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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
4: ...and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Rom...
14: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the...
18: *HI&RH Archduke Karl (1745-1761)
20: ...; had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abdicated 1790); [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1790; [[Archduk...
21: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748) - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...ce]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlight...
5: ...tent, while also examining [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also kn...
7: ... married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs with the writer Madame Pu...
10: ...esbury's ''Inquiry Concerning Virtue and Merit'' (1745), with some original notes of his own. He compose...
12: ...allegory]] pointing first to the extravagances of Catholicism; second, to the vanity of the pleasures ... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
115: *[[Yoannis XVII of Alexandria]], ([[1727]]-[[1745]]), Coptic Pope
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
5: ==Alphabetical list==
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...d Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instan...
18: ...bage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...ekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...'every''' multi-[[conductor]] [[geometry]] has '''capacitance'''.
4: == Physics of the capacitor ==
7: ...e plates, at the boundary with the dielectric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposite charge...
9: ...es. (The air gap is shown for clarity; in a real capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with ...
11: === Capacitance === - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...e electrical effects are discussed under [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism]].
6: ...ge|Greek]] ''ēlektron'' = "[[amber]]", which came from an old [[root (linguistics)|root]] ''ē...
8: ...been alleged to be [[battery (electricity)|electrical batteries]].
10: ...University]] by [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] in [[1745]]. [[William Watson (scientist)|William Watson]]...
16: ...d by society, in that fundamental units of electrical measurement are named after them. - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...acques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[January 6]], [[1745]] – [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor|inve...
5: ...ght. That only got them more burnt, so they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
16: ...ice, probably preceded this event, but it never became a generally used viable means of flight.)
18: ...ocks were produced in enamel and gilt-bronze replicas set with a dial in the balloon.
22: In 1766, the British scientist [[Henry Cavendish]] had discovered hydrogen gas, by adding s... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 77th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: ...enate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and proclaims [[Caligula]] emperor.
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parliament]] repeals...
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[Will... - 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 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]]) - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]]... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
22: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] || 21450 [[kilogram per cubic metre|...
30: |[[Atomic radius]] (calc.) || 135 (177) [[picometre|pm]]
44: ...an="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Physical properties'''
58: |[[Vapor pressure]] || 0.0312 [[Pascal|Pa]] at 2045 K - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...hout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ... been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical. Marguerite Arouet, of whom her younger brother ...
12: ... there till [[1711]]. Though he deprecated the education he had received, it formed the basis of his c...
14: ...r stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
16: ...e [[Bastille]] on [[May 16]], [[1717]], here he recast ''Oedipe'', began the ''Henriade'' and decided ... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...people were not fully unified into a single political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted i...
5: ...h;1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the sa...
7: ... the Roman-Germanic period and ends with the Unification of the two Germanys in [[1990]]. For further ...
15: ...ius Quinctilius Varus]] was defeated by the Cheruscan leader [[Arminius]] (Hermann) in the [[Battle of...
21: ...AD the Franks defeated the Alemanni, accepted the Catholic faith and so gained the support of the Chur... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ...emy]] by [[Robert Boyle]] in his work ''The Skeptical Chymist'' ([[1661]]), but is often more strictly...
12: ...explanation of [[Brownian motion]] in the first decade of the [[20th century]].
14: ... with his theory of [[ion|ionization]]. This was carried much further by [[Ernest Rutherford]], who e...
20: ...], [[gallium]], and [[scandium]], which Mendeleev called [[Mendeleev's predicted elements|ekasilicon, ...
23: ...h century saw the exploitation of the [[petrochemical]]s of the earth, after the exhaustion of the oil... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: :''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)...
4: ...]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Pr...
8: ...brew Bible|Hebrew Old Testament]], where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]]...
10: ...ital, [[Susa]], and geographers after [[Ptolemy]] called it ''Susiana''. Though primarily centred in t...
19: ...s dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian Empire]], ca. [[2300 BC]]. - 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... - Leyden jar (3953 bytes)
1: ...[image:Leydenjar.png|thumb|right|111px|Original [[capacitor]]]]
3: The '''Leyden jar''' was the original [[capacitor]], developed in the [[18th century]] and u...
7: ...ed through the lid and ended in a metal ball. Typical designs consist of an [[electrode]] and a plate,...
12: ...rks. This is the [[triboelectric effect]], mechanical separation of charge in a dielectric. Their wor...
14: ...invention went on to be known as the Leyden jar because in 1746, [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] of the [...
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