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- Locomotive (16705 bytes)
5: ...ives haul their trains. Increasingly common these days in passenger service is [[push-pull]] operation...
27: ...wo and a half times that of diesel power, and the daily mileage achievable was far lower. As labour co...
29: ...e in [[China]], where [[coal]] is a much more abundant resource than [[petroleum]] for diesel fuel. In...
32: ...mber of which survive and are still operational today.
60: ...cal suppliers over German ones. In the US and Canada, they are now greatly outnumbered by diesel-elect... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...ca]]'' in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming t...
7: ...es may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
20: *Uniform acceleration of falling bodies (Galileo)
31: ...ar to fill fourteen centuries, and the other candidates are few:
36: ... extending to the early 17th century, are the raw data on which are built the theoretical studies of h... - Germany (46412 bytes)
15: ...| [[List of national anthems|National anthem]]: [[Das Lied der Deutschen]]<br>3rd stanza (''Einigkeit ...
51: <sup>1</sup> [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Low German language|Low German]], [[Sorb...
61: ...lector]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Paul Kn? (18...
66: ... the [[Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation]] – stemmed from a division of the [[Franks|Caroli...
78: [[Image:Reichsgruendung2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Foundation of modern Germany, Versailles, 1871. Bismarck... - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ... tail, pointed in slightly different directions — dust being left behind in the comet's orbit (s...
15: ...like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces allows them to absorb ...
29: ...0," the "Great September Comet of 1882," and the "Daylight Comet of 1910." After [[Edmund Halley]] de...
31: ...0 comets and is conducting a contest to guess the date of its 1000th comet discovery.{{hnote|SOHO (200...
45: ... things being very limited.{{hnote|Sagan, pp. 23–24}} However, the Aristotelean viewpoint proved... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...riner 10]] ([[1974]]–[[1975|75]]); only 40–45% of the planet has been mapped.
8: (This Data comes from [http://www.answers.com/topic/mercur...
10: ...ure]] of Mercury is 452 K, but it ranges from 90–700 K; by comparison, the temperature on Earth ...
12: Surprisingly, radar observations taken in 1992 indicated that there ...
16: ...rrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the Sun's tides... - Pioneer 11 (5118 bytes)
7: ... of the [[heliosphere]]; [[neutral hydrogen]] abundance; distribution, size, mass, [[flux]], and veloc...
9: ...by Pioneer 11 on [[September 1]], [[1979]], three days before its closest encounter. The [[moon]] [[Ti...
11: ...ng generator power output. Science operations and daily [[telemetry]] ceased on [[September 30]], [[19...
21: ...ift can be interpreted as being due to a constant acceleration of (8.74 ± 1.33) ×&nb... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...Galilei''' ([[Pisa]], [[February 15]], [[1564]] – [[Arcetri]], [[January 8]], [[1642]]), was a [...
12: ... ''[[Two New Sciences]]'' to determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies, for instance, required accurat...
14: Later research, however, has validated the experiments. The experiments on falling bo...
26: ...e little doubt that both of them were beaten by [[David Fabricius]] and his son [[Johannes Fabricius|J...
37: ...ts (rolling is a slower version of falling) are [[acceleration|accelerated]] independently of their mass. - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
15: There were fundamental contrasts between the visions of the [[Unit...
17: ... the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.
32: ...ense spending, and embark on an elaborate propaganda campaign to convince Americans to fight this cost...
49: ...mmunist East. While the Berlin Wall was a propaganda setback, the Soviets garnered a huge victory when...
59: ... [[October 16]], [[1962]] and lasted for thirteen days. It is regarded by many as the moment when the ... - History of the United States (1980-1988) (35211 bytes)
4: ..." the Southwest, Southeast, and especially [[Florida]] and [[California]] (surpassing [[New York]] as ...
6: ...[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidates in federal, state and local elections while th...
18: ... inflation, derided as [[stagflation]], raised fundamental questions over the future of American prosp...
20: ...]-[[1982]]), the Soviet Union improved living standards by doubling urban wages and raising rural wage...
36: ...onvention. The party also renominated [[Walter Mondale]] for vice president. - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
74: | 23.12 [[Acceleration|m/s<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(2.358 [[gee]])
175: ...ed by [[gas]]eous hydrogen. There is no clear boundary or surface between these different phases of hy...
201: The data showed that the magnetic field [[fluctuates]] r...
210: ...actly one year later. They provided important new data about Jupiter's magnetosphere, and took some lo...
