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1. Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
   1: ...image:Spinning jenny.jpg|300px|thumb|Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany]]
   2: ...device dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to wo...
   6: ...nocked over one of their own spinning wheels. The device kept working as normal, with the spindle now ...
   8: ...draw it out to the proper thickness. A clamp-like device in the roving beam allowed the operator to th...
   10: ...e fabric, using stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the yarn and in...
2. Spinning mule (12067 bytes)
   2: ...eloped in the 1830s. The mule was the most common spinning machine from 1790 until about 1900 and was still ...
   5: ... make enough [[yarn]] for the man's [[loom]]. But demand overtook supply due to:
   7: ...y [[John Kay]] of the [[flying shuttle]] (which made the loom twice as productive).
   9: ...d flyer with heck, in a '''continuous''' process. Development was sponsored by businessmen such as [[A...
   11: ...ased supply of yarn inspired developments in loom design such as Rev. [[Cartwright]]'s [[power loom]]....
3. Spinning wheel (2604 bytes)
   1: [[image:Spinning-wheel.png|right]]
   2: ...ng wheel''' is a device for [[Spinning (textiles)|spinning]] thread or yarn from fibrous material such as wo...
   4: ...the spinning wheel works by [[Spinning (textiles)|spinning]] the material, twisting the fibers into a long, ...
   6: ... then wound on either a post called (after its predecessor) the ''spindle'', or onto a [[bobbin]].
   8: ...arka'', a small, portable, hand-cranked wheel for spinning [[cotton]] and other fine, short-staple fibers.
4. Spinning (textiles) (1848 bytes)
   2: '''Spinning''' is the process of creating [[yarn]] (or thread...
   3: ...w done by electricity, is vastly faster than hand-spinning.
   5: ... And, of course, for the meditative qualities of spinning.

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1. 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.
2. Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
   1: ...mb|300px|This [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] struck under Irene reports the legend <small>bASILISSH</small...
   4: ... and confidence of her feeble husband, and at his death in [[780]] was left by him sole guardian of th...
   10: ...[790]] into open resistance, and the soldiers, headed by the [[Armenia]]n guard, formally proclaimed C...
   12: ...palace at [[Constantinople]]; and there, by the orders of his mother, his eyes were stabbed out. An [[...
   14: ...ed to [[Lesbos]] and forced to support herself by spinning. She died the following year. Her zeal in restori...
3. Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
   3: ... From a young age, Maria was surrounded by the students and lecturers from the University, intellectua...
   5: ...at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work s...
   7: ... is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
   9: ... Then add one more variation; all the dancers are spinning twirling round and round like tops as they circle...
   11: ...1963]] saw both [[Maria]] and [[Hans Jensen]] awarded the Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for their disco...
4. Symphyta (3111 bytes)
   11: '''([[Cephoidea]])'''<br>
   13: '''([[Megalodontoidea]])'''<br>
   15: ...af-rolling<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;& web-spinning sawflies<br>
   16: '''([[Orussoidea]])'''<br>
   18: '''([[Siricoidea]])'''<br>
5. Cycling (1157 bytes)
   25: * [[Bike derby]]
   31: * [[Spinning (cycling)|Spin-class]]
6. Silk (8683 bytes)
   1: ...orm4.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Silk Worms. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
   5: ...silk was one of the staples of international [[trade]] prior to [[industrialization]].
   7: ==Silk trade==
   8: ...s trade was so extensive that the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known a...
   11: ...macy, as gifts to foreign dignitaries. The remainder was sold at exorbitant prices.
7. Weaving (6924 bytes)
   1: ...rn), or it can be woven in decorative or artistic designs, including [[tapestry|tapestries]].
   3: ...heir fabrics, regardless of the complexity of the design.
   5: ...dye]]d before weaving is called [[ikat]]. Fabric decorated using a wax resist method is called [[bati...
   9: .... The weft thread crosses the warp in some over/under sequence. The nature of that sequence gives rise...
   11: ...rsely, if the warp is spread out, the weft can slide down and completely cover the warp, giving a ''we...
8. Cotton (7876 bytes)
   4: ...interlocked. This interlocked form is ideal for [[spinning]] into a fine [[yarn]].
   9: ...a domesticated different species of cotton independently thousands of years ago.
   13: ...preposterous belief: "There grew there India a wonderful tree which bore tiny lambs on the ends of its...
