...increasing the height of the flue to as tall as 5 meters (16 feet) and smelting as much as 350 kg (750 lb...
  2. Turkmenistan (10788 bytes)
    28: ...area|Ranked 51st]]<br/>&nbsp;488,100 [[square kilometer|km&sup2;]]<br/>&nbsp;Negligible
    60: Separated from [[Persia]] and annexed by [[Russia]] between [[1865]] and [[1885]], ...
    66: ... a very short person, barely taller than 150 centimeters (5 feet).
    82: | [[Image:TurkmenistanNumbered.png|150px|left|]]
    88: ...e]], along the southwestern border, reaches 2,912 meters. The Balkan Mountains in the far west and the Ku...
  3. Mummy (16225 bytes)
    67: ...he [[Eastern Han Dynasty]] (25-220 AD), was 1.8 [[meter]]s (nearly six feet) tall and might have died at ...
    69: ...'s [[Silk Road]] in [[Xinjiang]], about 200 [[kilometers]] east of Yingpan.
    104: * [[Nesperennub]]
  4. St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
    4: ...distinction belongs to the [[Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano]]. However, due to the proximity of...
    8: ...in this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians.
    17: ...]] and [[1667]], in the center of which is a 25.5 meter tall obelisk. The [[obelisk]] was moved to its pr...
    22: ...) across. It is not simply its vast scale (136.57 meters from from the floor of the church to the top of ...
    24: ... by Donato Bramante at the outset in 1503, was planned to be carried out with a single masonry shell, ...
  5. Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
    3: ...s, with a diameter of 3.7 meters (11 ft). The 190 meter (625 ft) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. ...
    19: ...ient Roman units of measurement|Roman feet]]; beginning slightly above the bottom of the base, the hel...
    61: ...across the bands of images— just as, on the Colonne Vendôme, Napoleon's figure can be picked up, sc...
  6. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
    26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter
    36: ...;]], (1711-1787) &mdash; [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
    41: ...England &mdash; [[lawnmower]] and [[adjustable spanner]]
    66: *[[W.K. Dickson|William Kennedy Laurie Dickson]], motion picture camera
  7. Pioneer 11 (5118 bytes)
    5: ...ium-gain antenna. A low-gain, omnidirectional antenna is mounted below the high-gain dish. The spacecr...
    7: ...nfrared radiometer]], and an [[imaging photopolarimeter]], which produced [[photograph]]s and measured th...
    24: * [[Unmanned space missions]]
  8. Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
    16: ...ght from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bolometer|bolometric]] [[albedo]] is approximately 60%, and...
    23: ... It is not known why Venus is different in this manner, although it may be the result of a collision w...
    25: ... no impact crater smaller than about 3.2 km in diameter can form.
    31: ... veil no mortal raised), first observed by [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] in [[1672]]. Sporadic sightin...
    36: ...enus (which the early Babylonians called ''Nindaranna''). The ancient [[Sumeria]]ns and Babylonians ca...
  9. Sundial (16148 bytes)
    89: ...to measure angles to geographic features. Large (meter-sized) diptychs may have been used for [[navigati...
    99: == Precision sundials (heliochronometers) ==
    101: A precision sundial, called a '''heliochronometer''',
    105: Heliochronometers usually indicate the minutes to within 1 minute ...
    109: The classic shape for a heliochronometer is an ''equatorial bow sundial''.
  10. Mammal (11782 bytes)
    57: *[[Fennec Fox]]
    164: ...vidence of mammalian evolution from reptilian beginnings: from a single ear bone, and several lower ja...
    181: ...s]] around 130 million years old, one more than a meter in length, the other having remains of a baby din...
    204: ...te and progress concerning the theoretical underpinnings of systematization itself, partly through the...
  11. Lightning (33113 bytes)
    6: ... The electricity passing through the discharge channels rapidly heats and expands the air, producing l...
    24: ...forced to flow in opposite directions (stepped channels called [[Step leader|step leaders]]). The con...
    26: ...led a [[positive streamer]], and can eventually connect to the descending discharge from the cloud.
    33: ...en the discharge rapidly superheats the leader channel, causing a [[shock wave]] to be sent out.
    35: ...path. Photographs have been taken on which non-connected streamers are visible [http://www.erh.noaa.g...
  12. Atmospheric pressure (6841 bytes)
    18: ...ts on radio, television, and newspapers. When barometers in the home are set to match the local weather r...
    22: ...making this reduction differs slightly. See [[altimeter]].
    24: ...metric altimeter setting which will cause the altimeter to read altitude above mean sea level in the vici...
    26: ...ometric altimeter setting which will cause an altimeter to read height above a particular runway threshol...
