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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...to the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as su...
7: ...es were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: [[Archaeological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] ...
14: ...20195;; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins to appear.
18: ...orated. Some archaeologists connect the Xia to excavations at [[Erlitou]] in central [[Henan]] provin... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
2: ...rocusLongiflorus.jpg|250px|Crocus longiflorus]] | caption = ''Crocus longiflorus''}}
9: ...s''''' }} {{Taxobox authority new | authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}}
17: ...y occur in the early spring one has to plant them carefully as it is not uncommon in these regions for...
20: ...he genus is derived from the Latin adjective ''crocatus'', meaning saffron yellow.
24: ...se|Carolus Clusius]] at the botanical garden in [[Leiden]]. By 1620, the approximate date of Ambrosius Bos... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
14: | wife=[[Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams]]
15: | party=[[Democratic-Republican]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]]
22: ...ly education in [[Europe]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in [[... - Set (mythology) (12196 bytes)
6: ...ternate form of his name, spelt ''Setesh'' (''stš''), and later ''Sutekh'' (''swtḫ''), de...
10: ...tribute that egyptians generally had, and so he became considered to also be a god of ''foreigners''.
12: ...y of Egypt|20]]), Set was identified as various [[Canaan]]ite storm deities, including [[Resheph]].
15: ...nastic Period of Egypt|Predynastic Period]] (''circa'' 4000–3500 BCE), and the ''Set-animal'' is...
17: ... Set was originally neither of these, but later became associated with one or both of them due to thei... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
5: ...ptians as the inventor of writing and the 365-day calendar, and was considered to have been the scribe...
7: ...t to originate from commemorating a change in the calendar system; originally there were 360 days in t...
9: ...lose companion of [[Astennu]], a name which was occasionally used to refer to Thoth himself. He had a ...
15: ...owley]], ''[[The Book of Thoth]]'' is a philosophical text on the usage of [[Tarot]] and, most notably...
18: ''Thoth'' is also a [[Carnival]] [[Krewe]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] w... - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
5: #A commentary on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity o...
6: ...1899) in A. Busse's ''Commentaria in Aristot. Graeca''. The special section on fate was published sepa...
9: ...eparately, with Latin translation and scholia, at Leiden, 1621, at Helmstadt, 1666, and at Paris, 1850.
11: Of the value of the logical writings of Ammonius there are various opinions....
13: ...lbert Fabricius|JA Fabricius]], ''Bibliotheca Graeca,'' v. 704-707: C. A. Brandis, ''Uber d. Reihenf.... - Pilgrims (4873 bytes)
1: ... separatists who sailed from Europe to North America in the early [[17th century]], in search of a hom...
3: ... the hands of their countrymen. They settled in [[Leiden]] for 12 years, but by [[1617]] a poor economy an...
5: ...r the [[United States|Americas]]. These people became known as the [[Pilgrims|Pilgrim Fathers]].
10: ...e [[Congregational church|Congregationalism]] advocated by Brewster and others.
12: ...ded destination was a section of land in the area called Northern [[Virginia]] granted by one of the B... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...le]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example ...
4: ==Early career==
10: ...sophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
14: ...howed the reality of the experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-sq...
18: ...ses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1610]] in a short tr... - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
9: ...g up of the prince's household in [[1421]], Jan became his own master, left the workshop of Hubert, an...
11: ...ion, receiving extra pay for secret services at [[Leiden]], drawing his salary at [[Bruges]], yet settled ...
17: ...tate to such an extent that no conclusive opinion can be formed respecting it.
21: ...vel, and he had seen the finest varieties of landscape in [[Portugal]] and the [[Spain|Spanish]] provi...
24: ...the Van Eycks were not familiar, we find such delicate perceptions of gradations in tone, such atmosph... - 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: ...cal energy in large quantities, was invented at [[Leiden University]] by [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] in [...
16: ...d by society, in that fundamental units of electrical measurement are named after them. - Egyptian soul (5527 bytes)
5: ...ng the survival of the name. A [[cartouche]] (magical rope) was often used to surround the name and pr...
8: A person's [[shadow]] (''šwt'' in Egyptian) was always present. A person...
14: ...known as ''kau'') that was consumed, not the physical aspect. The ''ka'' was often represented in Egyp...
18: ...ngdom]] [[Egyptian pyramids|pyramids]] were often called the ''ba'' of their owner). Like a soul, the ...
20: ...mans, deities could also have ''ba''s, but in the case of divine beings, it was even more associated w... - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
1: ... Celtic peoples who maintained either their political or linguistic identities (such as the [[Gael]]s ...
3: ==Historical sources==
4: ...ng writing to record anything of religious significance [http://www.simplyscottish.com/readingroom/his...
6: ...scriptions (largely personal names), more sophisticated literacy was not introduced to Celtic areas no...
8: ...ar?s comments on Celtic Religion and their significance=== - Helium (36603 bytes)
20: | [[Chemical series]]
34: | [[Melting point]] (at 2.6 [[megapascal|MPa]])
40: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
87: ! [[decay mode|DM]]
88: ! [[decay energy|DE]] <small>([[electron volt|MeV]])</smal... - Bluebuck (1913 bytes)
1: ... name = Bluebuck Facts}}<br/>{{StatusExtinct|when=ca.[[1800]]}}
15: ...in the southwestern coastal region of [[South Africa]], but was more widespread during the last [[Ice ...
17: ...ms in [[Vienna]], [[Stockholm]], [[Paris]], and [[Leiden]] – along with some bones and horns elsewhe... - 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,...
10: ...g|thumb|left|222px|Leyden jars, Museum Boerhaave, Leiden [http://www.museumboerhaave.nl/]]]
12: ...rks. This is the [[triboelectric effect]], mechanical separation of charge in a dielectric. Their wor...
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