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- Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...ally, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...ndesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (phys...
8: ...smelting results in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
11: ...due to its [[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
13: ... strength of ferrite. Martensite has a very similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical c... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: '''Janis Lyn Joplin''' ([[January 19]], [[1943]] – [[October 4]], [[1970]]) ...
4: ...plin graduated from Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in [[1960]] and went to college at the [[Univ...
6: ...sm|drinker]] throughout her career, and her trademark beverage was [[Southern Comfort]].
8: ...[[1967]]. However, the lack of success of their early singles led to the album being withheld until a...
10: ... it made Joplin into one of the leading musical stars of the late Sixties. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]], AE II 2490).]]
2: ...ed States]]. Many people therefore regard Joan of Arc as a notable woman of valor, vigor, and faith.
4: ...rles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred Years' War]].
6: ===Early life and context===
7: ...ed the throne to Henry V's heirs, disinheriting Charles, the [[Dauphin]] ([[crown prince]]), and makin... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
1: ...'' (born [[June 20]], [[1967]]) is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[Australia|Australian]] [[actress]], ...
2: ...eille). At the time, her father was a cancer research specialist in [[Washington, D.C]].
3: ...mily returned to Australia when Nicole was four years old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at t...
7: ===Early life and career===
8: ...en she was three, and this led to studies at St. Martin's Youth Theatre in [[Melbourne]], the Austral... - Map (10223 bytes)
3: ...e. The science and art of '''map-making''' is [[cartography]].
7: ...ap-making dates back to the [[Stone Age]] and appears to predate written language by several millennia...
9: ...enty years, notably in the works of J.B. Harley, Mark Monmonier and Denis Wood.
11: ...ory by [[Jorge Luis Borges]] and [[Adolfo Bioy Casares]], generally known in [[English language|Englis...
13: ...veying projects have been carried out by the military, such as the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Ordnan... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ... distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of character, and agility.
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6: ...er-holes to be drilled obliquely, with its bell flared slightly at the end. However, there were only s...
8: ...to be used to refer to this instrument in particular.
10: ... 17th century, depicts the bassoon much as it appears in its current form, and a three-keyed bassoon h... - Flora (plants) (3124 bytes)
1: ...ded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipArt]]]
3: ...ng identification. Some classic and modern floras are listed below.
4: ...ed by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
5: ...s of [[Kingdom (biology)|life]] such as [[fungi]] are collectively referred to as [[Biota (taxonomy)|b...
9: Plants are grouped into floras depending on region, period,... - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
1: ...''' includes a number of stories and legends that are mythological and helps to explain or symbolizes ...
3: ...ts, from the [[iconography]] on Incan pottery and architecture, and the myths and legends which surviv...
8: ...ends and history surrounding this mythical figure are very jumbled, especially those concerning his ru...
10: ... During the journey, one of Manco’s brothers (Ayar Cachi) was tricked into returning to Puma Orco an...
12: ...e been created as a ploy to bring the powerful Aymara tribes into the fold of the Tawantinsuyo. - Sickle (1231 bytes)
1: [[Image:SickleUser wb.png|thumb|right|300px|Using a sickle]]
3: ...d. The inside of the curve is sharp, so that the user can swing the blade against the base of the crop,...
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7: ... appears on ancient stone tools, it can indicate early use or development of [[agriculture]].
11: <br style="clear:both;"/> - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ... or may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention i...
7: ...language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: * 50 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]]
54: ...oke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...ed electronically - for example an [[electric guitar]]. Usually the instrument will have some way of c...
3: ...plications. Simple electronic musical instruments are sometimes called [[sound effect]]s; the border b...
5: ...mposer]] and engineer [[Edgar Var賥]] created a variety of compositions using electronic horns, whist...
7: Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music.
9: == Early electronic musical instruments == - Artemis (11271 bytes)
1: ...ded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom ClipArt]]]
3: ...In [[Etruscan mythology]], she took the form of [[Artume]].
7: ...god]]. Artemis also assimilated [[Caryatis]] ([[Carya]]).
11: ...[[Aricia]], [[Latium]]) Her high priest lived in Aricia; his position was passed to the person who wa...
13: ...n]] and the festival of [[Artemis Orthia]] in [[Sparta]]. - Sundial (16148 bytes)
7: ... garden sundial, cast a shadow on a flat surface marked with the hours of the day.
11: ...sundial designs indicate [[solar time|apparent solar time]].
12: Minor design variations can measure standard and daylight saving time, as well.
14: Sundials are known from ancient Egypt, and were developed fur...
16: == Installation of standard sundials == - DNA (29095 bytes)
3: ...tal biology|biological development]] of all cellular forms of [[life]] (and many [[virus]]es). DNA is ...
5: ...wn as [[chloroplast]]s and [[mitochondria]] also carry DNA, as do many [[virus]]es.
8: ...ic properties of DNA? Is junk DNA only molecular garbage?}}
10: ...assumed from the beginning that this is not necessarily a very accurate description, and that it's onl...
12: ...) is also to be avoided. --[[User:Lexor|Lexor]]|[[User talk:Lexor|Talk]] - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: ...ed by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ...tions technologies, the use of Morse code is now largely obsolete, although it is still employed for a...
4: ...ing just two states — on and off — it was an early form of a digital code. International Morse cod...
5: # short mark, dot or 'dit' (·)
6: # longer mark, dash or 'dah' (-) - Finger (2398 bytes)
1: <div style="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; text-align: center;">[[image:Han...
3: ...o the placement of their [[muscle]]s in the fore[[arm]], with motion communicated via long [[tendon]]s...
5: ...st [[radius (bone)|radial]] to the most [[ulna|ulnar]]:
15: ...meone is often done with the hands and in particular the fingers.
19: ...g with it? This information should be included. [[User:Mr. Billion|Mr. Billion]] 03:33, 10 May 2005 (UTC... - Abacus (7218 bytes)
1: ...se centuries before the adoption of the written [[Arabic numerals]] system and is still widely used by...
5: ...he '''suanpan''' of the [[China|Chinese]] is similar to the Roman abacus in principle, though has a di...
7: ...ded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
8: ...wards the beam. The abacus can be reset to the starting position instantly by a quick jerk along the ...
10: ...)|division]], [[addition]], [[subtraction]], [[square root]] and [[cube root]] operations at high spee... - Compass (8275 bytes)
3: ...tion]] capability. This device greatly improved maritime trade by making travel safer and more effici...
5: ...te type of construction. It is used by observing variations of the needle. A [[gyrocompass]] or [[astr...
9: ...ves pointing north, impressing the audience. The earliest record of use of magnetic lodestone as a dir...
11: ...le. [[Shen Kua]] pointed out that the needle prepared this way some times
14: The earliest record about the use of compass in navigatio... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...re then referred to by these numbers (ambiguities are resolved by the common practice of referring to ...
8: ...e structure, with a higher percentage of black squares, leaving up to half the letters in an answer un...
10: ... as the ''New York Times'' crossword are 15ױ5 squares, while weekend puzzles may be 21ײ1, 23ײ3 or 2...
12: ... ''Free form'' crosswords have simple designs and are not symmetric.
14: ... to entertain with novelty, not to establish new variations of the crossword genre. - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
4: ...e [[graphical user interface]] (GUI), a revolutionary event in computing, as the Macintosh came out in...
6: ==Architecture==
7: ...e next version, [[Mac OS X 10.5]], codenamed "Leopard", is scheduled to be released at the end of 2006...
9: ...s inception, the Macintosh has introduced or popularized a number of innovations adopted later by othe...
11: Innovations introduced or popularized with the original Macintosh:
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