    41: ...c pressure is often measured with a mercury [[barometer]], and a height of approximately 30 inches of mer...
  13. Cambodia (32076 bytes)
    79: ...ellectuals, detractors of Marxism, and some just innocent civilians. Millions fled across to neighbour...
    85: ...n present day Cambodia appeared in the [[1st millennium]] AD. During the 300s, 400s, and 500s AD, the ...
    122: ...ustion, the regime killed anyone suspected with connections with either the defeated Khmer Republic go...
    169: ...etnam]] on the east and southeast. It has 443 kilometers of coastline along the [[Gulf of Thailand]].
    171: ... the [[Dangrek Mountains]] (average elevation 500 meters) along the border with Thailand's [[Isan]] regio...
  14. Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
    23: ... the tail) and dorsal fin are formed of dense [[connective tissue]] and don't contain bones or muscle....
    40: ...y will employ "fish wacking" whereby a fish is stunned (and sometimes thrown out of the water) with th...
    43: ...yes, but most sound waves are transmitted to the inner ear through the lower jaw. As the object of int...
    59: ...hich may be male). A single calf is born, about 1 meter (3 feet) long at birth.
  15. Tsunami (29462 bytes)
    2: ...sunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
    4: ...lometres long), which is why they generally pass unnoticed at sea, forming only a passing "hump" in th...
    24: ...nce as the wave travels, so the energy per linear meter in the wave decreases as the inverse power of the...
    28: ...n less than one metre. This is often practically unnoticeable to people on ships. The energy of a tsun...
    45: Tsunamis cannot be prevented or precisely predicted, but there ...
  16. Long-distance track event (2855 bytes)
    1: ...trained consistently for over 10 weeks prior to running the race.
    5: ===3,000 meter steeplechase===
    7: ...rength, stamina and agility than the flat [[3,000 meter]] event. The world record for men is:
    15: ===5,000 meters===
    17: ...ch an event may comprise of a total of 60-200 kilometers a week. The world record for men:
  17. Forbidden City (7592 bytes)
    3:
    14: ...specifically designed to withstand attacks by [[cannon]]s.
    16: ...;&#21644;&#38272;). The northern section, or the Inner Court, was where the Emperor worked and lived w...
  18. Palermo (10618 bytes)
    12: ... seen in the Palatine Chapel, the church San Giovanni degli Eremiti and the Zisa. [http://sights.seind...
    18: The Italian ''[[Risorgimento]]'' and Sicily's annexation ([[1860]]) to the [[House of Savoy|kingdom...
    30: ...problems, but is also a city of almost three millennia of history, beautiful palaces and churches, col...
    42: ...ian (astronomy)|la Meridiana]] '' on the floor, running precisely N/S. The ends of the line mark the ...
    47: ...degrees of preservation. Close to the city is 600 meter high Monte Pellegrino, with spectacular views of ...
  19. Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
    26: |'''Diameter'''||2.4 m
    34: |'''[[NICMOS]]'''||camera/spectrometer
    40: |'''[[STIS]]'''||spectrometer/camera (failed)
    45: ...ion in 1993, the telescope was restored to its planned quality, and became a vital research tool as we...
    54: ...or a telescope with a [[mirror]] 2.5&nbsp;m in diameter. The second major advantage would be that a spac...
  20. Alfalfa (6719 bytes)
    18: ...Fabaceae]], the [[pea]] family) is a genus of perennial flowering [[plant]], ''Medicago'', most common...
    20: ... deep [[root]] system sometimes stretching to 4.5 meters. This makes it very resilient, especially to dro...
    24: Its wide cultivation beginning in the seventeenth century was an important ad...
    39: ...es a year. Total yields are typically around 1 tonne/hectare (4 ton/acre) but vary regionally and wit...
    47: ... Ideally, the hay is cut just as the field is beginning to flower. When using farm equipment rather th...
  21. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    62: ...table land speculation, city leaders banned all cemeteries within the city. Burials moved to the undevelo...
    64: ...ety across the Bay saved thousands. With the centennial of the disaster approaching, a city supervisor...
    66: ... the rising value of real estate, all remaining cemeteries in the city were evicted to south of the city ...
    77: ...dition]] and [[Japantown]] neighborhoods. His planning led to the creation of [[Embarcadero Center]],...
    93: ...ing backlash resulted in a progressive majority winning control of the Board of Supervisors in the [[2...
  22. Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
    27: ...d geography of Mesoamerica, the extent of site planning appears to have been minimal; their cities hav...
    29: ...ter wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew by connecting great plazas with the numerous platforms th...
    41: ...he case of terraces and smaller structures, to 45 meters in the case of great temples and pyramids. A fl...
    48: ...y limestone platforms of typically less than four meters in height where public ceremonies and religious ...
