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- List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
8: ...r (surveyor)|Adair, John]], (died 1722), Scottish surveyor and mapmaker
16: *[[Adam of Chillenden]], Archbishop of Canterbury
26: ...s|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader - George Washington (29551 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=George Washington
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg|thumb
5: | order=1st President
8: | preceded=None
9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]] - 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. - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] b...
11: ...f Course"'', comes upon the idea of a separate condensing chamber for the steam engine.
12: * [[1767]]: Surveyor of Forth and Clyde canal.
13: * [[1769]]: [[Patent]]ed separate condensing chamber for steam engine.
22: ...indicator to measure steam pressure in the [[cylinder]] throughout the working cycle of the engine, so... - 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... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...e, and politics regarding [[outer space|space]] endeavors. One of the most famous and important aspec...
4: ... technological and scientific breakthroughs, the idea of outer-earth missions was no longer a dream, b...
6: ... one place: [[Space Shuttle Enterprise]], a Concorde and scores of aircraft. The [[U.S. Space & Rocket...
11: ...rface. The United States sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
13: ...ovember 3]], [[1957]]. The first orbital flight made by a human being was [[Vostok 1]], carrying [[Yur... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...00s]]. According to Koyré¬ the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi... - Mars (27704 bytes)
2: [[Image:Mars NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap....
4: ...]]s ([[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] and [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]) which are both small and oddly-shaped, pos...
8: ...e. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on its surface. Mars has only a quarter th...
11: ...he atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]], 1.6 percent [[argon]],...
13: ... volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]]. - Benjamin Banneker (3034 bytes)
5: ...help on his parents' farm, his formal education ended.
7: ...to its owner. Banneker then carved large-scale wooden replicas of each piece, calculating the gear ass...
9: ...seph Ellicott]], a [[surveying|surveyor]], who needed a very accurate timepiece to make correct calcul...
13: ...nfant]] by surveying the [[District of Columbia|Federal District]] to lay out the new capital of the [...
15: ...s him to have had a mind of very common stature indeed...". - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Knox Polk
5: | order=11th President
8: | preceded=[[John Tyler]]
9: | succeeded=[[Zachary Taylor]]
12: | dead=dead - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
9: founded = [[1821]] |
18: density = 835.1 |
26: ...mage:Indiana_state_map.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
29: ...bronze State [[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]], designed by [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Sch...
31: ...t bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bill and all work on the proj... - Yellowstone National Park (23738 bytes)
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6: <tr><td>''Designation''</td>
25: ..., and [[Wyoming]]. Yellowstone is the first and oldest [[national park]] in the world and covers 3,470...
27: ...f these changes could have resulted in the worldwide population of humans falling to as little as 10,0...
29: ...en in the [[Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone]] - a deep gash in the Yellowstone Plateau that was formed... - Jacob Broom (291 bytes)
1: ... was a farmer and a surveyor, and served in the [[Delaware state legislature]]. - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
1: ...a representative of [[New Jersey]] and later attended the [[Continental Congress ]].
3: ... Jersey|Elizabethtown]], [[New Jersey]]. He was a surveyor and lawyer, and was clerk of the Provincial Assem...
5: ... [[June 28]] and signed the Declaration of Independence in early July.
10: ...p://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000418]</small>
13: [[Category:1794 deaths|Clark, Abraham]] - Hannibal Hamlin (5219 bytes)
2: ... the [[U.S. presidential election, 1860|1860 presidential election]].
4: ...e began practicing in [[Hampden (town), Maine|Hampden]], where he lived until [[1848]].
8: ... Convention two years later, he withdrew from the Democrats and joined the newly organized Republican ...
10: ...[history of slaver in the United States|slavery]] Democratic policies, and on [[June 12]], [[1856]], h...
14: ...n]] and the arming of [[African Americans]]. His identification with the [[Radical Republican]]s cause... - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (32608 bytes)
2: ...e:Independence_hall_1_bs.jpg|thumb|125px|[[Independence Hall]] ]]
3: ...eople. Philadelphia is the central city for the [[Delaware Valley]] [[metropolitan area]].
5: ... Franklin]] playing an extraordinary role in Philadelphia's rise.
8: city = Philadelphia |
12: seal = Philadelphia City Seal Color.jpg |
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