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- Virginia (23198 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] |
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] and is generally classified as part...
38: ...latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...idents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison...
44: ...]], [[Nottaway]], [[Meherrin]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]]. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]]...
36: ... east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...aunchly independent political thinking. The state capital is [[Montpelier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while...
42: Vermont is located in the New England region in the [[eastern Uni...
44: ...ed States and separates Vermont from New York and Canada in the northwest portion of the state. The st... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Provide...
11: Governor = [[Donald Carcieri]] |
37: ...and [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island|Portsmouth]] are located. Despite the fact that most of the state is pa...
40: ...orer Adriaen Block visited the island that is now called [[Block Island]].
42: ...] of [[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land. - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] |
38: ...or their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. For a variety of reasons, s...
42: === Native American Pueblos ===
44: ...n]] ruins indicate a presence at modern Santa Fe. Caves in the [[Sandia Mountains]] near Albuquerque c...
46: ...s in [[1540]]-[[1542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State M... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
1: ...te]] of the [[United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has a populatio...
8: ...mage:NewMexicoCapitolSantaFe.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Capitol Building]]
9: ...lleries]] line the streets of the city center and Canyon Road.
11: ...rought conditions and a widening divide between locals and recent arrivals. Still, art and tourism rem...
13: ... Feans burn [[Zozobra]], a fifty-foot puppet also called "Old Man Gloom." - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
17: ...bert Uderzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame
33: *[[Sabine Ulibarr�libarr�Sabine]], American poet
51: ...(1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
59: ...Johnny Unitas|Unitas, Johnny]], (1933-2002), American football player
64: *[[Carl Herman Unthan|Unthan, Carl Herman]], Austrian violinist without hands - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ...uth on [[September 6]] and dropping anchor near [[Cape Cod]] on [[November 11]].
6: ...it was mastered by [[Christopher Jones]], who was Captain on the trans-atlantic voyage, and based in [...
8: ...idth. Careful research went into designing a replica, the ''[[Mayflower II]]'' (launched on September ...
11: ... course by poor weather, the Mayflower arrived at Cape Cod after 65 days at sea.
25: The voyage and the ship later became famous, virtually an icon of a perilous one-way... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...owballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[d...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ...ails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ... omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese ...
13: ...etorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
13: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubis...
26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
57: *[[Carl Andre]] ([[1935]]-)
73: *[[Hendrick Avercamp]] ([[1585]]-[[1634]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
6: ...o'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
10: ...ino'' to Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]...
12: ...ublishes ''Micrographia'', a collection of biological micrographs. He coins the word ''cell'' for the...
13: ...mproves on a simple microscope for viewing biological specimens.
15: ...ics for his invention of the [[phase contrast optical microscope]]. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...le]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example ...
4: ==Early career==
10: ...sophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
14: ...howed the reality of the experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-sq...
18: ...ses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1610]] in a short tr... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...ory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientif...
4: ...ler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei...
9: ...fortunes were in decline. His father earned a precarious living as a [[mercenary]], and abandoned the...
11: ...ied, and was plagued by a belief that he was physically repulsive, thoroughly unlikable and, compared ...
13: ... of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called outdoors" to see it and that the moon "appear... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...odology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implie...
10: ...ater, was delicate. He entered [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for th...
12: ...y his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the young Lord Keeper."
16: ...of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: ... with insufficient means, he borrowed money and became habitually in debt. To support himself, he took... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
1: ...igating small objects using such an instrument is called [[microscopy]], and the term '''microscopic''...
3: ...ce an enlarged image of an object placed in the focal plane of the lens(es).
7: ==Simple optical microscope==
8: ...s a microscope that uses only one lens for magnification. [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek|Van Leeuwenhoek]]'s ...
10: ==Compound optical microscope== - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]] founded
12: *[[1609]]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores ...
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) ...
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
50: ...]] grants charter for a new colony, [[Province of Carolina]] - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...y of the poetic and dramatic form; his ability to capture and convey the most profound aspects of [[hu...
12: ...pped out through the study of considerable historical evidence.
14: ...smal record dates to [[April 26]] of that year. Because baptisms were performed within a few days of b...
17: ... exists that both sides of the family had [[Roman Catholic]] sympathies.
19: ...survived. There is no evidence that his formal education extended beyond grammar school. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
4: ...s or property on board a ship or aircraft. Piracy can also be committed against a ship, aircraft, pers...
10: ...sold as [[slave]]s.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Ec...
12: ...nsom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...are managed to suppress the threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]).
16: ...antly raiding the [[Adriatic Sea]], the Illyrians caused many conflicts with the [[Roman Republic]]. I... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ... died in [[1611]] somewhere in [[Hudson Bay]], [[Canada]].
3: ...of July. At this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is n...
7: ...d]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giovanni da Verrazano]] explored...
9: ...e [[Navigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its ...
11: ...age under the English flag; this time the funding came from the [[Virginia Company]] and the [[British... - Carson City, Nevada (3897 bytes)
2: ...age:NavadaCapitolCarsonCity.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Capitol Building, 1870]]
3: ...f the [[2000]] census, its population is 52,457. Carson City is now an [[independent city]], not part...
5: ...Ormsby County]], and was named for explorer [[Kit Carson]]. The largest nearby city is [[Reno, Nevada...
10: city = Carson City |
13: flag = CarsonCityNV.gif |
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