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  1. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    2: <div style="float:right">[[image:James Watt small.jpg]]</div>
    3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]&ndash;[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland|Scott...
    14: ...[[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
    18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam eng...
    22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate ...
  2. Boulton and Watt (684 bytes)
    1: ... between '''[[Matthew Boulton]]''' and '''[[James Watt]]''', made [[steam engine]]s at their [[Soho Foun...
    3: The oldest working Boulton and Watt engine is the [[Smethwick Engine]].
    5: Another working Boulton and Watt beam engine - dating from 1812 - can be found at [[Crofton Pumping...
    7: ...rking rotative steam engine, built by Boulton and Watt in [[1785]] to grind malt in [[Samuel Whitbread (...
    11: *[[Watt steam engine]]
  3. Watt steam engine (4120 bytes)
    1: [[image:watt7783.png|frame|right|Diagram of the Watt Steam Engine in its most basic form showing the i...
    2: ...ost natural power sources such as wind and water. Watt's design became synonymous with steam engines, du...
    8: Watt's idea was to separate the [[condenser|condensati...
    10: ...ent of a test engine. This proved frustrating and Watt repeatedly almost gave up on the project, only to...
    12: ...en engine. Since the changes were fairly limited, Watt and Boulton licensed the idea to existing Newcome...

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  1. Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
    3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, bu...
    10: ...Image:Maquina vapor Watt ETSIIM.jpg|thumb|300px|A Watt steam engine in [[Madrid]]. The development of th...
    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...
  2. Actinium (7046 bytes)
    1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
    12: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
    47: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) || 3 (neutral)
    82: | 12 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m*K)]]
    102: ! [[natural abundance|NA]]
  3. James Watt (5070 bytes)
    2: <div style="float:right">[[image:James Watt small.jpg]]</div>
    3: '''James Watt''' ([[January 19]], [[1736]]&ndash;[[August 19]], [[1819]]) was a [[Scotland|Scott...
    14: ...[[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved [[Watt steam engine]].
    18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam eng...
    22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate ...
  4. 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]]
    143: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
    145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
  5. Sun (20830 bytes)
    8: ...ffc0" colspan="2" align="center" | '''Observation data'''
    68: | 3.827&times;10<sup>26</sup> [[watt|W]]
    85: | 25.3800 [[day]]s <br>(25 d 9 h 7 min 12?8 s) [http://www.hnsky...
    128: ....e. 1 light-year in ca. 1400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days.
    132: ...etina]] and one's [[eyesight]].''' [[#Sun_and_eye_damage|See below for details]].
  6. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    13: *[[William George Armstrong]] &mdash; [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
    14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture &mdash; instant mashed potato flakes
    18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] &mdash; [[Analytical engine]]
    20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]&ndash;American &mdash; [[plastic]]
    21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] &mdash; [[computer game]]
  7. Pioneer 11 (5118 bytes)
    5: ...ectric generator]]s (RTGs), which generated 144 [[Watt|W]] at Jupiter, but had decreased to 100 W by the...
    7: ... of the [[heliosphere]]; [[neutral hydrogen]] abundance; distribution, size, mass, [[flux]], and veloc...
    9: ...by Pioneer 11 on [[September 1]], [[1979]], three days before its closest encounter. The [[moon]] [[Ti...
    11: ...ng generator power output. Science operations and daily [[telemetry]] ceased on [[September 30]], [[19...
    21: ...eer 10 and 11 spacecraft at distances between 20&ndash;70 AU from the Sun has consistently indicated t...
  8. Morse code (33777 bytes)
    2: ...king it appropriate for sending automated digital data in voice channels.
    6: # longer mark, dash or 'dah' (-)
    7: # intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes within a character)
    11: ...e length of the Morse characters made it hard to adapt to automated communication, so it was largely r...
    13: ...rmany and eventually adopted as the worldwide standard as "International Morse". Morse's original code...
  9. Lightning (33113 bytes)
    14: Although some others ([[Dalibard]] and [[De Lors]]) had conducted similar ex...
    40: light a 100 [[watt]] lightbulb for 2 months), and lasts a few [[mill...
    46: ...s unknown at the time standards were set, and the dangers unappreciated until the destruction of a gli...
    51: dissipates enough energy to light a 100 [[watt]] lightbulb for up to 95 years,
    69: ... storm and will strike without warning on a sunny day. They are signs of an approaching storm.
