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  1. Wright brothers (19926 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Wrightflyer.jpg|thumb|200px|First flight, December 17, 1903.]]
    5: ... 30]], [[1912]]), are generally credited with the design and construction of the first practical [[aer...
    10: ...ncreased power) for taking off into the air. They developed three-axis control and established princip...
    12: ...o hundred different wing shapes in it, eventually devising their own tables relating air pressure to w...
    14: ...ether, and their contributions to the aeroplane's development are inseparable.

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  1. History of China (45919 bytes)
    2: ...any were eventually assimilated into the Chinese identity. These cultural and political influences fro...
    7: ...ultural center, where the first villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those ...
    11: ...s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[Chin...
    14: ...ished during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty...
    15: ...ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
  2. Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
    5: ...studied [[anthropology]] at [[Barnard College]] under [[Franz Boas]] at [[Columbia University]].
    7: Hurston's work slid into obscurity for decades, explainable for a number of reasons, cultural a...
    11: ... me too. You know Ahm uh fightin' dawg and mah hide is worth money. Hit me if you dare! Ah'll wash ...
    13: ...ng a caricature of Black culture and thus was not deserving of respect. Recently, however, critics ha...
    17: ...rk was groundbreaking: She was among the first academics to study [[Voodoo]], even travelling to [[Hai...
  3. Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
    1: ...laywright]], and catalyst in the development of modern art and literature, who spent most of her life ...
    3: [[Image:Homosexualitystein.jpg|thumb|right|Gertrude Stein and her lover [[Alice B. Toklas]]]]
    7: ...sburgh|Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] (now the North Side of [[Pittsburgh]]), her family moved to [[Vienna]...
    9: ...by_picasso.jpg|thumb|left|326px|Portrait of Gertrude Stein by [[Pablo Picasso]], 1906]]
    13: ...klas]] in 1907; Alice moved in with Leo and Gertrude in 1909. During her whole life, Stein was support...
  4. Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
    1: ...' blasted into orbit aboard the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the f...
    5: ...ysician]], teacher and [[astronaut]], she has a wide range of experience in technology, engineering, a...
    9: ...ldren, was born on [[October 17]], [[1956]], in [[Decatur, Alabama]] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois...
    11: ...B. in African and Afro-American Studies. She attended [[Weill Cornell Medical College|Cornell Medical ...
    13: ... Share, (TM) an international science camp for students ages 12 to 16, that utilizes an experiential c...
  5. Stained glass (3937 bytes)
    2: ...ss.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Stained glass photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
    4: ...s2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stained glass photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
    7: ...tallic salts during its manufacture to create a wide variety of [[color]]s. Early stained glass artist...
    9: ...teristics that, even for the same color, can provide surprising results.
    11: ...or lampshades incorporating colorful pictures and designs.
  6. Arizona (24367 bytes)
    25: DensityRank = 36th |
    26: 2000Density = 17.43 |
    27: AdmittanceOrder = 48th |
    30: Latitude = 31?20'N to 37?N |
    31: Longitude = 109?3'W to 114?50'W |
  7. Iowa (24205 bytes)
    9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
    11: LargestCity = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
    21: DensityRank = 33<sup>rd</sup> |
    22: 2000Density = 20.22 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 29<sup>th</sup> |
  8. Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
    23: DensityRank = 24<sup>th</sup> |
    24: 2000Density = 38.13 |
    25: AdmittanceOrder = 30<sup>th</sup> |
    28: Latitude = 42&deg;30'N to 47&deg;3'N |
    29: Longitude = 86&deg;49'W to 92&deg;54'W |
  9. Aviation (1454 bytes)
    1: ...and the [[aircraft]] industry. [[Aircraft]], include fixed wing ([[airplane]]) and rotary wing ([[heli...
    8: Civil aviation includes both [[scheduled air transport]] and [[general a...
    21: * [[Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast]]
    35: * [[Accidents and incidents in aviation]]
  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. Women's suffrage (11832 bytes)
    1: ...ation due to, for instance, race), which was considered too radical.
    2: ...New York City, 1912.jpeg|thumb|350px|Suffrage parade, New York City, 1912]]
    3: ...first modern polity where equal suffrage was extended to women.
    4: ..., which some claim to be a [[State|country]] extended suffrage to women in [[1838]]. In [[1893]], [[Ne...
    13: ... granted in [[New Jersey]] in [[1776]], but rescinded in [[1807]]. The [[Pitcairn Islands]] granted wo...
  12. Space (10661 bytes)
    3: '''Space''' has a range of definitions.
    8: ...physics]] does not treat space and time as independent dimensions, but treats both as features of [[sp...
    12: ...us concepts used to try to define space have included:
    14: * The structure defined by the set of spatial relationships between ...
    15: * A [[manifold]] defined by a [[coordinate system]] where an object ...
  13. History of science (41710 bytes)
    2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
    4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
    6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
    11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
    13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ...
  14. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
    36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
    49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
    117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
    137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]])
  15. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    3: ...[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
    5: ...rping the planes' wings ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which c...
    15: ... also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
    17: ... for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.
    19: ...d understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere.
  16. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
    12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
    14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture &mdash; instant mashed po...
    19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
    22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
  17. Ohio (19444 bytes)
    21: DensityRank = 9th |
    22: 2000Density = 107.05 |
    23: AdmittanceOrder = 17th |
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 1]], [[1803]], declared retroactively on [[August 7]], [[1953]] |
    26: Latitude = 38?27'N to 41?58'N |
  18. History of California (38344 bytes)
    5: ...l fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
    7: ...325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppies]] ''circa'' [[1910]].]]
    13: ... while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsidian]], used for arrowheads, axe heads, an...
    19: ...cted by stories of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with ...
    23: ...ula of [[Baja California]]), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spr...
  19. Religion (72319 bytes)
    1: ...onship with the universe. In the course of the [[development of religion]], it has taken a huge numbe...
    2: ...is used to designate what should be more properly described as a "religious organization" &ndash; that...
    5: ...ht|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
    10: ...e. The second interpretation, favoured by more modern scholars such as [[Tom Harpur]], is ''re + ligi...
    12: ===Defining "religion"===
  20. Garlic (12167 bytes)
    3: ...ated by eating fresh [[parsley]] and this is included in many garlic recipes. Because of its strong o...
    8: Because of its wide cultivation, the origins of garlic are uncertain;...
    10: ...as long, narrow, flat, obscurely keeled leaves, a deciduous spathe, and a globose umbel of whitish flo...
    12: ...h.com/garlic.htm#grow Selfsufficientish.com] provides the following growing instructions:
    13: ...in drills of 5 cm (2 in) and 15 cm (6 in) apart. Ideal soil pH is in the 6.2 to 6.8 range.

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