   17: ...e [[Spinning Jenny]] ([[1764]]) and Arkwright's [[spinning frame]] ([[1769]]) enabled cheap mass-production ...
   28: ...able. Historically, one of the most economically destructive pests in cotton production has been the ...
9. Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
   1: '''Inca mythology''' includes a number of stories and legends that are mytholo...
   3: ...ation for what is known is based on what was recorded by priests, from the [[iconography]] on Incan po...
   8: ...acocha]]. In another, he was brought up from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] by the sun god [[Inti]]....
   10: ...ricked into returning to Puma Orco and sealed inside, or alternatively was turned to ice, because his ...
   14: ... legend, the young Manco jealously betrayed his older brothers, killed them, and then became Cuzco.
10. 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]]
11. Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
    1: ...image:Spinning jenny.jpg|300px|thumb|Model of the spinning jenny in a museum in Wuppertal, Germany]]
    2: ...device dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a single worker able to wo...
    6: ...nocked over one of their own spinning wheels. The device kept working as normal, with the spindle now ...
    8: ...draw it out to the proper thickness. A clamp-like device in the roving beam allowed the operator to th...
    10: ...e fabric, using stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the yarn and in...
12. Spider (29039 bytes)
    1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Spiders}}
    2: ...r spider]] | caption = [[Long-jawed orb weaver spider]]}}
    11: '''Suborder [[Mesothelae]]'''<br /> <!-- Families missing f...
    12: ...p;&nbsp; [[Liphistiidae]] (primitive burrowing spiders)<br />
    13: ...sp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Arthrolycosidae]] (primitive spiders)<br />
13. Astronomy (13970 bytes)
    3: ...ed near the center of the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles...
    5: ...d with [[astrology]], which assumes that people's destiny and human affairs in general are correlated ...
    8: ...rns itself much more with trying to observe and understand the actual physical nature of celestial obj...
    10: ... and involves working with computer or analytic models.
    12: ...er ways. Categorization by the region of space under study (e.g., Galactic astronomy, Planetary Scien...
14. Tornado (14220 bytes)
    3: ...[[Tornado Alley]]. Although in pure number of incidences, the [[United States]] experiences more torna...
    8: ...], and sometimes [[hail]] are associated with thunderstorms. Many tornadoes appear at the tail end of...
    10: ...otation can intensify and form tornadoes is not understood.
    12: ...mes opposite direction swirls develop under a thunderstorm. And about 1 in 100 tornadoes rotate in an ...
    14: ... high wind velocity and the associated wind-blown debris. Tornadic winds have been measured well in ex...
15. Alligator (1909 bytes)
    16: ...amily of [[crocodile]]-like [[reptiles]]. It includes two known species:
    20: ...ur. Alligators kill by biting their prey and then spinning and convulsing wildly.
    22: ...r jaw deformities which complicate this means of identification.
16. 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 ...
17. Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    4: | order=32th President
    7: | preceded=[[Herbert Hoover]]
    8: | succeeded=[[Harry S. Truman]]
    10: | place of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[New York]]
18. Aircraft (13315 bytes)
    15: ... use a spinning rotor (a ''rotary wing'') to provide both lift and thrust. The abbreviation [[VTOL]] i...
    18: ...n particular, these aircraft use a relatively low density gas such as [[helium]], [[hydrogen]] or heat...
    24: Below, we describe classifications by design, propulsion and usage.
    29: ====By design====
    33: A first division by design among aircraft is between lighter-than-air, '...
19. Helicopter (20080 bytes)
    1: ...b>fixed-wing aircraft</b>. The word helicopter is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''he...
    3: ...] Company (USA) [[Robinson R44|R44]], a four seat development of the [[Robinson R22|R22]].]]
    5: ...ject only to refuelling facilities and load/altitude limitations, a helicopter can travel to any locat...
    9: ...ransportation, casualty evacuation (including [[MEDEVAC]], and [[search and rescue|air/sea/mountain re...
    13: ...ry AD]] book in China that described some of the ideas in a rotary wing aircraft.
20. Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
    3: ...to be a true coaster. (Note that not all thrill rides that run on a track are roller coasters). Most c...
    9: ...is motion and usually run the circuit once with riders moving fowards and then backwards through the s...
    11: ...st common method of bringing the roller coaster ride to a stop.
    15: ...to keep it from entering. This can cause a [[cascade]] effect when multiple trains become stopped at t...
    17: ...tside the station, release train #2 (which has loaded while #1 was running), then allow #1 into the st...

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