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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ent of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufact...
3: ...]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...ad throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]], eventually affecting the rest of the world. Th...
9: ==Causes==
10: ...lution]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngle [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She c...
10: ...n the absence of a [[Protestant]] heir, the Roman Catholic James II could attempt to return to the Thr...
17: ...o [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attem...
19: ...pted to flee, and that the Throne was therefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, Wil...
24: ...ed from making her his Regent during his military campaigns in Europe. - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...ghter; Anne was a few years Sarah's junior. They called one another by pet names, Sarah being "Mrs Fr...
4: ...the introduction into Anne's household of a politically aware rival, Sarah's own cousin, Abigail Hill ...
8: ...ess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}} - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...ia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of the [[Magyars]]''.<!--
11: image_map = LocationHungary.png |
12: national_motto = (none current)<br>historical: Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae |
15: capital = [[Budapest]] |
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $14,572 | - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ...n [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ... and is [[Johor#Links_to_Singapore|connected by a causeway and the second-link bridge]] on the south w...
20: | align=center style="vertical-align: top;" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National mot...
22: ...olspan=2 style="background: #ffffff;" | [[image:LocationMalaysia.png]]
27: | '''[[Capital]]''' - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ... America|Central]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
11: image_map = LocationSpain.png |
15: capital = [[Madrid]] |
20: leader_names = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]<br>[[Jos頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌u...
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $24,803 | - Delaware (15006 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] |
36: ... ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. Ratification occurred on [[December 7]], [[1787]].
40: ...wes (pronounced "Lewis")) in [[1631]]. The area became "[[New Sweden]]" with a [[colony]] established ...
42: ...d was part of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legi...
44: However, [[C棩lius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]] of Maryland claimed a... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisb...
36: ...ian]] time period in [[geology]]. Pennsylvania is called the [[keystone (architecture)|Keystone]] Stat...
38: ...]] and major center for educational and technological advance. The [[The Poconos|Pocono Mountains]] a...
40: ...iladelphia is often called the cradle of the American Nation. It was here that the [[United States Dec...
42: ...niences and use horse-drawn farming equipment and carriages, while others are virtually indistinguisha... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...erential [[calculus]]. While they both discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was no...
4: .... Newton is also credited with providing mathematical substantiation for [[Kepler's laws of planetary ...
14: ...live with her new husband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother.
19: ...ridge University]] at the age of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled an...
23: .... For the next two years Newton worked at home on calculus, [[optics]] and [[gravitation]]. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: [[Image:Locke-John-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|400px|thumb|John Locke Image provided by [htt...
3: ...enment]] period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[British Empiricists]], which includes [...
6: ...Rene Descartes]], more interesting than the classical material taught at the University.
8: ...ee in [[1658]]. Although Locke never became a medical doctor, he earned a bachelor of medicine in [[16...
10: ...m had a major impact on Locke's natural philosophical thinking - an impact that resonated deeply in Lo... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...he unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...] and [[ethics]] in addition to [[politics| political]] theories of the age. However, prominent Enligh...
8: ...osophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] and sciences such as [...
14: ...iverse where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton throug...
16: ...his ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]].'' - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...[[1715]]) was a [[England|English]] explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer. He was the first E...
4: ...674]] he worked as a plantation manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to the sea,
7: ...h settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...t across the Pacific to raid the [[East Indies]], calling at [[Guam]] and [[Mindanao]]. Leaving Swan a...
11: ...Dampier returned to England in [[1691]] via the [[Cape of Good Hope]], penniless but in possession of ... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 76th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (77th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 289 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: *[[45 BC]] - In his last victory, [[Julius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pompey|Pompeian]] forces of [...
7: *[[1577]] - formation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back t...
10: *[[1776]] - [[American Revolution]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] forces ... - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
5: ...as [[theoretical computer science]] and [[theoretical physics]]).
9: ...tal calculator]]s -- prodigies at performing such calculations -- some of whom have moreover been grea...
13: ...an is to start with some given assumptions, often called [[axiom]]s, and then proceed to prove other i...
17: ...otivated by either the sheer pleasure of mathematical activity or by expectation of greater respect by...
23: ... about our physical world is discovered, mathematical theories are "static" - once a statement achieve... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...elow in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ... Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
37: *[[Cahit Arf]] (Turkey, [[1910]] - [[1997]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]]...
106: *[[Jonathan Borwein]] (Scotland/Canada, [[1951]]-) - 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}} - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ... works, noted for their intellectual depth, technical command, and artistic beauty, have provided insp...
7: ...pp Emanuel Bach]] and [[Johann Christian Bach]] became important musicians and composers in their own ...
11: ...e expected to be apprentices to their fathers, we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music and playin...
13: ...r, [[Johann Pachelbel]]) from his brother's music cabinet and began to copy it by the moonlight. This ...
17: ... complex machine in any European town. This practical experience with the innards of the instrument wo... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...sted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[...
4: ...ic event of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]]]
6: ...Enlightenment]] culminated in the French and American revolutions. Philosophy and science increased in...
8: ...dest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the geology of the su...
15: * [[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coas... - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
1: ...with bobin.jpg|thumb|Flying shuttle showing metal capped ends, wheels, and a [[pirn]] of weft thread|1...
2: ...al Revolution]]. It was patented by [[John Kay]] (1704 - 1764) in 1733.
5: ... that which can be reasonably reached across (typically {{convert|60|in|cm}} or less).
8: ...omewhat heavier, so as have sufficient inertia to carry it all the way through the shed.
10: ...t needs to be reloaded, so fabrics of great width can be woven; but more importantly, the movements ne... - Social justice (17329 bytes)
3: ...nd, as such, the phrase has been adopted by political parties with a redistributive agenda.
6: ...s of gray becomes the catalyst for a problem that can be stated simply: If a moral code may sometimes ...
9: ...will be needed to resolve disputes and offer physical security against attack. The achievement of comm...
13: ... major impetus for the development of the concept came from Christianity. [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225-127...
15: ... good or bad, just or unjust, will have their inescapable consequence. Consequently, there is no incen...
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