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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...t of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufactur...
3: ...wth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power gen...
5: ...red to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|no...
10: ...he accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumula...
12: ...h often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...avid LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...variant of Corinthian, the [[Composite order]], added by 16th century Italian architectural theory and...
4: ...le of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
5: ...[Erechtheum]], Athens, [[421 BC]]-[[407 BC]]. The shaft everts gracefully at the base to meet the [[torus...
6: ...e so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...ves because they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
8: ...ather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include:
13: ...tly motive power assets can be moved around as needed.
17: ...s of providing motive work - the common ones include:
20: ...illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Cli... - Bone (11388 bytes)
1: '''Bone''' refers either to a hardened [[connective tissue]] or to one of the individ...
6: ...(chiefly [[collagen]]). Bone is a [[mesh]], the [[density]] of which may vary at different [[points]].
9: ...rge portion of skeletal mass; but, because of its density, it has a low surface area. Cancellous bone ...
13: ...ed with yellow marrow as the child ages (see Bone Development below).
23: ...in to ''cells'' and ''matrices''. Bone cells include ''[[osteoblast]]s'', so called ''Bone Lining Cell... - Femur (1778 bytes)
1: ...:Femur1.jpg|right|frame|250px| Femur Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...a head and a neck proximally, a [[diaphysis]] (or shaft), and two [[condyle]]s distally. It articulates w...
6: ... runs down the back of the femur, which also provides an attachment for the biceps femoris muscle.
10: ...st in other complex animals, such as the bone inside a [[Ham (meat)|ham]] or a [[leg of lamb]]. - Humerus (13486 bytes)
1: ... or fore-legs (animals) that runs from the [[shoulder]] to the [[elbow]]. On a [[skeleton]], it fits b...
4: ...of the [[scapula]]. This type of joint allows a wide range of movement.
11: ...hese enable movement at the elbow and at the shoulder.
13: ...us, and can rotate and abduct the arm at the shoulder.
15: [[Deltoid]] has a variety of actions on the top of the... - Radius (bone) (8551 bytes)
3: ...[wrist]]. The radius is situated on the lateral side of the [[ulna]], which exceeds it in length and s...
7: ...inence, the radial tuberosity; its surface is divided into a posterior, rough portion, for the inserti...
9: == The Body or Shaft ==
11: ...as to be convex lateralward. It presents three borders and three surfaces.
13: == Borders == - Tibia (10700 bytes)
1: ...cal, and parallel with the bone of the opposite side; but in the female it has a slightly oblique dire...
3: ...rom a (usually Human) shinbone, such as that of a defeated enemy.
7: ...n eminence, situated on a level with the upper border of the tuberosity and at the junction of its ant...
12: == The body or shaft ==
14: The body has three borders and three surfaces. - Ulna (12105 bytes)
8: The ulna is broader ''proximally'', and narrower ''distally''.
16: ...d, its lower extremity being very small, and excluded from the wrist-joint by the interposition of an ...
24: ...r carpi ulnaris]] arises; while to the lateral border the Anconæus is attached.
29: (''''processus coronoideus'''')
30: ...m the lower part of the coronoid process by a rounded bundle of muscular fibers. - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
4: ...clear whether the blast furnace was independently developed there, or whether the technology was trans...
6: ...ource]], and the use of a [[coal]]-derived fuel made blast furnace-based iron smelting significantly l...
15: ...chemically to produce pure iron and [[carbon dioxide]], which leaks out of the furnace at the top.
17: ...into [[calcium oxide]] and additional carbon dioxide:
21: The calcium oxide reacts with various acidic impurities in the iron... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...ntry's capital was ended, and it fell into a long decline, which by the late [[Ottoman]] period had se...
5: ...|right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated ...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
19: ...in. Alexander's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that...
21: ...t the foundation, but are thwarted when Alexander descends in a glass box, and armed with exact knowle... - Feather (5296 bytes)
2: A '''feather''' is one of the epidermal growths that forms the distinctive outer cove...
5: ...e birds from water and cold temperatures and provide colour which is sometimes used as [[camouflage]] ...
7: ...the tail. A typical vaned feather features a main shaft, called the ''rachis''. Fused to the rachis are a...
11: ...ildfowl|waterbirds]] produce a large amount of powder down.
22: ...rs. It has been suggested that ''Pedopenna'' is older than ''Archaeopteryx'', however, their age remai... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...Pharaoh]] [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (also known under his Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is oft...
9: ... in the [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
15: ...440 Old Royal Cubits (230.5 m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5 m. The r...
17: ...re based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angle of approximately...
22: ... was removed by an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo. - South Dakota (14035 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 46<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 3.84 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 40<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 42?29'30"N to 45?56'N |
27: Longitude = 98?28'33"W to 104?3'W | - Arrow (1419 bytes)
1: ...hot with a [[bow (weapon)|bow]]. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.
4: ...inally made from [[feather]]s but are now often made of [[plastic]].
6: ...row, ''fl裨e''. To fletch an arrow means to provide it with its vanes.
8: ...rget, its shaft will bend and flex from side to side, almost like a fish swimming through water. - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
1: ... numerous [[victory column]]s, both ancient and modern.
3: ... the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 stairs provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The cap...
5: ...elf, which disappeared in the [[Middle Ages]]. On December 4 1587, the top was crowned by [[Pope Sixtu...
9: A continuous frieze winds up around the shaft from base to capital. The relief portrays Trajan'...
11: ...Victory]] writing on a shield flanked on either side by Trophies. Otherwise, the scenes on the frieze ... - Numbat (6437 bytes)
15: ...ree families that make up the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Dasyuromorphia]], the generalised marsupial ...
17: ...and rump, and it does eat ants, although only accidentally: its primary, almost exclusive, diet is [[t...
19: ...e base of the small, round-tipped ear. The underside is cream or light grey; weight varies between 30 ...
21: ...e and, as with other mammals that eat termites, a degenerate jaw with non-functional teeth, but it doe...
23: ... of smell to locate the shallow and unfortified underground galleries that termites construct between ... - Archery (18991 bytes)
5: ==Modern competitive archery==
9: ...competing with bows for millennia, the first recorded archery competitions began around [[1583]] in [[...
11: ...Internationale de Tir ࠬ'Arc). Olympic rules are derived from FITA rules.
17: ... An archer shoots between 3 and 6 arrows per end, depending on the type of round. After each end, the ...
19: ...ially lethal weapons, much attention is paid to order and safety. - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ...ng various [[golf club (equipment)|clubs]]. It is defined in the ''Rules of Golf'' as ''"playing a bal...
6: ...the ball in as few strokes as possible may be impeded by various obstructions, such as bunkers and [[w...
8: ...r and then adds the points over a round; for more details on this method, see [[The INTERNATIONAL]], a...
16: ... or may be replaced by dropping another ball outside the water, but a penalty is incurred in the latte...
18: ...The ''hole'' must have a diameter of 108 mm and a depth of at least 100 mm. Its position on the green ...
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