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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - 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.
47: The prototype HST (designated Class 252) holds the world speed ... - Piccolo heckelphone (2734 bytes)
3: ...ultimately did not score for it and only a single prototype was ever built. - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
16: ... inserting a new one. At this same time, the standard horn came to be the horn on the F harmonic seri...
21: ...until the German horn maker [[Kruspe]] produced a prototype of the "'''double horn'''" in 1897.
34: ...ly played in the Vienna Philharmonic. It is a standard single horn with a dual piston mechanism for ea...
47: ...nt teeth with the tongue as said in the syllable 'da' or 'ta'. Double tonguing is alternating between ...
86: ...ritten for a horn not keyed in F as is standard today. As a result a requirement for modern orchestra ... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...nd largest city, and the capital of the [[Al Iskandariyah]] governate. It is located at {{coor dm|31|...
3: ... [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth thr...
13: * The [[#Foundation|Ptolemaic era]] which starts with the foundin...
18: === Foundation ===
19: ...er the Great]] in or around [[334 BC]] (the exact date is disputed). Alexander's chief architect for t... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
182: ...6]]: [[Davy lamp|Miner's safety lamp]]: [[Humphry Davy]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
11: ...s sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
15: ...ights, on [[October 3]], [[1942]] an A4 rocket, a prototype for the German [[V2 rocket]] bomb, became the fir...
22: ... is the government department responsible for Canada's space programme.
28: ...hing 14 orbits before returning to Earth the next day.
33: ...hich has grown to be a much bigger organisation today. - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
4: The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the [[Akkadian language|Ak...
13: ...ographic meaning. When the cuneiform script was adapted to writing the [[Hittite language]], a layer ...
16: ...as written using the [[Ugaritic alphabet]], a standard Semitic style [[alphabet]] (an ''[[abjad]]'') w...
21: ... I of Persia|King Darius of Persia]] ([[522 BC]]–[[486 BC]]), they consisted of identical texts ...
35: ... is believed to have fashioned the earliest human prototype). - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: ...n-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
3: ...Daedalus]] and [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so bui...
5: ...airplanes were made of [[canvas]] and [[wood]]. Today airplanes are made of [[aluminium]], and increas...
9: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]] - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...a;ριστοτέλης
4: Aristotelēs) ([[384 BC]] – [[March 7]], [[322 BC]]) was an [[ancient Gree...
8: ...[[presocratic]] [[Greek philosophy]] into the foundations of [[Western philosophy]] as we know it. Soc...
10: ...hysics, reason, knowledge and human life. The fundamental idea is that knowledge gained through the s...
12: ...rvived. The works of Aristotle that still exist today are in treatise form and were, for the most part... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
15: ...e the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a list of books against the faith.
25: ...ci]], Niccolo Machiavelli is considered the ideal prototype of the [[Renaissance man]]", we can now see what ...
33: ...ts publication, ''Il Principe'' has become a legendary handbook on how to become and remain a ruler.
43: ...ino when Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di Gravina...
44: *''Discorso sopra la provisione del danaro,'' [[1502]] - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
40: ...mall, low-cost machine on small tracks. Many of today's top drivers started their careers in karts.
48: ...vent (actually a "[[rally raid]]") is the [[Paris-Dakar Rally]].
59: ...ernational competition in this type of racing nowadays is the [[World Touring Car Championship]], befo...
69: ... and the most famous race in the series is the [[Daytona 500]]. NASCAR also runs the [[Busch Series]]...
73: ...OC]] in the United States and [[CASCAR]] in [[Canada]]. - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
7: ...ern and more secure [[Unix]]-based successor (AKA Darwin, a modern OS based on Mach 3.0 and 4.4 BSD), ...
17: * The 3.5" hard-shelled [[floppy disk]] as a standard feature.
18: * [[Audio]] as a standard feature, including a built-in audio-quality spe...
28: * Audio input/output as a standard feature ([[Macintosh IIsi|Mac IIsi]] & [[Macint...
29: * A [[CD-ROM]] drive as a standard feature ([[Macintosh IIvx|IIvx]], [[1992]]) - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...configured in this way is given appropriate input data, then it can automatically solve the problem or...
10: ...ows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog signal|analog]]'' computers we...
12: In most computers today, the problem is first translated into mathematic...
47: **[[Personal Digital Assistant]] (PDA)
51: ...y found and current definitions quickly become outdated. Many classes of computer that are no longer u... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
31: ...ates]], in terms of population. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) sit...
33: ... whose population is over 7 million. U.S. census data show that San Francisco has the highest populat...
51: ...ervice the growing population are still present today, notably [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] clothing, [[Ghir... - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
31: ...rmament:||2 × 11 in (279 mm) [[Dahlgren gun|Dahlgren smoothbores]]
39: ...lk of the ship was below the waterline to prevent damage from cannon fire. ''Monitor'''s hull was cons...
41: ...hip, with the entire process taking less than 120 days. In addition to the "cheesebox", its rotating t...
43: ...bout four hours, neither one sinking or seriously damaging the other. Although the battle was essenti...
45: ...50px|View of ''Monitor'''s turret, showing battle damage]] - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
1: [[Image:Honda-Insight.jpg|thumbnail|[[Honda Insight]], a hybrid gas-electric vehicle|300px]]
8: ...cause they can use a mixture of different fuels — typically gasoline and [[ethanol]] [[alcohol f...
12: ...ience/hearings/energy02/jun26/charter.htm | accessdate=June 26 | accessyear=2002}} of George W. Bush's...
16: ...gy became successful in the [[1990s]] when the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius became available. These...
18: ...da has also released a hybrid version of the [[Honda Accord|Accord]]. - Iridium (10102 bytes)
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109: ! [[natural abundance|NA]] - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
3: ... Finley Breese Morse''' ([[April 27]], [[1791]] – [[April 2]], [[1872]]) was an [[United States|...
9: ...icity]] from [[Benjamin Silliman]] and [[Jeremiah Day]]. He earned money by painting portraits. In [[1...
13: ...ecord]]ing [[telegraph]] and [[Morse code|dot-and-dash code system]] (a signalling [[alphabet]]) in hi...
15: ... in 1830, he became acquainted with the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[sculptor]] [[Bertel Thorvaldsen]]; the tw...
21: ...0ft or less. In winter 1836-1837 Morse showed his prototype to Leonard Gale, professor of chemistry at [[New ... - Carrot (5864 bytes)
2: ...obox_image | image = [[Image:QALace2675.JPG|200px|Daucus carote]] | caption = Wild carrot}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Daucus'''''}}
12: ...ial_simple | color = lightgreen | binomial_name = Daucus carota}}
25: ..., carrots are rich in [[dietary fiber]], [[antioxidant]]s, and minerals and are an [[alkaline]] food.
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