    117: ... different systems persist today: raised fields connected by canals can be seen on aerial photographs,...
  23. Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
    6: ...o a [[generator]] (merely the electric motor(s) running in generator mode[[electric motor|Electric mot...
    14: ...arine]]s, which operate in essentially the same manner as hybrid electric cars. However, in this case...
    20: ... their European diesel engines to Toyota. Toyota announced model year [[2005]] hybrid versions of the ...
    22: ...will be built in Kentucky, USA. Also, [[Nissan]] announced the release of the [[Nissan Altima|Altima]]...
    55: ...ry) in cold regions. In 2004 Railpower had been running pilots in the US with the so called Green Goat...
  24. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
    6: Röntgen was born in [[Lennep]] (now a part of [[Remscheid]]), Germany, to a ...
    12: ...United States (in [[Iowa]]) and at one time he planned to emigrate. Although he accepted an appointme...
    16: ...tubes. By late 1895 these investigators were beginning to explore the properties of [[cathode ray]]s ...
    18: ...öntgen noticed a faint shimmering from a bench a meter away from the tube. To be sure, he tried several...
    22: ...misrepresents his investigative powers; he had planned to use the screen in the next step of his exper...
  25. Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
    22: ..., although a portion of the city (the [[1909]] [[annex]]) is located in [[DeKalb County, Georgia|DeKal...
    24: ...vement]] and served as the host city for the Centennial [[1996 Summer Olympics]].
    28: ... the suburbs OTP (Outside the Perimeter). The Perimeter is Atlanta's equivalent to the [[Capital Beltway]...
    33: ...Georgia|Athens]]. The terminus was originally planned for [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]], but its citiz...
    45: ...media and from presidential candidate [[John F. Kennedy]]. Despite this incident, Atlanta's political ...
  26. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
    23: area = 1,608.8 [[square kilometer|km&sup2;]] (621.2 [[square mile|mi&sup2;]]) |
    36: ...the city has a total area of 1,608.8 [[square kilometer|km&sup2;]] (621.2 [[square mile|mi&sup2;]]). 1,57...
    67: ...aries such as mountains or oceans, Oklahoma City annexed huge swaths of land in the 1960s, leading to ...
    73: ...s World Airport, [[U.S. 77 Broadway Extension]] connects Central Oklahoma City to Edmond, and [[Inters...
    90: ...d best arts festival in the nation, (April), the annual [http://www.downtownokc.com Downtown Salute] (...
  27. Molecular nanotechnology (10344 bytes)
    10: ...Nano prefix for the number of subdivisions of a [[meter]]. Such a product is likely to have around a sex...
    39: ...PAO would used the principle of phased-array millimeter technology but at optical wavelengths. This woul...
    55: ...velopment of nanotechnology. These include the banning of free-foraging self-replicating pseudo-organ...
  28. Allemande (1374 bytes)
    3: ...ke [[Johann Jakob Froberger|Froberger]] and [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] followed suit in their alle...
    7: ...came to be used for a new type of dance in triple meter; [[Carl Maria von Weber|Weber's]] ''Douze alleman...
  29. Guitar (36953 bytes)
    15: ...itar. Excavated in Susa, [[Iran]]. Dated 3rd Millennium BC.]]
    65: ...t consist of passive components such as [[potentiometer]]s and [[capacitors]], but may also include speci...
    68: ...ow the string vibrations to resonate. Trying to connect two thin pieces of wood at a 90 degree angle i...
    85: ...e diameter the ''heavier'' the string is (with thinner strings being ''lighter''). Heavier strings req...
    121: ...ed guitar is not a loud instrument, that is, it cannot compete with other instruments commonly found i...
  30. Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
    1: ...vels of [[mathematics]] and construction which spanned several terraced stories and were topped with a...
    11: ...tures. The final stage consisted of a 15 [[metre|meter]] hardened [[brick]] encasement constructed by [[...
    15: ...f ziggurats date from the end of the third [[millennium]] BC and the latest date from the 6th century ...
    21: ...ge:Lib.jpg|left|thumb|<center>The University of Tennessee Hodges Library.</center>]][[Image:Sacramento...
    23: ...ennessee]] central library, in [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]]. Another would be the ''ziggurat by the ri...
  31. Wombat (7860 bytes)
    17: ...rt-legged and muscular [[bear]] approximately 1 [[meter]] in length, and with a mere nubbin of a [[tail]]...
    21: ...et to any enemy who follows the wombat into its tunnel.
  32. Literature (25676 bytes)
    21: ... and they may or may not utilise [[rhyme]]. One cannot readily characterise [[poetry]] precisely. Typi...
    23: ...ic of Gilgamesh]]'' (dated from around [[4th millennium BC|3000 B.C.]]), parts of the [[Bible]], and t...
