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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. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...a period of great social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the l...
14: ...[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her gove...
16: ...king was childless, the young Princess Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the...
20: ...ecause like most imperial, royal, princely, and ducal families, his family did not use theirs. Victor...
25: ...anover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. As the young q... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
7: ...tly considered her a talented mathematician and became her mentor.
9: ...er reading his famous ''[[Disquisitiones Arithmeticae]]'' ([[1801]]). He eventually learned her true i...
12: ...nriched my life with so many joys, are not chimerical, the predilection with which you have honored it...
17: ...he first female to attend sessions at the French Academy of Sciences—excepting the wives of othe...
19: ...scribed in a letter to Gauss, became quite significant as it restricted the possible solutions of [[Fe... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: ...tes Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
22: ...(ca. [[1727]]-[[1774]]) and Elizabeth Jones (born ca. [[1729]]) were well-to-do farmers.
24: ...]], he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later, with [[Robert R. Livingston]] and unde...
28: ... 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to serve as presid... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
10: ...[Waxhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
16: | vicepresident= [[John C. Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-183...
18: ... years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
22: ...and intense hatred for the British) that he would carry all his life. This [[anglophobia]] would be co... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
17: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Whig Party|W...
25: ...ggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
27: ... and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the presidency upon Harriso...
29: ...at aspect of succession (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
32: | [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
43: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
50: ...survey conducted by [[C-SPAN]] that ranked [[American presidents]], a [[panel]] of [[historians]] rate...
53: ...gers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Ja...
55: ...]] relationship began at the time and have periodically been revived by historians, but there isn't an... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
33: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
34: | [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
42: ... from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]].
44: ...r boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ....S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]]. - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
25: | '''Wife:''' || [[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
28: | [[Martha Patterson]] (daughter)<br />[[Eliza McCardle Johnson]]
32: ...t of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
42: ...in a bitter dispute with the Congressional Republicans, leading the House of Representatives to [[impe... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
18: ...]. Garfield died on September 19th, and Arthur became [[President of the United States|President]], s...
20: ...be,and changed pants several times a day. He was called "Chet" by family and friends. Interestingly,...
27: ...however, was simply that Arthur was born near the Canadian border. His parents were William Arthur and... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...f the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and the processes that shap...
3: ...es]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[silica]], as well as elements such as [[sulfur]], [[chlo...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the...
7: ...istinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...of [[fossil]] [[animal shell|shell]]s in a geological [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ... the Earth began soon after the formation of the Ca-Al-rich inclusions and the meteorites. Since the ...
4: ...shop [[James Ussher]] of [[Armagh]], [[Ireland]], calculated from the Bible (augmented by some [[astro...
15: ... that if two layers of rock at widely differing locations contained similar fossils, then it was very ...
17: ... Smith's nephew and student, John Phillips, later calculated by such means that the Earth was about 96...
19: ...tic, with changes brought about by intermittent [[catastrophe]]s. Many naturalists were influenced by ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...ca]], and the second largest country on the [[Africa]]n continent. It is bordered by [[Tunisia]] in th...
17: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAlgeria.png]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [...
53: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
60: ...als. The [[Byzantine Empire]] then retained a precarious grip on the east of the country until the co... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...11;[[1795]]). After the Napoleonic era, Holland became a mere province of the Kingdom and was split in...
11: image_map = LocationNetherlands.png |
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat o...
36: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $29,412 |
37: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 15th | - Belgium (31774 bytes)
3: ...plex institutions and [[Politics of Belgium|political history]].
15: ...kground:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationBelgium.png|Location of Belgium]]
19: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Brussels]]
34: |[[1830]]
36: ... <br> - Total ([[2003]]) <br> - GDP/capita - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
13: ...ound:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationLuxembourg.png|Location of Luxembourg]]
17: |'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg]]
34: ...l <br> - GDP/capita (PPP)<br> - GDP/capita
35: ...$77,595 ([[List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita|1st]])
46: | '''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' || +352 - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]...
36: ... that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
47: ...nties]] are still widely used for purely geographical purposes, ''e.g.'' in [[weather report]]s. There...
49: ...rnor of Connecticut]] is [[M. Jodi Rell]] (Republican) and the two U.S. senators are [[Christopher J. ...
52: ...o the days when the two cities shared the state's capital, and even back to when New Haven and Hartfor... - 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]] - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...he opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be seen.]]
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...
16: ... near-Earth asteroid may be visible without technical aid; see [[2004 MN4]]). - 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]])
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