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- Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]] and a student of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[188...
3: ...ged to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; ...
5: ...) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more education and "appreciation o...
7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of [[partial differential equation]]s (t...
9: ...to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her... - 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: ... the Extensor digitorum longus takes origin and a slip from the tendon of the Biceps femoris is inserted...
14: The body has three borders and three surfaces.
16: == Borders == - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
7: ...rthenware and porcelain to decorative tiles and modern sculptures, reflecting both functional and aest...
10: ...cement, leading to more uniform and sophisticated designs.
17: *Hand-Building: This includes pinching, coiling, and slab building. It's one o...
19: ...is popular for making bowls, vases, and other rounded forms.
21: ... making it easier to produce multiple copies of a design. - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ... [[clay]]s are shaped and dried, then fired to harden them and make them waterproof. Unglazed pottery...
4: ...s of years old but also takes advantage of more modern innovations in the fields of chemistry and elec...
8: ... and date the stratum, by the formation style and decoration. The relative chronologies based on pott...
14: ...ed pieces to be finished by handwork techniques. Slipcast pieces tend not to be, as that negates one of...
19: ...symmetry, so that it does not move from side to side as the wheel head rotates is referred to as "cent... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
1: ...right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to create delicate [[sculpture]]s.]]
7: ...y tied to the development of increasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials.
9: ...f wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]. Wooden [[idol]]s from the [[La Tene|La T讥]] period ar...
11: ...f_China#Ancient_history|Chinese]]. Woodworking is depicted in many ancient Egyptian drawings, and some...
13: ...after his death. This book is filled largely with descriptions of dimensions for use in building vario... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...d [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mic...
7: ...ween earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
10: ...f the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ks ''Peri lithōn'' by [[Theophrastus]], a student of [[Aristotle]], remained authoritative for mi...
14: ...etallica libri XII'', with an appendix ''Buch von den Lebewesen unter Tage'' (book of the creatures be... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...e outermost part of the [[Earth]]'s interior is made up of two layers, the outer [[lithosphere]] and t...
3: ...ay from each other), and transform (two plates slide past one another). [[Earthquake]]s, [[volcano|vol...
5: ...r [[chemistry]], the discovery of the [[genetic code]] for [[genetics]], or [[evolution]] in [[biology...
8: ...the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions.
10: ...famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below. - Turkey (41694 bytes)
14: leader_titles = [[President of Turkey|President]]<br>[[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime ...
15: leader_names = [[Ahmet Necdet Sezer]]<br>[[Recep Tayyip Erdogan|Recep Tayyip E...
17: ...ents = - Formation of Parliament<br> - Declaration of Republic |
21: area_magnitude = 1 E11 |
28: population_density = 89 | - Barge (1987 bytes)
4: ...ed by draft animals on an adjacent towpath) contended with the [[railway]] in the early [[industrial r...
12: ...ffloading facilities such as a [[Ferry slip|barge slip]])
16: ...the term '''barge''' is used to describe a boat wider than a [[narrowboat]].
20: ... length, the more the sayer feels it is to be avoided. - Microscope (8708 bytes)
1: ...te or very small, not easily visible with the unaided eye. In other words, requiring a ''microscope'' ...
11: ...c aberration]] and [[spherical aberration]]. In modern microscopes the mirror is replaced by a lamp un...
24: #object holder or stage
26: #diaphragm and [[condenser]]
34: ...lens, a drop of oil is placed on top of the cover slip, and the lens moved into place where it is immers... - Earthquake (13859 bytes)
1: ...s]] into which the Earth's [[lithosphere]] is divided. Events that occur at plate boundaries are call...
5: ...he earthquakes shaking is the dominant and most widespread cause of damage.
11: ...er one, large faults are capable of higher magnitude earthquakes than smaller faults are.
13: ...ake, or as a result of submarine landslips or "slides" indirectly triggered by it.
15: ...ed simultaneously. They arrive in the following order: first the body waves [[P-wave]]s (primary or pr... - Geologic fault (2738 bytes)
1: ...source of many [[earthquakes]] that are caused by slippage vertically or laterally along the fault. The ...
3: ... of the fault as it was active which must be considered, and not the present day orientation, which ma...
8: ...nal [[tectonic]] significance may be designated [[detachment fault]]s.
18: == Strike-slip faults ==
19: ... as ''dextral'' faults. A special class of strike-slip faults are the [[transform fault]]s which are a [... - Pope Leo I (11553 bytes)
5: ... request. But nothing shows more plainly the confidence felt in him than his being chosen by the emper...
13: ...], and proceeded against them by holding a public debate with their representatives, burning their boo...
15: ...against the sect, examining its false teaching in detail, and calling for a Spanish general council to...
17: ...]], the disciple of [[Saint Peter|Peter]] and founder of the Alexandrian Church, could have had no oth...
19: ...unity to assert his authority there, which he did decisively in regard to a number of questions of dis... - Horse tack (8580 bytes)
6: ...s at the rear of the saddle and goes around the widest part of the horse's belly.
8: ...ant that the saddle is comfortable for both the rider and the horse—an improperly fitting saddle...
10: There are many types of saddles, each specially designed for its given task.
21: *[[Sidesaddle]]
22: **English Sidesaddle - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
1: ...ami that struck [[Mal靝 in the [[Maldives]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]].]]
2: ...fects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: ... [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [[wave...
6: ...re not actually related to tides the term is considered misleading and its usage is discouraged by [[o...
10: ... tsunami by itself may trigger an undersea landslide quite capable of generating a tsunami. - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
93: [[Addressing mode]] --
119: [[Atlas Autocode]] --
143: [[Blue screen of death]] --
166: [[Code and fix]] --
167: [[Code Red worm]] -- - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: [[Image:Genoa 139a.jpg||thumb|250px|Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ... a boat". Often local [[law]] and regulation will define the exact size (or the number of [[mast (sail...
4: ... have a [[bowsprit]] but this was not part of the definition. The same economic pressures which increa...
10: ... [[volume]] rather than weight, and are used when describing merchant ships for the purpose of tolls, ...
12: ... ship-owners could load their vessels until their decks were almost awash, resulting in a dangerously ... - Democritus (3967 bytes)
1: [[Image:democritus_bust.jpg|thumb|Bust of Democritus]]
3: ...cluding later [[Aristotle]], argued against this. Democritus was among the first to propose that the u...
5: ...arising, in others failing. There are some worlds devoid of living creatures or plants or any moisture...
7: ...ghing.jpeg|left|thumb|[[Hendrick ter Brugghen]], "Democritus Laughing" (1629)]]
9: ...because one must move into "the void" and (as he identified "the void" with "nothing") the void does n... - 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== - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
3: ... years of civil war that followed, Octavian would defeat such enemies as [[Marcus Brutus]], [[Gaius Ca...
5: ...[police force]] and the world's first [[fire brigade]]. He finished, repaired or rebuilt almost every ...
7: ...borders he established to become the [[natural borders]] for the Empire for over 400 years. His surnam...
10: ...ble but undistinguished family of the equestian order on [[September 23]], [[63 BC]]. His father was t...
12: ...y against Caesar’s orders that turned the tide of the battle and granted Caesar his last victory...
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