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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
2: ...ruit_700x490.jpg|250px|A basket of grapefruit]] | caption = A basket of grapefruit}}
16: The '''grapefruit''' is a sub-tropical [[citrus]] [[tree]] grown for its [[fruit]], whi...
18: ...ly grown as an ornamental plant. The US quickly became a major producer of the fruit, with plantations...
22: ...udes to clusters of the fruit on the tree. Botannically, it was not distinguished from the pummelo unt...
24: Grapefruit can have a number of interactions with drugs, often ... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...os]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint...
9: ...serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the sec...
19: ===Education===
20: ...was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer i... - 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...
20: ...; had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765 (abdicated 1790); [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1790; [[Archduk...
21: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1748)
24: ... Naples and Sicily]], n饠HI&RH Archduchess Marie Caroline (1752-1814), married [[Ferdinand I of the T... - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
5: ... and [[physics]] at the [[Sorbonne]], where she became the first woman to teach.
7: ...extracted from it. By [[1898]] they deduced a logical explanation: that the pitchblende contained trac...
9: ...n [[April 20]], [[1902]]) and then two new [[chemical element]]s. The first they named [[polonium]] af...
13: ...In an unusual move, Curie intentionally did not [[patent]] the radium isolation process, instead leaving i...
17: ...om the effects of the [[Dreyfus affair]], so the scandal's effect on the public was all the more acute... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...rse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ... and is best remembered for organizing the [[American Red Cross]].
4: == Youth, education, family nursing ==
6: ...east 10 years her senior. Young Clara was home-educated and extremely bright. It is said that her olde...
8: ...oathsome crawling leeches." This was an early indication of what would become Clara's lifework. - Mary Edwards Walker (4835 bytes)
1: ...er.jpg|190px|right|thumb|Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, ca 1870. She often wore mens clothes and was arreste...
6: ...clothing as [[corsets]], were not healthy and advocated looser fitting clothing.
8: ...s a doctor in [[1855]]. She married a fellow medical school student, Albert Miller, and they set up a...
10: ...un]] (Manassas), [[July 21]], [[1861]] and at the Patent Office Hospital in [[Washington, D.C.]] She also...
12: ...]] signed a bill to present her the medal, specifically for her services at the First Battle of Bull R... - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
2: ...ocument (or any other object) in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a [[signature]...
6: ... Most governments still attach seals to [[letters patent]]. While many instruments required seals for val...
8: ...overnmental seal for their eyes only. These were called [[letters secret]]. Seals are no longer comm...
23: ...hat bears a name and a motto, are used to authenticate official documents. Seals are so important in ...
25: ...us engravers, or owned by famous artists or political leaders, have become valuable as works of art an... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...g of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Weste...
3: ...en carpet (or carpeting) and rug. The former indicates a covering that is affixed to a floor and the ...
5: [[Image:Carpet.png|350px|thumb|Contemporary Afghan Rug]]
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]] - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: ...registers. This baritone saxophone, for example, can play lower notes than a tenor saxophone, and an ...
3: The '''saxophone''' or '''sax''' is a conical instrument of the [[woodwind]] family, usually m...
7: ...as first officially revealed to the public in the patent of [[1846]] (which was granted to him on [[May 17...
9: ...t which suited his desires both tonally and technically and possessed a new level of flexibility. Thi...
11: ... or modify the instruments. After 1866 many modifications were introduced by a number of manufacturers... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...strument|free-reed wind instrument]] with a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], the smallest representative...
22: ...ment)|sheng]] uses resonator pipes, and the reeds can sound in both directions, which is more similar ...
25: ...frame and tongue were made in one part, as is the case with Jew's Harps. The reeds were mounted on a w...
28: ...s. The notes are arranged much like on a [[harmonica]].
29: ...s belonged to some parts or different styles. New patents continue to be granted for accordion-related inn... - 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]]. - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...t from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capital.
16: | align=center colspan=2 | [[image:LocationGambia.png]]
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''
51: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
59: ...sh merchants; this grant was confirmed by letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In [[1618]], [[King J... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
2: ...anuary 8]], [[1825]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and manufacturer.
14: ...nited States to become more sustainable at a critical point in its development.
16: ...e that the concepts and designs were readily duplicated by others. Whitney's company that produced co...
18: ...ociated with Eli Whitney (along with other historical figures such as [[George Washington|George]] and...
22: ... the development and implementation of the [[American System of manufacturing]] and the [[assembly lin... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning...
12: * [[1767]]: Surveyor of Forth and Clyde canal.
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for steam engine.
15: * [[1781]]: Converted reciprocal engine motion to rotary motion.
17: * [[1784]]: Patented a [[steam locomotive]]. - 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... - Maine (17312 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]] |
38: ... [[1832]], when it was moved to the more geographically central city of [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]].
41: ...lins]] (Republican) and [[Olympia Snowe]] (Republican).
43: ...w states which remained dominated by the [[Republican Party]]. In the [[U.S. presidential election, 19...
45: ... States)|Democratic]] in four straight elections, casting its votes for [[Bill Clinton]] twice, [[Al G... - 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]] - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...e in the north west of England. The device dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce y...
4: ...d raised a family there, working as a spinner and carpenter.
6: ...hey always had been, and he could place them vertically in a row.
14: ...d ?7000, and at last stood out for ?4000, but the case eventually fell apart when it was learned he ha...
16: ...Arkwright]]'s [[spinning frame]] and again dramatically increasing yarn production. - Plymouth Colony (2283 bytes)
1: ...any was dissolved. They founded the colony in a location the company did not have rights to and later ...
3: ...ed at [[Plymouth Rock]] on the western shore of [[Cape Cod Bay]] in southeastern [[Massachusetts]].
5: ...yet strangely ill-fated colonial ventures in America. When the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] got its ne...
7: ...ious other terms until his death in [[1657]]. The patent of Plymouth Colony was surrendered by Bradford to...
12: *[[European colonization of the Americas]] - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
3: ...ea, killing him. The legend was designed to be a cautionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, si...
5: ...ern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able t...
17: ...proofs and examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the fir...
19: ...ultimately reached a height of 26 m. Ballooning became a major "rage" in Europe in the late [[18th cen...
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