    25: ...], the [[limerick (poetry)|limerick]], or the [[sonnet]], for example. A haiku must have seventeen syl...
    27: ...lton|Milton]], consists of unrhymed [[iambic pentameter]]s. Some languages prefer longer lines; some shor...
    53: ...not mark the distinction precisely, and perhaps cannot do so. Note the classifications:
  33. Ur (11926 bytes)
    3: ...iggurat is a temple of [[Nanna (Sumerian deity)|Nanna]], a [[deity]] in [[Sumerian mythology]], and ha...
    9: ...ing. Ur by this time was considered sacred to [[Nanna]], the [[moon]] [[god]] in [[Sumerian mythology]...
    11: ... by the king [[Mesannepada]] (or Mesanepada, Mes-Anni-Padda).
    17: ...his event. Later [[Babylon]] captured the city. Nanna was known to the Babylonians as ''Sin''. The Bab...
    26: ...ubilees]]'' states that Ur was founded in 1687 ''Anno Mundi'' (year of the world) by 'Ur son of Kesed,...
  34. Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
    7: ...n]], was deep within the area which Allied war planners expected to be overrun by the [[Soviet]] army ...
    11: ...tion was a key factor in the decision to make [[Bonn]] the capital of West Germany in preference to ei...
    21: ...ain candidate for its location was around the perimeter of the city. Besides, America had been caught of...
    23: ...ade polite protests, at length, via "the usual channels", but without fervour, even though it was a vi...
    27: ...with 1362 officers and men each. On 16 August, Kennedy had given the order for them to be reinforced....
  35. Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
    12: ...a tidy schema which equates deity and role in a manner that is quite unfamiliar to the colloquial lite...
    43: ...]], [[Rudianos]], [[Sabrina]], [[Segomo]], [[Sequanna]], [[Sirona]], [[Smertios]], [[Sucellos]], [[Sul...
    47: ...[Lir]], [[Luchtaine]], [[Lugh]], [[Macha]], [[Manannan mac Lir]], [[Miach]], [[Midir]], [[Mog Ruith]],...
    51: ...[[Emer]], [[Ferdiad]], [[Fergus mac Roich]], [[Fionn mac Cumhail]], [[Lughaid Stronghand]], [[Oisin]],...
    55: ...n]], [[Penarddun]], [[Pryderi]], [[Pwyll]], [[Rhiannon]], [[Taliesin]], [[Twm Shon Catti]]
  36. Sword (24928 bytes)
    10: ...blades became possible, from the early [[2nd millennium BC]]. The hilt at first simply allowed a firm ...
    34: ...d [[1300]], in concert with improved [[armour]], innovative sword designs evolved more and more rapidl...
    36: ...ver increasing sword sizes (mostly due to the beginning of the decline of plate armor and the advent o...
    44: .... The [[France|French]] [[martial art]] ''[[la canne]]'' developed to fight with canes and swordstick...
    61: ...allowing it to retain its strength, in the same manner as an [[Beam (structure)|"I" beam]] in construc...
  37. Trebuchet (7499 bytes)
    14: ... is released, the arm pulls the sling out of a channel in the base of the frame. When the ball moves ...
    19: ...ts from side-to-side can be made by moving the channel in which the missile and sling slide in the bas...
    37: ... example, the [[Punkin Chunkin]] competition, an annual competition to throw pumpkins for distance, ha...
    39: ... competitors build a small trebuchet (maximum one meter square footprint, 75cm high) and fire projectiles...
  38. Longship (3972 bytes)
    5: ...w design allowed navigation in waters of just 1 [[meter]] depth, a rapid deployment on sandy shores in ca...
    34: ...tage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center in Moorhead, Minnesota]
    37: ... in Festschrift Untermann, ed Heidermans et al., Innsbruck, 1993.
  39. Troy (22846 bytes)
    7: ...[Germany|German]] archeologist [[Heinrich Schliemann]] excavated the area. Later excavations revealed ...
    24: ...f Scamander, some 3000 years ago, were some 5 kilometers further inland, pouring into a bay that has sinc...
    30: ...een the location of Troy as identified by Schliemann (and other locations such as the Greek camp), the...
    36: ...&ndash; Troy IV: early [[Bronze Age]] ([[3rd millennium BC]])
    50: The first city was founded in the [[3rd millennium BC]]. During the Bronze Age, the site seems to...
  40. Ernest Shackleton (9537 bytes)
    21: ...ons, food was foolishly in short supply; the personnel on long treks were usually underfed by any sens...
    36: ...]] to seek help. This remarkable journey in a 6.7 meter boat (the ''[[James Caird (boat)|James Caird]]'')...
