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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... - Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
17: ...of melatonin by the pineal gland is stimulated by darkness and inhibited by light. Light can be detect... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[19...
42: time_zone = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]] |
54: ...civilizations of the region, and modern events to date)''
57: ...thumb|180px|right|[[Mohenjodaro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of...
62: ...[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administrators, after the area was c... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
16: LandArea = 144,701 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 28|Dec 28]], [[1846]] |
25: ...Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 |
46: ...een home to approximately 17 different tribes. Today, only the [[Mesquaki]] tribe is left in Iowa and...
50: ...ted in a few shots finding Iowa soil; a raid into Davis and Van Buren counties by Confederate guerrill... - 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]] - Hoover (912 bytes)
5: *[[Bob Hoover]], legendary [[airshow]] and test pilot, author
11: *[[Hoover Dam]], originally named ''Boulder Dam'' - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: *[[William George Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] — [[computer game]] - Abacus (7218 bytes)
26: .... The beads in the shorter grooves denote fives—five units, five tens, ''etc.'', essentially in...
43: The size of beads of soroban is standardized, the Japanese classified soroban for native...
57: The Russian abacus is still in common use today in shops and markets throughout the [[Commonweal...
64: ... system of knotted cords used to record numerical data - like advanced [[tally stick]]s - but was not ... - 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]]. - 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: ...ng his cab driver ask "So how did those bums do today?" Mullin decided to sketch an exaggerated versio...
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 ... - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
24: ...orous Chicago-St. Louis rivalry continues to this day.
33: ...erman Dean, won 30 of them, with Paul (nicknamed "Daffy") contributing 19 wins. Dean's country humor m...
40: ...ob Gibson]], [[Steve Carlton]], and [[Orlando Cepeda]] led the "Redbirds" to World Series titles in [[...
62: ...four days after Buck's passing when ace pitcher [[Darryl Kile]] died suddenly of heart failure while i...
69: ...ch of the last half of the 20th century, the legendary broadcaster, [[Jack Buck]], was the voice of th... - 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]]) - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
14: ... locomotive had no name, and was used at the Pennydarren ironworks in [[Wales]]. It was not financiall...
20: The [[Stockton and Darlington]] Railway Company's first line was opened...
44: ** [[History of rail transport in Canada|Canada]] - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
21: ... (EPFL) under the inspiration of Professor [[Jean-Daniel Nicoud]] and the hands of [[engineer]] and [[...
58: ...ake use of a "rocker" button instead of a wheel – a pivoting button that can be pressed at the t...
61: ...ess") mice use wireless communication to transmit data via [[infrared]], [[radio]] or [[Bluetooth]].
70: ...sh; separate mouse buttons for separate actions — was also found to be confusing in user studies...
77: It is rarely used in standard interfaces. - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...y and decoded to reproduce the original digital [[data]].
5: ...nications|repeating frames of data]] at very high data rates over [[microwave]] radio links. Some mic...
7: ...ital data streams. Optical modems routinely have data rates in excess of a billion (1x10^9) bits per ...
12: ...puter system)|Sabre]], is the distant parent of today's SABRE system.
14: ... [[phase-shift keying]] system and increasing the data rate to 1200 bit/s. The similar [[Bell 201]] sy... - Palladium (9737 bytes)
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5: ...="center" | [[rhodium]] – '''palladium''' – [[silver]]
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51: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]])
111: ! [[natural abundance|NA]] - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...ssical]] [[orchestra]] in the [[17th century]]. Today, they are used in many types of [[musical ensemb...
14: ...|500px|[[Walter Light]] [[Timpani#Pedal timpani|pedal]] and [[Timpani#Chain timpani|chain]] timpani se...
20: ... tones while [[Parabola|parabolic]] bowls produce darker tones. Another factor that affects the timbre...
22: ...impani can play up into the [[treble clef]]. In [[Darius Milhaud]]'s [[ballet]] ''La cré¡´ion du monde...
30: ...– seen here on the left of the pedal – to change the pitch of the drum.]] - Reindeer (6508 bytes)
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7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Artiodactyla]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Cervidae]]}}
17: ...n]]; in [[North America]] on [[Greenland]], [[Canada]] and [[Alaska]]. In 1952, reindeer were re-intr...
29: ...ska, and a comparable number live in northern Canada. - Flagellum (8951 bytes)
24: ... or a just a highly-derived bacterium with heavy adaptation to [[extremophile|extremophily]], particul... - Holocaust (53541 bytes)
10: ... rites, gods of the earth and underworld received dark animals, which were offered by night and burnt ...
12: ...ction" since the [[Middle Ages]]), became the standard Hebrew term for the Holocaust as early as the e...
14: ...enerically to any mass killings such as the [[Rwandan Genocide]] and the actions of the [[Khmer Rouge]...
30: ...in other words, to kill them or have them killed—and to let the avengers in the form of the chil...
32: ...etter race by eliminating the designated "unfit"—along the same lines as their programs of [[com...
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