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- Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[July 31]], [[1784]]) was a [[France|French]]...
7: ...t graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...f Medicine'' (1746–1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ...
14: ...what interested the militant philosophers of that day was an episodic application of the principle of ...
29: ...angerous ideas they held were now made truly formidable by their open publication. In 1759 the ''Encyc... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
18: |'''Date of Birth'''
22: |[[Miami, Florida]]
27: ...ney General]] of the [[United States]] ([[1993]]–[[2001]]), and was the first woman to hold that...
32: ...e was a debating champion at [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] High School. In [[1956]] Reno enro...
36: ...tem. In [[1973]] she accepted a position with the Dade County State's Attorney's Office. She left the ... - Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
2: ...use in Chawton).jpg|thumb|House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum)]]
3: '''Jane Austen''' ([[December 16]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[Englis...
5: ...ster, Hampshire|Winchester]] to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady t...
12: ... view of life seems largely genial, with a strong dash of gentle but keen satire: she appeals rarely a...
39: Reference: David Cecil, ''A portrait of Jane Austen'' (1978) - Julia Child (8199 bytes)
2: '''Julia Child''' ([[August 15]], [[1912]] – [[August 13]], [[2004]]), born '''Julia McWill...
28: ...]]'' sketch, she was affectionately parodied by [[Dan Aykroyd]], continuing with a cooking show despit...
30: ...and Food]] in California with vintner [[Robert Mondavi]] and others to "advance the understanding, app...
36: ...igned by her husband with high counters to accommodate her height and which served as the set for thre...
38: ... of Honor]] in 1991 and the U.S. [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 2003. - Sarah Bernhardt (3531 bytes)
1: ...humb|275px|'''Sarah Bernhardt''' (portrait by [[Nadar]])]]
2: '''Sarah Bernhardt''' ([[October 22]], [[1844]] – [[March 26]], [[1923]]) was a [[France|French]...
4: ...esan]] - at the time, the two were considered scandalous to a roughly equal degree. She was sponsored...
8: ...self, as well as modelling for [[Antonio de La Gandara]]. She was also to publish a series of books an...
10: ...]], but the marriage, which legally endured until Damala's death in 1889 at age 34, was quickly collap... - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
13: ...ate for various times in the [[liturgy|liturgical day]].
18: ... tastes. The sturdy Roman letters of the early [[Dark Ages]] gradually gave way to cursive scripts su...
22: ...nned out beforehand, probably on wax tablets, the sketch pad of the era. The design was then traced onto... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...red from [[measurement]] and can be stored in a [[database]], from which it can be extracted for a var...
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest ma...
9: ...m the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] – [[12th century BCE|12th centuries BCE]]) of Ba...
11: ... of the earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
21: ...pping tended toward diagrammatic as well, since cadastral needs generally were met by descriptions of ... - 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 ]] - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
10: ...thought to be the earliest printmaking technique, dating back to [[9th century]] [[China]].
11: ...er]], then a sheet of [[paper]], perhaps slightly damp, is placed over the block. The block is then r...
35: ...]]s. [[line (art)|Lines]] can vary from smooth to sketchy.
47: A damp piece of paper is placed over the plate and it ...
71: ...phy is known for its ability to capture fine [[gradation]]s in shading and very small detail. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...Galilei''' ([[Pisa]], [[February 15]], [[1564]] – [[Arcetri]], [[January 8]], [[1642]]), was a [...
14: Later research, however, has validated the experiments. The experiments on falling bo...
18: ...se the telescope to observe the [[sky]]. Based on sketchy descriptions of telescopes invented in the [[Net...
26: ...e little doubt that both of them were beaten by [[David Fabricius]] and his son [[Johannes Fabricius|J...
39: ...y'' unless a [[force]] —often [[friction]]— acts upon them, refuting the accepted Aristote... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ustry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, it was the dominant econom...
21: ...7 1896 went even further, providing that state-mandated segregation was legal as long as it provided f...
30: ...rrivals on the Plains--previously they had been sedate farmers in the Great Lakes region. Once they l...
32: ...1876 the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold rush penetrated the Black Hills. The Arm...
34: ...rn Sioux reservation at [[Wounded Knee]], [[South Dakota]], led to an uprising that saw the Sioux atta... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...the "[[Evening Star]]", and when it is visible in dark skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like ...