    60: ...irected by [[Charles Sturridge]] and starring [[Kenneth Branagh]] as the explorer. The same story is ...
  41. Easter (31700 bytes)
    6: ... [[fertility goddess]] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of this ferti...
    101: ...of Rome. Under him Easter was established as an annual festival. The celebration was to be "the Sund...
    105: ...cial holiday throughout the Christian year is an innovation postdating the early church. The ecclesias...
    107: ...was not immediately opposed to the observance of annual holidays. As the far more common worldwide nam...
    117: ...aditionally Orthodox Christian majority. Easter-connected social customs are native and rich. Christma...
  42. Cadmium (10755 bytes)
    190: ...e on Weights and Measures]] redefined the [[metre|meter]] in terms of a red cadmium spectral line (1m = 1...
  43. Gold (24329 bytes)
    158: ...gram]] can be beaten into a sheet of one [[square meter]], or an [[ounce]] into 300 [[square foot|square ...
    170: ...cal connectors to ensure a good, low-resistance connection.
    177: ...ing biological material to be viewed under a [[scanning electron microscope]].
    178: ... [[Nobel Prize]], award a gold [[medal]] to the winner (with [[silver]] to the second-place finisher, ...
    186: ...cribe gold, whose king [[Tushratta]] of the [[Mitanni]] claimed was as "common as dust" in Egypt. Egyp...
  44. Helium (36603 bytes)
    132: ... easily but through which non-superfluid helium cannot pass. If the interior of the container is heat...
    134: ...r. So when heat is introduced, it will move at 20 meters per second at 1.8 K through helium II as waves i...
    146: ...m and oxygen, is also used in this way. Below 600 meters (2000 ft) a mixture of hydrogen, helium, and oxy...
    152: ...[rocket]]s (see below) and in supersonic [[wind tunnel]]s.
    168: ...ium to a similar amount of cooling as Kamerlingh Onnes but at 25 standard atmospheres of pressure.
  45. Molybdenum (10247 bytes)
    196: ...] recommended exposure limit is 5000 mg per cubic meter.
  46. Neon (6321 bytes)
    45: * wave meter tubes,
  47. Asian Elephant (3677 bytes)
    12: ...= Elephas maximus | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
    15: ...phants tend to grow to around two to four [[metre|meter]]s (7-12 [[foot|feet]]) in height and 3,000-5,000...
  48. Plankton (2900 bytes)
    3: ... forms of plankton can move several hundreds of [[meter]]s vertically in a single day (a behavior called ...
    29: ...f larger animals, such as fish, crustaceans, and annelids, are included here.
  49. Mandrill (3466 bytes)
    17: ... about half as much. They grow to be about half a meter long (20 inches) and can survive up to 25 years i...
  50. Water dragon (1570 bytes)
    14: ... of that species will measure about three feet (1 meter) total length and thus requires a fairly large en...
  51. Torosaurus (1521 bytes)
    21: ...rs) in length &mdash; at least until a 10 foot (3 meter) skull of a ''[[Pentaceratops]]'' was discovered.
    23: ...and weighed 8 to 9 [[short ton|ton]]s (7 to 8 [[tonne]]s).
  52. Stegosaurus (3704 bytes)
    29: ...]s) in mass, though most species never exceeded 7 meters (23 feet), and about 2,000 kg (2 short tons).
    31: ... E-1 m|60 centimeter]]s (2 feet) wide and 60 centimeters tall. The arrangement of the plates has long bee...
    33: ... with their ears. The plates have blood vessels running through grooves. Wind flowing around the plate...
    37: ...ed close to the ground, probably no higher than 1 meter (3 feet).
  53. Magnet (13875 bytes)
    68: ...ontact an individuals financial institution and connect with their account(s).
    78: ... between two devices that are electrically ''disconnected'' via magnetic coupling.
    94: ...e materials have a very high coercive field and cannot be demagnetized with other permanent magnets.
    116: ...g medium (SI unit: [[tesla (unit)|tesla]] [[metre|meter]] per [[ampere]])
    117: :r is the separation (SI unit: meter).
  54. Olympic Games (40925 bytes)
    1: ...ight|For months before the '''Olympic Games''', runners relay the [[Olympic Flame]] from [[Olympia, Gr...
    15: ...d the celebration was spread over several days. Winners of the events were broadly admired and were im...
    19: ...ion of the achievements of the human body. Upon winning the games, the victor would get not only the p...
    27: ...890]] he attended the [[Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games|Wenlock Olympian Society]]. Coubertin al...
    29: In a congress at the [[Sorbonne]] University, in [[Paris]], held from [[June 16]...
  55. Exposure (photography) (2778 bytes)
    5: ...ed of 1/125th of a second. This is called the [[sunny f/16 rule]].
