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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, bu...
10: ... institutional changes wrought by the end of [[feudalism]] in [[Great Britain]] after the [[English Ci...
22: ...able as there was privilege and monopoly. The abundant supply of coal and iron ore made the making of ...
30: ...udy tour, gathering information where he could. Today this is called [[industrial espionage]], with mo...
59: ...ed about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in h... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
15: |'''Date of Birth:'''
27: ...''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
31: ...e labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global...
33: ...[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore...
31: ...arly in November [[1854]]. In [[Scutari]] (modern-day [[ܳk? in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]) Nightingale ... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: '''Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench''', [[Companion of H...
4: ...8]], she was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] ...
9: In her native [[United Kingdom]], Dame Judi has developed her reputation as arguably t...
11: ...d made her professional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spent seasons in repe...
13: Dame Judi has also made numerous appearances in the ... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
37: established_dates = 1801<sup>5</sup>|
47: *[[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon''
54: ...ions of [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Scotland]] — are located on the island of [[Great Britain]]...
58: ...ted Kingdom, forming [[Northern Ireland]] to this day.
62: ...Ireland). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotl... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
15: ...ful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
17: ...s immodest), also considered [[politics]], modern-day [[physics]], [[geology]], [[biology]], [[meteoro...
21: ...[http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/G001]. Boundaries between categories are not distinct in Wester...
65: ...Leibniz]], [[George Berkeley]], [[John Locke]], [[David Hume]], [[Thomas Reid]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousse...
67: ...ers include [[Donald Davidson]] (now deceased), [[Daniel Dennett]], [[Jerry Fodor]], [[Jurgen Habermas... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
11: ...ay, if the grip is not applied properly, it might damage the cable, or even worse, become entangled in...
23: ... be fed (typically ~30 lbs. (~14 kg) of feed each day), housed, groomed, medicated and rested. Thus fo...
29: ...his was the first cable car system in Europe, but Liverpool United decided against implementing it. Other cab...
38: ...is line was rebuilt in [[1979]], and is now a standard funicular, although confusingly it retains its ...
47: ...b|300px|Cable tram dummy and trailer on the St Kilda Line in [[Melbourne]] in 1905.]] - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...e]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more efficient in their progress to...
24: ...irement changed over time and left the system to adapt?
53: ...in the [[1820s]]. This was soon followed by the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]], which proved the viabil...
126: [[da:Jernbane]] - Alpaca (9975 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Camelidae]]}}
12: ... pacos | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
26: ...- equivalent to three year's growth. However, nowadays the length is little more than about half of th... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
11: *[[1825]] Stephenson's [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], the world's first steam operat...
12: ... mph) at the [[Rainhill Trials]] held near [[Liverpool]].
13: *[[1830]] The [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]] opens, and the first rai...
34: ...e|diesel]] locomotive service introduced in [[Canada]]. - New Year's Eve (4555 bytes)
2: ...[[New Year's Day]], on [[December 31]], the final day of the year. (See [[New Year]] for a discussion ...
4: ...te observance from the observance of [[New Year's Day]]. In 20th century [[Western]] practice, the cel...
8: New Year's Eve is a public non-working [[holiday]] in the following countries, among others: [[Ar...
23: ...d States]] New Year's Eve is a major social [[holiday]]. In the past 100 years the dropping of the 'ba...
25: ... York, and the New York-centric aspect of the holiday is diminishing. Many cities, echoing the New Yor... - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
14: ...nd]] led a wave of [[country rock]] bands while [[David Bowie]] and other British performers saw [[gla...
20: ... southern California, where musicians like [[Dick Dale]] (''[[Surfer's Choice]]'') invented [[surf roc...
30: ...parts of their homeland, especially cities like [[Liverpool]], and cult fame in the States. The popularity o...
36: ...d the gritty realities of ghetto life with funky, danceable beats and led to the dominant sounds of so...
38: ...d across the world. [[Edwin Hawkins]] ("Oh Happy Day") was another major artist of the period. Begin...
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