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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. --> - Epithelium (4397 bytes)
1: ...ternal (e.g. [[endothelium]], which lines the inside of blood vessels) or external (e.g. [[skin]]) fre...
3: ...ody cavities. Other epithelial cells line the insides of the [[lung]]s, the [[gastrointestinal tract]]...
5: Functions of epithelial cells include secretion, absorption and protection. Epithelial ...
14: ...]. Places where squamous cells can be found include the [[alveoli]] of the [[lungs]], the filtration ...
15: ...e suggests, these cells have a shape similar to a cube, meaning its width is the same size as its height... - Alaska (24727 bytes)
23: DensityRank = 50<sup>th</sup> |
24: 2000Density = 0.42 |
25: AdmittanceOrder = 49<sup>th</sup> |
28: Latitude = 54?40'N to 71?50'N |
29: Longitude = 130?W to 173?E | - Oregon (26551 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 39<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 13.76 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 33<sup>rd</sup> |
26: Latitude = 42°N to 46°15'N |
27: Longitude = 116°45'W to 124°30'W | - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]] - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: '''Johannes Kepler''' ([[December 27]], [[1571]] – [[November 15]], [[1...
4: ...nt to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei]].
9: ...is said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brillian...
11: ...acizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, fo...
13: ...duced to astronomy/astrology at an early age, and developed a love for that discipline that would span... - Abacus (7218 bytes)
1: ...written [[Arabic numerals]] system and is still widely used by merchants and clerks in [[China]] and e...
7: ...1b.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Abacus Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
8: ...computation. The beads are usually rounded and made of a hard wood. The beads are counted by moving ...
10: ...ddition]], [[subtraction]], [[square root]] and [[cube root]] operations at high speed.
20: device is not beads on wires than the drawing used i... - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
7: ...29, 2005. The next version, [[Mac OS X 10.5]], codenamed "Leopard", is scheduled to be released at th...
12: ...etc. This metaphor is sometimes called the WIMP model for '''W'''indows, '''I'''cons, '''M'''enus, '''...
13: ...e of a [[Computer mouse|mouse]] or other pointing device in personal computing.
14: ...rag" behaviors to perform actions with a pointing device.
19: * Aesthetic and ergonomic industrial "All in One" design that reduced clutter. - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...sic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water activities.
5: ...g composed mostly of water, has nearly the same [[density]] as water. Thus, staying afloat requires on...
7: ...convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly...
11: ...easing speed. This is an effect long used by boat designers, and unconsciously used by "naturally good...
13: ...the torso is smaller front-to-back than side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
5: ... is now the fifth-largest city, surpassing [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
24: founded = [[May 4]], [[1868]] |
33: density = 1,074|
46: ...aced them; or, they may be the ancestors of the modern Pima Indians who now live on the [[Salt River]]...
49: ...es northwest of a similar farming community at Hayden's Ferry, which would become [[Tempe, Arizona|Tem... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[Nat...
4: ...Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (peopl...
6: ...artes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...abandoning his three children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport...
12: ... Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with ... - Puzzle (1711 bytes)
2: ...atical or logistical problems, whereas others are devised for the sole purpose of being brain teasers....
5: [[Image:Rubiks cube scrambled.jpg|thumb|[[Rubik's Cube]]]]
15: * [[Rubik's Cube]]
18: * [[Soma cube]]
39: *Denkspiele Der Welt, München 1977,1981, Heinrich Hugendubel Ve... - Sliding puzzle (2847 bytes)
1: ...'sliding tile puzzle''' challenges a player to slide usually flat pieces along certain routes (usually...
8: ...lay for free on-line from many web pages. It is a descendant of the [[jigsaw puzzle]] in that its poin...
10: ...game]]s, just as mazes are, and like them is considered by many fans of such games as a time-filler.
15: ...y Press]], ISBN 0-19-853204-0)) is said to be the definitive volume on this type of puzzle.
16: ... [[Elwyn Ralph Berlekamp]] et al., [[1982]], [[Academic Press]]) - Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
6: The original Pantheon was built in [[27 BC]] under the [[Roman Republic]], during the third [[consu...
9: ...ion (referring to Agrippa) added to the new [[facade]], a common practice in Hadrian's rebuilding proj...
11: ... (as was increasingly the case) worshipped them under other names.
17: ...ring the reign of [[Pope Urban VIII]], the Pope ordered the bronze ceiling of the Pantheon's portico m...
21: ...of Cultural Heritage [http://www.beniculturali.it/default.asp?versione=Inglese&from=1] is in charge of... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...alta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to...
5: ...de horses on the condition that they ride with wooden saddles and unornamented girths. Ironically, El ...
7: ... who made it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The ...
9: ...iwick]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes === - Time (15299 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|230px| Clock Tower, Prague. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...difficult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of the nature of time. This article begin...
9: ...d years having significant variations in length. Despite its great social importance, the [[week]] is...
11: ...f time is so critical to the functioning of our modern societies that it is coordinated at an internat...
15: ...udying the [[past]]. Events in the past can be ordered in a sequence (creating a [[chronology]]), and... - Architecture of Ancient Greece (9161 bytes)
3: ...lmost no written sources on early architecture or descriptions of buildings. Most of our knowledge of ...
5: ...ifetime as no more than a very valuable master tradesman.
7: ...oration, not structurally, except in the very grandest buildings of the Classical period such as the [...
10: ...24px|none|The upper part of the Greek National Academy building in Athens, showing the pediment with s...
11: ...mage:ac.tholos.jpg|thumb|213px|none|The Tholos at Delphi]]</td> - Gold (24329 bytes)
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6: {| align="center" border="0"
26: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
43: | [[van der Waals radius]]
53: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) - Australian Cattle Dog (7087 bytes)
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54: ...http://www.akc.org/breeds/australian_cattle_dog/index.cfm AKC], [http://www.ankc.aust.com/austcat.html...
56: ...dium-sized dog with a lot of energy and an independent streak.
60: ...gs, and large solid-color marks on the body are undesireable. For owners who are more interested in th...
69: ... ACD is a well-muscled, compact dog with a short, dense coat and a naturally long tail. An ACD in goo... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
3: ... today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago�.
7: ...a�s contribution to science and technology include:
9: ...lgebra]] and [[algorithm]], [[square root]] and [[cube root]].
18: ...birth place of [[chess]], [[ludo]], snakes and ladders and playing cards.
24: ...f which is �''void''�, and zero emerged as a derivative symbol to represent this philosophical co...
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