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- Glass (26176 bytes)
1: The materials definition of a '''glass''' is a uniform [[amorphous...
3: ...ed the word ''glaes'' to describe [[amber]], recorded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesu...
5: ...glasses in common use as a building, container or decorative material.
9: ...d with very smooth and impervious surfaces. These desirable properties lead to a great many uses of gl...
13: ...ommon glass''' is mostly amorphous [[silicon dioxide]] ([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...s or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbe...
3: ...floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
8: ...of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...eave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]], list, [[haircloth]],...
12: ...ch as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]]. - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
1: ...age:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom C...
2: ...orth to south, and is about 400 m across at its widest.
3: It is a part of the modern [[Egypt|Egyptian]] city of [[Aswan]].
5: ...de, and, as an island, also provided an excellent defensive site for a city.
6: ...e was the dwelling place of [[Chnum]], the ram-headed god of the cataracts, who controlled the waters ... - Nevada (17565 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 43<sup>rd</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 7.03 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 36th |
26: Longitude = 114?W to 120?W |
27: Latitude = 35?N to 42?N | - Art (11479 bytes)
3: ...st range of forms, styles, and cultures. Art includes a variety of media, such as painting, sculpture,...
5: ...ny discussions and debates. '''Art''', in its broadest meaning, is the expression of creativity or ima...
9: ==Historical Development and Styles==
11: ...return to classical ideals and proportions. The modern era introduced movements such as Impressionism,...
15: ...us mediums and techniques. Painting, one of the oldest forms, uses pigments on surfaces like canvas or... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
1: ...6 m) lengths. The wire (4 conductors running inside a shield) runs along the rightmost leg of the 3 l...
3: ...έτρον, a measure), is a device for measuring either the [[wind speed|velocit...
5: Anemometers may be divided into two classes, (1) those that measure the [[v...
7: ..., of the velocity of the wind to that of the cups depends very largely on the dimensions of the cups a...
9: The other forms of velocity anemometer may be described as belonging to the [[windmill]] type. In ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
1: {| border="1" width="325" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" ...
10: ...outh Vietnam<br>• Reunification of Vietnam under communist rule<br>
15: ...n="top" style="text-align:center"|[[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam<br>(North Vietnam)]]<...
24: ...IA]]:''' ?<br>'''Total dead:''' 287,232<br>'''Wounded:''' 1,496,037
25: ...fficial Vietnamese estimate: 1,100,000 <br>'''Wounded:''' 600,000 - 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 [... - Visual arts (2572 bytes)
1: ...ry art]]s, and other such classes of artwork. The definition is not strict, and many artistic discipli...
3: ... as high forms. The movement was at odds with [[modernists]] who sought to withhold the high arts from...
5: ... arts" is suitably independent of these older, loaded concepts and as such is the preferred term for w...
7: ...set, but certainly can produce "high art" if considered to be a "visual artist", nomatter the medium.
13: * [[Design]] - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Associa...
5: ...emnants'', in [[1901]], after a number of players deserted the team for the [[American League]]. The ...
8: :'''Logo design:''' A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle...
18: ...teams in [[1870]], each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. A number of them adopt...
20: ...uth side of the city. The [[Great Chicago Fire]] destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other po... - Windmill (7108 bytes)
1: ...dmills on the Greek Island of Myconos. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...engines used to [[pump]] [[water]] on farms and modern [[wind turbine]]s for generating [[electricity]...
8: ...tury, apparently from technology gained by [[crusader]]s who came into contact with windmills in the M...
12: ...vast areas of North America, which were otherwise devoid of readily accessible water. They contribute...
14: ...d downward through a pole or rod to the pump cylinder below. - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
38: |'''[[WFPC2]]'''||wide field camera
43: ...ons and has helped astronomers achieve a better understanding of many fundamental problems in astrophy...
45: ...e project to build a space telescope was beset by delays and budget problems. Immediately after its l...
49: ==Conception, design and aims== - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
9: ...Gripping must be an even and gradual process in order to avoid bringing the car to cable speed too qui...
10: [[Image:Cable_car.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
11: ...sembles a very large pair of [[pliers]], and considerable strength and skill are required to operate t...
16: ... operation was the [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line|West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway]] in [[New York]], whi...
19: ...l for other cable car transit systems, and this model is often known as the ''Hallidie Cable Car''. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
7: dead=dead |
8: date_of_death = [[30 April]] [[1945]] |
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
11: ...[[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party...
13: ...eople, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]]. - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
2: ...City-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] [[metropolitan area]], defined as [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]], [[D...
4: ...lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]s. Residents are known as "[[List of famous Salt Lakers|Sal...
5: [[Image:Utah_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
6: ...own as the "Crossroads of the West". The city has developed a strong tourism industry and was host to ...
8: ... The current mayor of Salt Lake City is [[Rocky Anderson]]. - Geyser (14881 bytes)
4: ...tivity may change or cease due to ongoing mineral deposition within the geyser plumbing, exchange of f...
9: ...nected to one or more narrow tubes that lead to underground reservoirs of water.
14: ...f the column and thus the pressure on the water underneath. With this release of pressure, the superh...
22: ...and eruptions will erode the channels and rapidly destroy any nascent geysers.
24: ...e inside of the plumbing systems. Over time these deposits cement the rock together tightly, strengthe... - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...ities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "[[Classification of Native Americans]]."
5: ...erms "Amerindian" and "Indian", both of which are derivatives of "American Indian" (as is "[[Amerind]]...
7: ..., some long established and many more currently under negotiation.
9: ...erican may be construed to either include or exclude the [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]]...
11: ...an continent]]) are a diversity of [[Pacific Islanders]] including: [[Native Hawaiians]] (also known a... - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...e a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital [[data]].
3: ...service|POTS]]), and once received on the other side, converts those sounds back into 1s and 0s.
5: ...over [[microwave]] radio links. Some microwave modems transmit more than a hundred million bits per s...
7: ... into electronic digital data streams. Optical modems routinely have data rates in excess of a billio...
9: ... of transmitting analog signals, from driven [[diode]]s to [[radio]]. - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
1: <table border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><t...
2: <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
6: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>28th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Predecessor:'''</td><td>[[William Howard Taft]]</td></t...
10: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[Sunday]], [[December 28]], [[1856]]</td></tr> - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=William Howard Taft
4: | order=27th President
7: | preceded=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
8: | succeeded=[[Woodrow Wilson]]
11: | dead=dead
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