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- 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]] - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...any was dissolved. They founded the colony in a location the company did not have rights to and later ...
3: ...ed at [[Plymouth Rock]] on the western shore of [[Cape Cod Bay]] in southeastern [[Massachusetts]].
5: ...yet strangely ill-fated colonial ventures in America. When the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] got its ne...
7: ...ected to various other terms until his death in [[1657]]. The patent of Plymouth Colony was surrendered ...
12: *[[European colonization of the Americas]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...ocial]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ... recognize four regions in the lands that later became the eastern United States. Listed from north t...
9: ...nd colonization in many ways. A revival in classical learning sparked an interest in [[geography]] an...
11: ...rative [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]].
16: ...ing of colonies was piecemeal and variable. Practical considerations such as [[business|commercial ent... - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ...bstract system of time measurement (''ed.'' see [[calendar]] for other measurements).
9: ...homes and offices; smaller ones ([[watch]]es) are carried; big ones are in public places, e.g. a [[tra...
14: Practically all [[computer]]s depend on an accurate intern...
18: ...ly defined in relationship to the set of all physical processes.
27: ...metimes "the clock" includes the counter, its indicator, and everything else supporting it. - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...ts to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: ...hamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, a blacksmith and fa...
21: ...t son. His schooling ended at ten and at 12 he became an [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother...
23: ...Franklin a forum for agitating for a variety of local reforms. His intelligence combined with a great... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...h (people)|English]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Levi...
6: ...es|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
8: ==Early life and education==
10: ...e care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the age of four, passe...
12: ...William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of ... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...estern World. He is also known for inventing the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry a...
2: ...portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.co...
4: Descartes frequently contrasted his views with those of...
6: ...nvention of the [[calculus]] and [[analysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began the...
11: ...at the University of [[Poitiers]], earning a ''Baccalauréat'' and ''Licence'' in [[law]] in [[1616]]. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
65: *[[Ammonius Saccas]], (3rd century){{fn|C}}
80: *[[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]], (1034-1109){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn...
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
165: *[[Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria]], (1738-1794){{fn|C}} - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...tate under the King of Sicily. The medi涡l Order can be said to have come to an end following its eje...
5: ...rno]] in [[Italy]] were given permission by the [[Caliph]] Haroun el Raschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild t...
7: ...epulchre]] in Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem bu...
9: ...e [[Krak des Chevaliers]], and [[Margat]], both located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The propert...
15: ...s well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]]. - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...science "works" both in a philosophical and practical sense.
7: ...ion, due to the difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there was a considerable amount of cr...
9: ...l disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ...]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The Academy had an exclusive membership rule: discovery o...
13: ... inquiry, and also more familiar with and more educated about the subject. - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...e science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biological systematics]].
9: ...ner]] (1516–1565). Gesner's work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ...rd Tyson]] (1649–1708). Advances in classification due to the work of [[entomologist]]s and the ...
13: ...ral theology. The approach he took to the classification of plants in his [[Historia Plantarum]] was a...
17: ...or his introduction of a method of modern classification; he created systematic zoology and botany in ... - Robert Abbot (2381 bytes)
2: ...kenly described as the son of the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Archbishop George Abbot|George Abbot...
4: ...ceived his education at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], and later at
5: ...he apparently still served in [[1657]]. Between [[1657]] and [[1658]], and in [[1662]], Abbot appears to...
7: ...rsakers'' (1639), ''Milk for Babes, or a Mother's Catechism for her Children'' (1646), and ''A Christi...
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