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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - 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. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]...
14: ...[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
28: ..., Archbishop George]], (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury
29: ...a Abbot|Abbot, Ezra]], (1819-1884), American biblical scholar
37: *[[Emma Abbott|Abbott, Emma]], (1849-1891), American singer - 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...
19: ...nand of Parma|HRH Duke Ferdinand of Parma]] (1751-1802); had issue
20: ...; had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abdicated 1790); [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1790; [[Archduk...
21: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748) - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...from the early [[1840s]] to well after the [[American Civil War]], drew on the most advanced [[19th ce...
4: ...efore the first woman graduated from a U.S. [[medical school]].
6: ... [[jail]] in [[East Cambridge, Massachusetts|East Cambridge]]. Feeling guilty about her obsessive "imp...
8: ...former [[William Ellery Channing]], and began her career as a [[teacher]] and [[writer]].
10: ... Being ambitious and having staked so much on her career, it is plausible to see her becoming depresse... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
18: ...dor]] to [[France]], [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|...
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...dash; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
14: | wife=[[Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams]]
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]]
22: ...incy, Massachusetts]]), and acquired his early education in [[Europe]] at the [[University of Leiden]]... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
3: ...on><font size="+1">'''Martin van Buren'''</font></caption>
14: ...he United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
17: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic P...
25: ...south of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the [[state capital]]. His great-great-great-grandfather Corneli...
27: ...e study of [[law]], completing his preparation in 1802 at [[New York City|New York]], where he studied u... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
5: ...tes Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] to the Tenth and to the five succeeding [[Unit...
7: ...to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...rs]] due to his relationship with an African-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4,...
13: ...bers of the House of Representatives, and, in the case of Robert Ward, a Senator as well.
20: .../resources/pdf/richard_johnson.pdf Senate Historical Office: Richard Mentor Johnson Biography (pdf)] - 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: Y (12717 bytes)
39: ...hyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] patient
41: *[[Carl Yastrzemski|Yastrzemski, Carl]], (born [[1939]]), [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]
146: *[[Andrew Young|Young, Andrew]], (b. 1932), American civil rights activist & diplomat
148: ...Brigham Young|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
149: ...oung|Young, Charles Augustus]], (1834-1908), American astronomer - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...he opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be seen.]]
4: ...tar" + ''-eidos'' "form, shape"), was coined in [[1802]] by Sir [[William Herschel]] shortly after [[Hei...
6: ... some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
8: ...der]]-sized or smaller. The distinction is made because asteroids are large enough to survive passage ...
14: ... named (598 of which have names requiring diacriticals). The first numbered but unnamed minor planet w... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...e. The majority of Earth's observed weather is located in the [[troposphere]].
10: ...lished celestial phenomena, such as a [[Halo (optical phenomenon)|halo]] around the moon, without both...
12: ...pleted this list of the most important meteorological instruments in [[1780]] with the hair [[hygromet...
14: ... basis, and was one of the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily basis.
16: ...lecting [[coriolis effect|force]] that in the end causes air masses to move ''along'' [[isobar]]s was... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
3: ...]'s ''Philosophiae naturalis sive physicae dogmaticae: Geologia, biologia, phytologia generalis et den...
5: ...devote considerable attention to [[categorization|categorizing]].
7: ... However, his work was not recognized for a few decades afterward. The other important scientist that ...
9: ...]], the primary mechanism for [[evolution]]. Implications of evolution on fields outside of pure scien...
13: ...derstanding of developmental biology, and for medical therapies. - 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]]) - Cloud (9947 bytes)
5: ...black if they are so thick or dense that sunlight cannot pass through.
7: ...sist of material other than water, depending on local atmospheric conditions (what gases are present, ...
13: ...re moist [[air]] cools, generally by rising. This can happen
18: ... that air currents below and within the cloud are capable of keeping small droplets suspended. As well...
22: ... small cumulus clouds in tropical regions. It typically produces smaller raindrops and [[drizzle]]. - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
5: ...Treaty of Amiens|peace concluded at Amiens]] in [[1802]]. The Napoleonic Wars ended on [[20 November]] [...
7: ==Political effects of the wars==
15: ...; that of Europe. Napoleon mentioned on several occasions his intention to create a single European st...
20: ...of other troop units. Napoleon standardized the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier resupply and com...
22: ...ion and Napoleon's reign witnessed the first application of the lessons of the 18th century's wars on ... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
19: [[16-bit application]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] --
102: [[America Online]] --
113: [[Arithmetic and logical unit]] --
156: [[Cache]] -- - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...tes Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican party]] in [[New York]] and a strong supporter o...
7: ...ology)|Jonathan Edwards]], the famous [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[theology|theologian]].
9: ...ut]]. His studies were put on hold for the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], in which ...
13: ...[[Long Island]] Burr saved an entire brigade from capture.
14: ...h, renewing his study of law. Burr did perform occasional intelligence missions for Revolutionary gen... - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
6: ...]] in the [[1820s]]. They remained the only practical overland mechanized transport for well over 100 ...
9: ...borough]], [[Leicestershire]] (in [[1789]]). In [[1802]], Jessop opened the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] in s...
11: ...ble for improvements to the [[steam engine]] that caused this device to see wider use and encouraged w...
14: ...n [[Wales]]. It was not financially successful, because it was too heavy for the track and kept breaki...
22: ... were built in places where canals were not practical.
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