225: ...through 150 km of the atmosphere, collecting data for 58 minutes, before being crushed by the ext... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
74: | 8.96 [[Acceleration|m/s<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(0.914 [[gee]])
147: ...'' has a period of 10 h 14 min 00 s (844.3°/[[day|d]]) and encompasses the Equatorial Zone, which ...
165: ...rmed out of. This theory is not widely accepted today, since Saturn's rings are thought to be unstable...
169: ===The dark side of the rings===
175: ...1]], [[1979]]; Backlit rings, showing the overall darkness of the rings from this angle. The thickest... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
83: | 8.69 [[Acceleration|m/s<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(0.886 [[gee]])
172: ...II's Neptune'' and ''Great-Britain's Neptune''. [[Daniel Bernoulli|Bernoulli]], from [[Berlin]], sugge...
179: ... be seen with the naked eye as a faint star under dark sky conditions. It can be easily found with bin...
205: ...as a faint [[planetary ring]] system, composed of dark particulate matter up to 10 metres in diameter....
212: ...he five main satellites are [[Miranda (moon)|Miranda]], [[Ariel (moon)|Ariel]], [[Umbriel (moon)|Umbri... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
9: | [[Urbain Le Verrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
82: | 11.15 [[Acceleration|m/s<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(1.14 [[gee]])
148: ...enomena. The [[Great Dark Spot]], an Earth-sized dark marking resembling the [[Great Red Spot]] of Ju...
152: ...cause it had ''just'' turned retrograde that very day; because it was stationary in the sky and only b...
154: ...rge Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sent it. - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
77: | 0.58 [[Acceleration|m/s<sup>2</sup>]]<br>(0.059 [[gee]])
124: ...1930]]. The planet was later found on photographs dating back to [[March 19]], [[1915]]. Tombaugh was ...
126: ...ules]]'', ''[[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]'', ''[[Idana]]'', ''[[Odin]]'', ''[[Pax (mythology)|Pax]]'',...
128: ...anet in the [[Times]] newspaper. He asked his grandaughter what she thought would be good name for it....
136: ...s diameter is now known since telescopes using [[adaptive optics]] can resolve its disk. - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...ere]] is divided. Events that occur at plate boundaries are called [[interplate earthquake]]s; the le...
4: ..., but the majority of them are minor and cause no damage(those less than 5 on ritcher scale).
5: ...king is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
7: | [[Image:SanFranHouses06.JPG|thumb|200px|none|Damage from the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]].]]
11: ...ccur either before or after the principal quake — these are known as [[foreshock]]s or [[aftersh... - Convection (4185 bytes)
1: ...within the fluid or between the fluid and its boundary, or from the application of an external motive ...
11: ...when it is exposed to multiple temperatures in an acceleration field such as [[gravity]] or a centrifuge. The l...
23: :q" local heat flux (dq/dA)
30: :q = ∫<sub>A<sub>s</sub></sub>q" dA<sub>s</sub>
39: ...ad to a close inspection of the flow in the [[boundary layer]] of the fluid. - Pressure (9004 bytes)
1: ...he same finger pushing a [[thumbtack]] can easily damage the wall, even though the force applied is th...
31: *''[[Gee|g]]'' is the acceleration due to gravity
49: ...States]] air pressure is still measured in inHg — inches of [[mercury (element)|mercury]] (as in...
51: ... When millimetres or inches of mercury are used today, they have precise definitions which can be expr...
53: The [[standard atmosphere]] (atm) is an established constant. ... - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Felidae]]}}
12: ...Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]] | date = [[1775]]}}
15: ...s an atypical member of the [[cat]] family ([[Felidae]]) that hunts by speed rather than by stealth or...
20: ...isible and are used for grip during the cheetah's acceleration and maneuvering. - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
6: ...namis have been historically referred to as ''[[tidal wave]]s'' because as they approach land they tak...
12: ...nts of the earth's crust can occur at [[plate boundaries]]. [[Subduction]] earthquakes are particularl...
18: ...hich produced a water wave estimated at 50 – 150 m and reached 524 m up local mou...
22: ...n its path, often reducing buildings to their foundations and scouring exposed ground to the bedrock. ...
24: ...h little overall energy loss. A tsunami can cause damage thousands of kilometres from its origin, so t... - Badminton (12494 bytes)
5: ...er the net so that it lands inside the marked boundaries of the court, and aim to prevent their oppone...
22: '''Shoes:''' Because acceleration across the court is so important, players need ex...
30: ...over the net onto the court within the marked boundaries before the opposing player or pair can hit it...
59: ... should be hit to the centre line or the back boundary line.
88: ..., Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France as by founding members. I...
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