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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: ...[image:ogrody_semiramidy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th century interpretation]]
3: ...[[Babylon]] were considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. They were both supposedly buil...
5: ...t completely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ... possible use of something similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to th...
8: ...'s History of the Ancients program The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. --> - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
2: ...en presence, stunning good looks and mysterious [[death]] would make her a perennial [[sex symbol]] an...
6: ... of Los Angeles County Hospital. Her grandmother, Della Monroe Grainger, later had her baptized ''Norm...
8: ...Ida claimed that she and Wayne had seriously considered adopting her, which they could not have done w...
10: ...ospital in [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], where Della had died; Gladys's father, Otis, died in a men...
12: ...elf, yet also developed a gritty, opportunistic side and a super-human drive. She was very intelligent... - Mummy (16225 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mummy 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...reserved [[corpse]] that, due to shielding from [[decomposition]] by either natural or artificial mean...
8: ...orld. Some of the best-preserved mummies formed under natural conditions date from the [[Inca]] period...
12: ...y in ancient Egyptian [[embalming]] procedures. [[Asphalt]] and [[tar]] are forms of bitumen.) The Arabic w...
16: ...mmification was made so that the bodies would not decompose in the afterlife. The mummified individual... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...mets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and va...
5: ... sun consisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; the outer edges...
11: ... sight. They were usually considered bad omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes...
15: ...ics that tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary ...
17: ...and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits]. - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
9: founded = [[1821]] |
18: density = 835.1 |
26: ...mage:Indiana_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
29: ...bronze State [[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]], designed by [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Sch...
31: ...t bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bill and all work on the proj... - Tennis (24557 bytes)
1: ...wn as ''royal tennis'' or ''court tennis''), an older form of the game that is played indoors on a ver...
12: ...nal clear space around the court is required in order for players to reach overrun balls. A net is str...
14: ...als used for the court surface. Each surface provides a difference in the speed and bounce of the ball...
18: ...fashioned concrete courts to coated asphalt to wooden gymnasium surfaces to artificial grass similar t...
20: ...s courts add an additional variable, with bounces depending on how healthy the grass is and how recent... - Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
1: ...x|"The Tower of Babel" by [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder]]]]
2: ...s a [[tower]] built by a united [[human]]ity in order to reach the [[heaven]]s. To prevent the project...
8: ...here confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered...
10: === Judeo-Christian analysis ===
11: ...called "[[Babel]]", because there [[YHWH]] confounded the one language of Earth. - Tar pit (729 bytes)
1: ...ck, being unable to extricate themselves from the asphalt; making them excellent locations to excavate bone...
3: There are three known asphalt lakes worldwide; they are: [[Pitch Lake]] at [[La Brea, Trinidad ... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
1: ... on [[snowmobile]]s, the Caterpillar tracks are made or metal or some rigid material. The tracks help...
6: A crude caterpillar track was designed in 1770 by Richard Edgeworth, and steam pow...
8: ... Lombard $60,000 so they could produce vehicles under his patent.
10: ...by & Sons|Hornsby]] based in [[Grantham]], [[UK]] developed and patented a caterpillar track in [[1905...
12: ...ing the years. The first tanks to be fielded were developed from Holt tractors which were already in u... - Runway (3695 bytes)
1: ...nd]]. Runways may be a prepared surface, (often [[asphalt]] or [[concrete]]) or an unprepared surface ([[gr...
3: ....e. North), "09" for 94 degrees, and "17" for 168 degrees. Each runway can be used in two directions, ...
5: ... pointing in the same direction, the runways are identified by the letters L, C and R, for Left, Cente...
9: ... consists of rows of white light bars on either side of the centreline over the first 3000 feet of the...
17: ...ights running down the centerline. According to [[Department of Transport (Canada)|Transport Canada's]... - Gliding (16947 bytes)
1: ...landed-in-field.jpg|500px|thumb|right|A modern glider in Field]]
2: ...he correct term to use when the craft gains altitude or speed from movements of the atmosphere during ...
4: The word ''soaring'' is also used to describe the way [[bird]]s capable of flight remain ...
7: ...ls and navigational abilities. There are also glider [[aerobatic|aerobatics]] competitions.
9: [[Image:Glider-in-meadow.jpg|500px|thumb|Glider in Meadow]]
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