5: ...vilization (the Mayans developed a religious calendar based on Venus's motion) and must have been know...
14: ... the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
18: ...ture, listed in the table, refers to cloud tops — the surface temperature is never below 400°...
21: [[Image:Venus globe.jpg|thumb|left|[[Radar]] image of the surface of Venus, centered at 180... - DNA (29095 bytes)
14: ...ld you don't master ''only'' contained scientific data -- that would be frustrating, wouldn't it?
35: ...e a sample of DNA for inclusion in a computerized database. This has helped investigators solve old c...
143: ...ich biologists view as an [[adaptation (biology)|adaptation]].
149: ...y would otherwise. As a result, such species may adapt more rapidly to avoid extinction. The result wo...
153: ...only accepted after the structure of DNA was elucidated by Watson and Crick, which they published in [... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
1: ...guete]]. ''Saint Dominic Presiding over an [[Auto-da-fe]]'' ([[1475]]).]]
3: ...sangre]]'' ("cleanliness of blood") against descendants of converted Jews or Muslims. It was also use...
8: ... populated by [[Islam|Muslims]]. Until 1492, Granada was still under [[Moorish]] rule. The large citie...
16: ...rt of his political manoeuvering, aimed at consolidating the independent realms (joined by his marriag...
20: ...on in secret. Some disguised Jews had even been ordained as priests and even [[bishop]]s. Detractors a... - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
25: ...owning the team. He desired to replace the dilapidated Washington Park with a new ballpark, and again...
27: ... teams of the late [[1920s]] became known as the "Daffiness Boys" for their distracted, error-ridden s...
28: ...o how did those bums do today?" Mullin decided to sketch an exaggerated version of famed circus clown [[Em...
29: ... cold by beating the Cincinnati Reds the same two days.
32: ...lub first by [[Larry MacPhail]] and then the legendary [[Branch Rickey]], the Dodgers won pennants in ... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
5: ... rule, owes very little to what he is born with — a man is what he makes of himself. |
6: date_of_birth=[[March 3]] [[1847]] |
9: date_of_death=[[August 2]] [[1922]] |
10: ...ck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]
12: ...''Alexander Graham Bell''' ([[March 3]] [[1847]]–[[August 2]] [[1922]]) was a [[scientist]], [[i... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
10: |date=[[May|May 5–7]], [[1864]]
22: ...hern Virginia]]. The battle was fought [[May 5]]–[[May 7|7]], 1864.
26: ...ration point for the Confederates one year to the day earlier when they launched their devastating att...
28: ...was imperative for the same reason as a year ago—in a battle contested in the tangled woods, the...
32: ... Wilderness. Position of 2d Corps. A.N. Va., Thursday May 5th 1864.'']] - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...Frederick Albert Cook''' ([[June 10]], [[1865]] – [[August 5]] [[1940]]) was an [[United States|...
7: ...]]. His parents were Dr. Theodore A. Koch and Magdalena Koch (''nee'' Long), recent [[Germany|German]...
9: ...rthday he married Marie Fidele Hunt; they had one daughter, Helene. In 1923 they were [[divorce]]d.
24: ... has ever been found: his photos' vistas, his two sketch maps' markers and peak-numberings for points atta...
31: ...ng similarities between Ahpellah and Etukishook's sketched route of their journey south and the route take... - Photography (18493 bytes)
20: ...use photography for surveillance, recognition and data storage.
25: [[image:First_photo_sketch.jpg|thumbnail|Sketch of the same scene]]
30: ...ally means "darkened room," and it is after these darkened rooms that all modern cameras have been nam...
32: ...discovery in 1724 that a silver and chalk mixture darkens when exposed to light.
34: ...eotype]]. A very similar process is still used today for [[Polaroid|Polaroids®]]. The French gove... - Galen (5904 bytes)
8: Galen was born in [[Pergamum]] (modern-day [[Bergama]], [[Turkey]]) to an architect's famil...
10: ... age of 20 he had become a ''therapeutes'' ("attendant" or "associate") of the god [[Asclepius]] in th...
14: ... [[Suda Lexicon]]. Some, however, have argued for dates as late as [[216]].
22: ...nd Muslim scholars could accept his views. His fundamental principle of life was ''pneuma'' (air, brea...
30: ... about everything. [[Blood letting]] became a standard medical procedure. The first serious change in ...
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