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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. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...th higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...d alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...ults in an alloy containing too much carbon to be called steel.
11: ...ub>3</sub>C. Cementite forms in regions of higher carbon content while other areas revert to ferrite a...
13: ...t cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely lit... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: '''Catherine I''' (In [[Russian language|Russian]]: ...
5: ...rced to work in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
7: Later she was sent to, and became the mistress of, Prince [[Aleksandr Danilovich ...
10: ...]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]] - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...etrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709-62)]]
3: ...she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow Germans in the government and...
7: ...hat time, her illegitimacy would be used by political opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ... good, if not brilliant, but unfortunately her education was both imperfect and desultory. Her father ...
11: ...incess found herself at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress. - 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. - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
1: ...n]] does not take place only at the surface. Typically this is used for the production of [[pig iron]...
4: ... [[China]] in the [[1st century BC]]. However, [[cast iron]] artifacts found in China have been dated...
6: ...uel made blast furnace-based iron smelting significantly less expensive.
9: ...the middle of the mixture. The results of this localized burning was a liquid that sank to the bottom...
15: ...], reacting chemically to produce pure iron and [[carbon dioxide]], which leaks out of the furnace at ... - 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 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]]) - 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. - 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 ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
39: ...tarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
55: *[[John Bahcall]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1934]] – )
109: *[[William Wallace Campbell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1862]] – ...
110: *[[Annie Jump Cannon]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1863]] – [[...
111: *[[Luigi Carnera]] ([[Italy]], [[1875]] – [[1962]]) - 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}} - 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...
11: ===[[1700–1709]]=== - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
6: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]]
18: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]]
22: * [[1777]]: [[carding|Card teeth making machine]]: [[Oliver Evans]]
25: * [[1785]]: [[Power loom]]: [[Edmund Cartwright]]
29: * [[1784]]: [[Bifocals]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
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