    7: ...xample, the photographer may prefer to make his sunny-16 shot at an aperture of f/5.6 (to obtain a sha...
    14: ...meters interepreted by a built-in computer, see [[metering mode]].
  56. List of U.S. states by elevation (16995 bytes)
    8: All units shown below are in [[metre|meter]]s.
    10: ...st point in the US is [[Mount McKinley]] at 6,194 meters (20,321 feet).
    11: ...est point in the US is in [[Death Valley]] at -86 meters (-282 feet) which is below [[sea level]].
    54: | [[Connecticut]]
    150: | [[Minnesota]]
  57. Aspects of music (7529 bytes)
    12: ... [[pulse]], [[beat]], rhythm, rhythmic density, [[meter]], [[tempo]] (ibid).
    17: ...al composer or group, period, genre, region, or manner of performance (ibid).
    25: ...' in fact is not 'music' but a wider affective channel that is closer to the karimojong mode of expres...
    38: **Gourlay, Kenneth (1984).
  58. Africanized Bee (13350 bytes)
    19: ...spread north at a rate of almost [[1 E3 m|two kilometers (about one mile)]] a day. In tropical climates t...
    46: ...upport a queen and in particular incapable of beginning a new colony. For this behavior to have surviv...
    49: ...fensive; some are quite gentle, which gives a beginning point for beekeepers to breed a gentler stock....
    66: ... a small number of sentry bees patrolling the perimeter of the hive's territory. In some if not most case...
    73: === Water meter chambers ===
  59. Asian Elephants (3912 bytes)
    12: ...= Elephas maximus | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
    15: ...phants tend to grow to around two to four [[metre|meter]]s (7-12 [[foot|feet]]) in height and 3,000-5,000...
  60. Gerenuks (997 bytes)
    15: 52 kilograms and stand over 1 meter in shoulder height. During mating season, the mal...
  61. Mandrills (3466 bytes)
    17: ... about half as much. They grow to be about half a meter long (20 inches) and can survive up to 25 years i...
  62. Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (9097 bytes)
    13: ...mbatus''''' {{Taxobox authority | author = [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|É. Geoffroy]] | date = 1...
    20: ...-legged and muscular [[bear]] approximately one [[meter]] in length, and with a mere nubbin of a [[tail]]...
    24: ...et to any enemy who follows the wombat into its tunnel.
    51: ..., feisty young wombat, lost far from home after tunnelling into unknown magic.
  63. Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins (8143 bytes)
    7: ...Taxobox authority | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1758}}
    17: ...tom is called the [[plastron]], and the two are connected by a bridge.
    19: ...e]]s ([[forest]] and [[jungle]] species) to two [[meter]]s (the [[leatherback turtle]] and the [[Galapago...
    71: ...[[Kansas]]. It is ironic that turtles have been banned as classroom [[pet]]s in Kansas and many other ...
    80: *In [[1996]], [[Harry Connick, Jr.]] released an album called "Star Turtle."
  64. Water Dragons (1773 bytes)
    17: ... of that species will measure about three feet (1 meter) total length and thus requires a fairly large en...
  65. Wombats (7860 bytes)
    17: ...rt-legged and muscular [[bear]] approximately 1 [[meter]] in length, and with a mere nubbin of a [[tail]]...
    21: ...et to any enemy who follows the wombat into its tunnel.
  66. Mari, Syria (5848 bytes)
    2: ...ought to have been inhabited since the [[5th_millennium_BCE]], although it flourished from [[2900 BC|2...
    6: ...erly outpost of Sumerian culture". Since the beginning of excavations, over 25,000 clay tables in [[A...
    8: ...od 1939-1951). Less than half of the 1000 by 600 meter area of Mari has been uncovered as of 2005. Alth...
    11: ...pg|thumb|A small statue representing a third millennium BCE ruler of Mari]]
    12: ... of the city was during the third and second millennia BCE. The inhabitants of Mari were a Semitic pe...
  67. Potter's wheel (2116 bytes)
    7: ...ested dates range from as early as the [[6th millennium BC]] to the as late as the [[24th century BC]]...
    13: ...with a turntable about a meter above the floor, connected by a long [[axle]] to a heavy lower wheel on...
  68. Maya (24836 bytes)
    27: ...d geography of Mesoamerica, the extent of site planning appears to have been minimal; their cities hav...
    29: ...ter wells, or ''[[cenotes]]'', the city grew by connecting great plazas with the numerous platforms th...
    41: ...he case of terraces and smaller structures, to 45 meters in the case of great temples and pyramids. A fl...
    48: ...y limestone platforms of typically less than four meters in height where public ceremonies and religious ...
