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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...single [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She...
10: ...d in [[1688]]; her sister and brother-in-law then became Queen and King as [[Mary II of England|Mary I...
15: ...(the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals.
17: ...85]] (converting to Roman Catholicism on his deathbed), Anne's father ascended the Throne as James II....
19: ...f succession after William and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a futur... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...usin, [[William III of England|William III]], who became the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histor...
13: ...e Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...ns Mary and William married in London on [[4 November]] [[1677]].
17: ...er. William long maintained an affair with [[Elizabeth Villiers]], one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting.
20: ...e charged that the boy was "suppositions," having been secretly brought in as a substitute for the Que... - Banknote (6576 bytes)
5: .... Banknotes were originally a promise to pay the bearer an amount of precious metal stored in a vault...
7: ...payable in demand for a fixed unit, it is said to be fully convertible to that unit. Limited convertib...
9: ... few alternative currency systems such as the [[Liberty dollar]] which are so backed, or the [[Ithaca ...
11: ...oney. As banknotes became more widely used, they became more accepted as equivalent to precious metal...
22: ...ages of specie to fund their occupation of China, began printing paper money without restrictions on d... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...y, superstition, and tyranny (which they believed began during a historical period they called the "[[...
6: ...nce of a supreme being. In this period, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[n...
14: ...universe where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton thro...
18: ...me in the present-day, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is more provisional, b...
20: ...tion of a "clockwork god" or "god the watchmaker" became prevalent, as many in the time period saw new... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ... land borders by non-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a ...
4: ...the jurisdiction of any state, in fact piracy has been the first example of universal jurisdiction. Ne...
10: ..., and specialized in kidnapping boys and girls to be sold as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com...
20: ...o had been raiding the coasts of [[Armorica]] and Belgic [[Gaul]].
29: ...rbonne]] was unable to return to France from Rome because the Muslims from [[Fraxinet]] controlled all... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroo...
2: ...w of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]...
9: ...on]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, a bla...
11: ...iblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[1...
15: ...[[1689]]. He then remarried, to Abiah, on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South Church]] of Bos... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[19...
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &nda...
37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
14: ... symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]</td><td>cobalt, Co, 27 </td></tr>
92: ...>[[1 E8 s|5.2714 years]]</td><td>[[beta emission|β<sup>-</sup>]]</td><td>2.824</td><td><sup>60</s...
99: ...le]] that has the symbol '''Co''' and [[atomic number]] 27.
116: * [[electroplating]] because of its appearance, hardness, and resistance ...
121: * Steel-belted radial [[tire]]s. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...ber 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was...
8: ...s were long established in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, througho...
10: ...e was seven years old. His father appears to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical...
12: ... François' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a f...
14: ...nally. The Abbé de Châteauneuf died before his godson left school, but he had already in... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...deus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]]. Some of his most famous works include the [[...
7: ...lipp Emanuel Bach]] and [[Johann Christian Bach]] became important musicians and composers in their ow...
11: ...ntices to their fathers, we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music and playing various instruments ...
13: ...Pachelbel]]) from his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This went on nigh...
17: ... various parts. The church organ, with its moving bellows, manifold stops, and complicated mechanism, ... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...nt]]s; ie: ''y'' = F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to [[ph...
5: ... mathematics in [[Saint Petersburg]], later in [[Berlin]], and then returned to Saint Petersburg. He...
10: ... to study mathematics he finally agreed and Euler began to study mathematics.
12: ...St. Petersburg]] by [[Catherine I of Russia]] and became professor of [[physics]] in [[1730]], with an...
16: ...Academy of Sciences]] in [[Berlin]]. His time in Berlin was very productive; however, he did not have... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...y to continue to do so. Scientific classification belongs to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systemat...
11: ...4), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
17: ...ditions during his lifetime (1st ed. 1735). He is best known for his introduction of a method of moder...
19: ...d an author label and publication details have to be added.
21: Before Linnaeus, long many-worded names had been used, sometimes with one additional adjective, ... - Rice (13724 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = lightgreen | name = Rice}}
3: {{Taxobox begin placement | color = lightgreen}}
13: ''O. glaberrima''</br>
23: ...lenty of water for [[irrigation]]. However it can be grown practically anywhere, even on [[grade (geog...
24: Rice is the world's third largest crop, behind [[maize]] (corn) and [[wheat]]. Although its ...
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