  10. Baltimore Orioles (15758 bytes)
    30: ...nson]], [[Boog Powell|John "Boog" Powell]], and [[Dave McNally]] were being developed by a strong farm...
    32: ...Los Angeles Dodgers aces Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
    63: ===Current 25-man roster (updated on June 20, 2005)===
    68: ...Image:Dominican_republic_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Daniel Cabrera]]
    91: ...ican_republic_flag_large.png|20px]] [[Miguel Tejada]]
  11. Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
    5: ... rule, owes very little to what he is born with &mdash; 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]]&ndash;[[August 2]] [[1922]]) was a [[scientist]], [[i...
  12. Windmill (7108 bytes)
    12: ...e]]s of those early times. They are still used today for the same purpose in some areas of the world ...
    16: ...ot prone to freezing weather, a pump jack (or standard) was frequently mounted at the top of the well ...
    20: ... the decline in the use of windmills in the US. Today, with increases in energy prices and the expense...
    42: *[http://www.molendatabase.nl/index_en.php Mill database with over 15000 mills from all over Europe]
    47: *[http://www.windpower.org/en/core.htm Danish Wind Industry Association]
  13. Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
    5: | date1=[[21 January ]] [[1981]]
    6: | date2=[[20 January ]] [[1989]]
    9: | date of birth=[[6 February ]] [[1911]]
    12: | date of death=[[5 June ]] [[2004]]
    19: ...alifornia|Governor]] of [[California]] ([[1967]]&ndash;[[1975]]). Reagan was also a broadcaster, [[act...
  14. History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
    11: [[James Watt]], a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer, w...
    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]]
  15. Steamboat (11603 bytes)
    17: ...of Lancaster, [[Pennsylvania]], having learned of Watt's engine on a visit to England, made his own engi...
    23: ...ndas]] and in March [[1802]] the ''[[Charlotte Dundas]]'' towed two 70 ton barges 30 km (almost 20 mil...
    25: ...es]] he ordered a [[Watt steam engine|Boulton and Watt steam engine]], and on return built the ''North R...
    27: In [[Scotland]] the ideas of the ''Charlotte Dundas'' were taken up by [[Henry Bell]], and in [[1812...
    30: ...amboats, very few of which survive to the present day, most destroyed by boiler explosions or fires. ...
  16. Quran (41479 bytes)
    10: ...an in a week or a month, one manzil or one juz' a day, respectively. A juz' is sometimes further divid...
    16: ...e model for the literary language remains to this day the speech used in Qur'anic times, rather than t...
    26: ... Iblis"), and even stories (such as the story of Adam) in the Qur'an. Muslim scholars explain these re...
    41: : 'A-lam yaj`al kaydahum fa&#7693;lin)
    46: ...[al-Mursalat]] ("Woe unto the repudiators on that day!")
  17. Ice age (15810 bytes)
    6: ... have been many glacial periods, occurring at 40&ndash;100,000 year frequencies. These are the best st...
    22: ..., and North America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations...
    39: ...e occurrence of glacial and interglacial phases &mdash; this was first explained by the theory of [[Mi...
    41: ... calculated to vary by as much as 25% (from 400 [[watt|W]]/m<sup>2</sup> to 500 W/m<sup>2</sup>, see gra...
    43: ...redicted by Milankovic. During the period 3.0 &mdash; 0.8 million years ago the dominant pattern of ...
  18. Literature (25676 bytes)
    11: ...ature", for example, on the grounds of a poor standard of [[grammar]] and [[syntax]], of an [[verisimi...
    13: ...]s have all at one time or another pushed the boundaries of "literature".
    15: ...works often had an overt or covert religious or didactic purpose. Moralising or prescriptive literatur...
    21: ... the ''formal'' properties of the words it uses &mdash; the properties attached to the [[Writing|writt...
    23: ...e [[Sumeria|Sumerian]] ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' (dated from around [[4th millennium BC|3000 B.C.]]), ...
  19. Americium (6956 bytes)
    1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
    7: ...center" | [[plutonium]] &ndash; '''americium''' &ndash; [[curium]]
    12: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
    33: ...[Atomic radius]] (calc.) || [[1 E-10 m|175 pm (no data)]]
    35: | [[Covalent radius]] || no data
  20. Antimony (9093 bytes)
    1: <!-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
    7: ...align="center" | [[tin]] &ndash; '''antimony''' &ndash; [[tellurium]]
    12: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
    40: | [[van der Waals radius]] || no data
    48: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) || ?3, 5 (mildly [[acid]...

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