    117: ... different systems persist today: raised fields connected by canals can be seen on aerial photographs,...
  69. Kalakmul (3483 bytes)
    15: ...dense core of 22 square kilometers. Calakmul's 45 meter pyramid "Structure 2" is the largest [[Classic Er...
  70. Handball (6138 bytes)
    7: ...also a dashed near-semicircular line that is nine meters away from the goal.
    9: ... at the goal, with only one attacker on the seven-meter line and the defending goalkeeper involved.
    15: ...he tie-break is an individual shootout from the 7-meter line.
    17: ...e-meter penalty to the attacking team, or a seven-meter penalty. In more extreme cases, they give the def...
    21: ...ne of the players cruises outside the 9 meter perimeter, usually targeting the center forwards; and the l...
  71. Lepospondyli (3903 bytes)
    21: ...the biggest genus, ''[[Diplocaulus]]'', reached a meter in length, but most were much smaller), and it ca...
  72. Gerenuk (1245 bytes)
    15: 52 kilograms and stand over 1 meter in shoulder height. During mating season, the mal...
  73. Acrocanthosaurus (1730 bytes)
    13: ...is | author = [[J. Willis Stovall|Stovall]] & [[Wann Langston|Langston]] | date = [[1950]]}}
    16: ...t 40 [[feet]] (12 [[meter]]s) long and 13 feet (4 meters) tall.
    18: ...both for its size and for the low row of spines running along its back. The function of these spines r...
    20: It was named by J. Willis Stovall and Wann Langston, Jr. in [[1950]]. The name means "high s...
  74. Adasaurus (1845 bytes)
    17: ...the [[Dinosaur#Feathered_dinosaurs_and_the_bird_connection|present debate]] concerning dinosaurs and b...
    19: ...oot|feet]] (two [[meter]]s) long and two feet (.7 meters) tall, normally about he size of a large dog , A...
  75. Amygdalodon (1504 bytes)
    18: ...dalodon'' was 15 [[meter]]s (50 [[feet]]) long, 4 meters (12 feet) tall. It was very large, weighing as ...
  76. Ankylosaurus (3822 bytes)
    21: ...ere 1.8 meters (6 feet) wide, there were only 1.2 meters (4 feet) tall. Its legs were short, with the rea...
    31: ... made more difficult by the row of short spikes running down their sides.
  77. Anserimimus (1292 bytes)
    21: ...eton]] found without a [[skull]]. It is about 3 [[meter]]s in length and weighs up to 62 [[kilograms]]. ...
  78. Ornithopod (3077 bytes)
    30: ...t over, they became semi-[[quadruped]]al; still running on two legs, and comfortable reaching up into ...
    32: ...'' and ''[[Shantungosaurus]]'', never exceeded 15 meters (50 feet).
  79. Ornithopoda (3077 bytes)
    30: ...t over, they became semi-[[quadruped]]al; still running on two legs, and comfortable reaching up into ...
    32: ...'' and ''[[Shantungosaurus]]'', never exceeded 15 meters (50 feet).
  80. Solar power (20128 bytes)
    3: ...erally accepted standard is 1020 watts per square meter at sea level.
    68: ...collectors were originally developed for use in sunny, warm climates. Benefits from this kind of colle...
    78: ...sists of a 300 liters tank and 2 panels (2 square meters each).
    84: These systems can save up to 4.5 tonnes per annum of gas emissions. So, in order to achieve the a...
    92: ...motely, by means of the data logger and a modem-connection.
  81. Wind power (27669 bytes)
    17: ... be extracted by having it act on moving wings, connected to a '''rotor''', which converts some of tha...
    19: ...). An 8 m/s breeze blowing through a 100 meter diameter rotor would move about 76,000 kilograms of air pe...
    26: .... Energy is the Betz limit through a 100 meter diameter circle facing directly into the wind. Total energ...
    32: ...factor. A well-sited wind generator will have an annual load factor of as much as 35%. When comparing ...
    36: ... parks, though it has great accuracy limitations. Meterological wind data is not usually sufficient for a...
  82. Pterosaurs (10375 bytes)
    22: ...ze of a small bird to wingspans in excess of 12 [[meter]]s (40 [[feet]]). Since the first pterosaur [[fos...
    30: ...he sides of the body. A bone called the pteroid connects to the wrist and helped to support a membrane...
    32: ...cate that in these animals the webs did in fact connect to the hindlimbs; material of a Brazilian pter...
    44: ...in addition to flying, not unlike modern [[road runner]]s. Other small pterosaurs such as [[Rhamphory...
    72: ...an of 3 metres (10 feet), an unusual bony crest running along its snout, and long, narrow, curved [[ja...
