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- Sunflower (5784 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
23: ...he number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive [[Fibonacci number]]s. The disc ...
25: ...ercially in [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]] [[North Dakota]].]]
29: ...g the sky from east to west, while at night or at dawn it returns to its eastward orientation. The mot...
34: ...peal to [[farmer]]s, because they reduce [[bird]] damage and losses from some [[phytopathology|plant d... - Ear (6659 bytes)
23: ... of the [[Eustachian tube]]s - evolutionary descendants of the [[gills]] - which connect the middle ea...
29: The cochlea is wrapped in a spiral shape and also contains the coiled [[basilar memb... - Moth (5332 bytes)
20: ...ecies]]. The [[Codling moth]] also does extensive damage, especially to fruit farms.
22: ...led by the scent of wood from [[juniper]] and [[cedar]], by lavender or by other natural oils. However...
30: ...le to the light resulting in the moth flying in a spiral until it hits the light source.
32: ...at moths, as nocturnal creatures, fly towards the darkest part of the sky in pursuit of safety. Moths ... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
6: ...ing this time included basalt, diorite (a type of dark, coarse-grained stone), sandstone, and alabaste...
27: ...re found together in a single grave on [[Keros]], dating from 2700 - 2750 BC.
42: ...o Santi|Raphael]] also sculpted a statue called ''David''. Most sculptures during the Renaissance were... - Jewellery (4234 bytes)
28: ...res are characterised by seam lines that follow a spiral path along the wire. - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
5: ...ge:Bb-trumpet-large-01.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A standard B♭ trumpet]]
6: ...t is made of [[brass]] tubing bent into a rough [[spiral]]. Although the bore of the trumpet is said to be...
16: ...lled [[pedal tone]]s in the octaves below the standard F♯. Several trumpeters have achieved fam...
19: ...ften limited to very short periods of playing per day. Many piccolo trumpets have four valves instead...
25: ...; trumpet. The bell is usually smaller than a standard B♭ trumpet, and the tubing is more tightl... - 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... - Animal (16429 bytes)
10: [[Cnidaria]]<br>
14: [[Orthonectida]]<br>
18: [[Chordate|Chordata]] (vertebrates, etc.)<br>
19: [[Hemichordata]] (acorn worms)<br>
25: [[Priapulida]]<br> - Spider (29039 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Arachnida]]}}
11: ...idae, Paratropidae, Idiopidae, Actinopodidae, Migidae -->
12: [[Liphistiidae]] (primitive burrowing spiders)<br />
13: [[Arthrolycosidae]] (primitive spiders)<br />
14: [[Arthromygalidae]] (primitive spiders)<br /> - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...e Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in C...
17: ...1585]] by order of [[Pope Sixtus V]]. The obelisk dates back to the [[13th century BC]] in [[Egypt]], ...
20: ...ontana, who was probably the best engineer of the day. Fontana built the lantern the following year, a...
22: ...p a barrel from bursting. (Visitors who climb the spiral stairs between the dome shells can glimpse them.)...
29: ...lly operated since [[1931]], with its oldest bell dating to [[1288]]. - Solar system (21174 bytes)
45: ...ion took place which resulted in the giant planet spiralling in towards the parent star. Any terrestrial ...
49: ...stem is part of the [[Milky Way]] [[galaxy]], a [[spiral galaxy]] with a diameter of about [[1 E20 m|100,0...
53: ...arge animal life on land. By remaining out of the spiral arms, Earth may be unusually free to form large a...
59: The first and most fundamental of these advances was the [[Nicolaus Copern...
92: ! Day<br/>(days) - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
56: ...columns supporting a flat base above which a huge spiralling [[minaret]] was constructed.
59: ...mbra]], the magnificent palace/fortress of [[Granada]], with its open and breezy interior spaces adorn...
62: ...tury [[Sultan Ahmed Mosque]] shows the brilliant adaptation and development of the forms established a...
70: [[image:Ctesiphon2.jpg|right|thumb|Ctesiphon, Baghdad, Iraq. Built for Persian Kings, inherited by Isl...
73: ...borrowed heavily from Persian architecture. [[Baghdad]], for example, was based on Persian precedents ... - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ...[Trajan]]'s victory in the [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|Dacian Wars]]. Its design has inspired numerous [[vi...
3: ...ds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 stairs provides access to a view...
5: ...ze figure of [[St. Peter]], which remains to this day.
9: ...s two victorious military campaigns against the [[Dacia]]ns; the lower half illustrating the first (10...
13: ...es such as setting out to battle and engaging the Dacians, as well as constructing fortifications and ... - Medieval fortification (8517 bytes)
9: ...nts in the [[Five Burghs|Five Boroughs]] of the [[Danelaw]] in [[England]].
55: ...rm nearer the outer wall of the well. Conversely, spiral stairs in churches are usually but not invariably...
62: ...were pointed on the front so that attackers would damage their weapons ([[sword]]s, [[axe]]s, etc.) wh...
68: ...n seen in old city centers of Europe even to this day, as broader streets often outline where the old ... - 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 ]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...homas Alva Edison''' ([[February 11]], [[1847]] – [[October 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United Stat...
7: ...homas Edison bought a house in [[Fort Myers, Florida]] (Seminole Lodge) as a winter retreat. [[Henry F...
10: ...anged. He and his family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave tho...
16: ...ing. His mother had been a school teacher in Canada and happily took over the job of schooling her so...
18: ...er to be typeset and printed on a moving train. Today, the paper is known as the Port Huron [[''Times-... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...arlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entrance to the tra...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carn...
38: ...ains two other genera, ''[[Sarracenia]]'' and ''[[Darlingtonia]]'',
39: which are endemic to [[Florida]] (for the most part) and [[California]] respecti...
49: ...nia californica'', the cobra plant, possesses an adaptation also found in - Conifer cones (8328 bytes)
14: .... These are the "archetypal" cone. The scales are spirally arranged in [[fibonacci number]] ratios.
16: ...xing back when they dry out, or (in [[fir]]s, [[cedar]]s and [[pseudolarix|golden larch]]) by the cone...
27: ...ite pairs) or three, rarely four. The genera with spiral scale arrangement were often treated in a separat...
30: ...arger, 6-11 cm long; the scales are imbricate and spirally arranged, and have 5-9 ovules on each scale.
41: ...erent branchlet). However, in [[larch]]es and [[cedar]]s, both types of cones are always at the tips o... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ...and his own political savvy to push Kennedy's agenda; most notably, the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].
5: ...]] had the highest black voter turnout—74%—and led the nation in the number of black leade...
11: ...hich featured a little girl picking petals from a daisy in a field, counting the petals, which then se...
40: ...dash;it has been called the first television war—as well as for the stridency of opposition to t...
58: The growing [[Watergate scandal]] was also a major distraction for Nixon and wha... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
18: ...). It has no eye, and does not typically have the spiral shape of more powerful storms. It is already beco...
24: ...fic Ocean]] east of the [[International date line|dateline]], and the South Pacific Ocean east of 160&...
25: ...hoon'' in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline
30: ...st winds of the storm. They also carry a distinct spiral shape to them, and spin in a cyclonic fashion dep...
34: ...act, tropical storms can also produce significant damage and loss of life, mainly due to flooding.
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