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- Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys wit...
5: ... [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ...l><sub>2</sub></small>— [[Pyrite]]. Iron oxide is a soft [[sandstone]]-like material with limite...
11: ...similarly soft and metallic but can dissolve considerably more carbon (as much as 2.04 wt% carbon at 1...
13: ...ry similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], ...
4: ..., and Queen of [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husba...
6: ...Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...______") and 5 sons surviving to adulthood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she ...
12: ...], and [[King of Bohemia|Queen of Bohemia]]: 1737-1740 - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...]], as her adviser. She never remarried after the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies...
10: ...in [[1730]]. They had hoped that she would feel indebted to the nobles for her unexpected fortune and ...
17: ... specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold and died within several days.
19: ...le hands of two other foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...he scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' by [[Nicolaus ...
3: ...nly were there major theoretical and experimental developments, but even more importantly, the way in ...
7: ...as; some of the rancor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these ...
9: ...tially as it is understood and practiced in the modern world; there is no concern here with "other nar...
15: ... (This and Galen's anatomy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contr... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
1: ...ndon.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Sheng player beside the River Thames, London, England.]]
5: ... and brought the first shengs back to Europe in [[1740]] and [[1777]] respectively, although some believ...
9: ...player would close up one or more holes to play a desired [[note]]. - Iraq (19222 bytes)
1: ...ingdom|British]] forces which drove the former leader [[Saddam Hussein]] and his [[Ba'ath Party]] from...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="backg...
10: ...align="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Iraq|In Detail]]) || align="center" width="140px" | ([[Coat ...
21: | '''[[President of Iraq|President]]''' || [[Jalal Talabani]] - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...cluded as a part of the [[Middle East]]. It is bordered by [[Iran]] in the west, [[Pakistan]] in the s...
3: ... ''Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan''. Under its new [[Constitution of Afghanistan|constituti...
4: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
5: ...1604;ت اسلامی افغانست...
8: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" - Vermont (39851 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 30<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 25.41 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 14<sup>th</sup> |
26: Longitude = 71?28'W to 73?26'W |
27: Latitude = 42?44'N to 45?0'43"N | - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer. - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: ... group interactions including [[corporate]], [[academic]], and [[religious]].
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
9: ...tion of human associations. Hobbes described an ideal [[state of nature]] wherein every person had eq...
11:
14: ...rs), taxation, and writing. All of which require densely populated settlements - cities. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
1: ...han Edwards.jpg|thumb|Rev. Jonathan Edwards, a leader of the Great Awakening, is still remembered for ...
16: *[[1733]] - [[Province of Georgia]] founded.
21: === [[1740s]] ===
22: *[[1740]] - [[King George's War]] ([[War of the Austrian ...
34: <table border="1" cellpadding="6"> - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: To summarize the areas of development in colonial America, historians typicall...
9: ... the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...on and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]] and [[Centr...
16: ...mercial enterprise]], [[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respec...
22: ...ir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply ship, delayed for several years by circumstances in Englan... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
7: ...en designs, such as the 'ordinary' or standard garden sundial, cast a shadow on a flat surface marked ...
9: However, sundials can be designed for any surface where a fixed object casts ...
11: Most sundial designs indicate [[solar time|apparent solar time]].
12: Minor design variations can measure standard and daylight ...
14: Sundials are known from ancient Egypt, and were developed further by other cultures, including the [... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...s]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on num...
6: ...] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the Servants of God]].''
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29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) [[29 June]]...
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 September]]</small> - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...ation in the unity of science movement which includes [[logical positivism]].
6: ...of its proponents attempted to use rationalism to demonstrate the existence of a supreme being. In thi...
8: ...rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]]...
10: ... and the [[Renaissance]] and [[Reformation]] preceded it (if it is thought of as a long period). Furth...
14: ...the universe where God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton ... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
18: *[[John Bacon]] (1740 - 1799)
37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929)
48: *[[Alexander Calder]] (1898 - 1976)
49: *[[Alexander Milne Calder]] (1845 - 1923)
50: *[[Alexander Stirling Calder]] (1870 - 1945) - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...'''Joseph-Michel Montgolfier''' ([[August 26]], [[1740]] – [[June 26]], [[1810]]) and '''Jacques-É...
5: ...the bags exploded and caused several severe third degree burns. This led them to cry and yell at the f...
7: ...of an 18 m³ silk bag, which reached an altitude of 250 m.
9: ...km, lasted 10 minutes, and had an estimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m.
11: ...red on the top of the balloon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for all of eight mi... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Celsius (3635 bytes)
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8: |Celsius ||Fahrenheit ||°F = °C × 1.8 + 32
10: |[[Fahrenheit]] ||Celsius ||°C = (°F – 32) / 1.8
12: |Celsius ||Kelvin ||K = °C + 273.15
14: |[[Kelvin]] ||Celsius ||°C = K – 273.15
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