  83. Sauroposeidon (9157 bytes)
    25: ...emely elongated, with the largest one about 1.2 [[meter]]s (4 [[feet]]) long, which makesit the longest o...
    29: ... meters), compared to a neck length of 30 feet (9 meters) for the HM SII ''Brachiosaurus''. This is based...
    31: ...ight have been able to raise its head 50 feet (15 meters).
    33: .... Its estimated length is just under 100 feet (30 meters).
    35: ...on, the brachiosaur might have weighed 36 to 40 tonnes (40 to 44 tons). This estimate of the brachiosa...
  84. Roman economy (23678 bytes)
    10: ... period, around one to three days' pay for a Legionnaire.<ref>[http://dougsmith.ancients.info/worth.ht...
    37: ...st Octavian. These coins, slightly smaller in diameter than a normal denarius, were made of noticeably d...
    60: ...)|Cohen, Henry]], ''Description historiques des monnaies frappées sous l’Empire romain'', Paris, 18...
    63: *Van Meter, David. ''The Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins''....
    66: *Reece, Richard. ''Roman Coins''. London: Benn, 1970.
  85. Motorcycle (40437 bytes)
    13: ...[[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]] in Cannstatt (a city district of [[Stuttgart]]) in [[1885...
    41: ...front wheel. It is often relatively harmless but annoying. It can appear at moderate speeds.
    57: ...f the rear tyre and not so much from the same parameters of the front tyre.
    69: The two wheels of a motorcycle are connected to the chassis by a suspension arrangement. ...
    71: ...rom the weight of the bike, at a speed near the running speed of a person. This is the speed at which ...
  86. Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
    23: ...ctor. Most people who knew him through dealings connected with performances spoke of him as polite, co...
    25: ...tual and professional life in the USA. When he planned to write an opera with [[W. H. Auden]], the nee...
    31: ...e age of 89 and was buried in [[Venice]] on the cemetery island of [[San Michele]]. His grave is close to...
    47: ...", to the classical music of [[Mozart]] and [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] and their contemporaries. ...
    53: The pinnacle of this period is the opera ''[[The Rake's Pr...
  87. Pulse (music) (1707 bytes)
    1: ...[[tempo]] of the piece is how fast the pulse is running, implied by the performer or listener based on...
    3: ...e that is regularly accented is a [[Metre (music)|meter]]. An isochronal or equally spaced pulse on one l...
  88. Solar cell (27643 bytes)
    3: ...n [[inverter]] to the electricity grid in a [[net metering]] arrangement.
    19: ... W/m&sup2;. So a 10% efficient module of 1 square meter can power a 100 W light bulb. Costs and efficienc...
    22: ...use they are cut from cylindrical ingots, they cannot completely cover a module without a substantial...
    37: ===Interconnection and modules===
    39: ...rain]], [[hail]], etc). Solar cells are usually connected in [[series and parallel circuits|series]] i...
  89. Hydroponics (15454 bytes)
    9: ...people wish to grow plants in a non-traditional manner. [[Science fiction]] writers have long speculat...
    21: ...s may be checked with a [[Parts per million|PPM]] meter, a good average reading would be about 1500 PPM. ...
    49: ...eady flow of nutrients is maintained along the channel, and the roots grow into dense mats, with a thi...
    64: ...of nutrient in the water. If you do not have a cF meter, just follow the formula on the back of the packe...
    77: ...arm. This can help keep government lawyers from running your farm.
  90. Weed control (16617 bytes)
    15: ...There is also evidence that the roots of some perennials such as couch grass exude [[allelopathic]] ch...
    27: ...any thousands of seeds in a square foot or square meter of ground, thus and soil disturbance will produce...
    32: ...The organic solution to the problem of spreading annual weeds lies in regular, properly timed weeding,...
    35: [[Perennial]] weeds also propagate by seeding; the airborn...
    37: ...put out lateral roots. Other perennials put out runners that spread along the [[soil]] surface. As the...
  91. Grouper (3548 bytes)
    6: ...ming. They can be quite large, and lengths over a meter and weights up to 100Kg are not uncommon, though ...
  92. Electric field (1958 bytes)
    1: ...ectric field are newtons per coulomb or volts per meter (both are equivalent). Electric fields are compos...
  93. Mobile phone (30513 bytes)
    4: phones allow connections to be made to the
    18: ...e to make to a mobile, but are free to receive) cannot be used, and as a result users pay to receive c...
    24: ...models sometimes include a noise meter, a [[thermometer]], a [[compass]] and many other exotic features.
    28: ... For this reason, [[Saudi Arabia]] has entirely banned the sale of [[camera phone]]s (although the cou...
    30: ... receivers are starting to appear integrated or connected (i.e. using [[bluetooth]]) to cell phones, p...

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