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- Inclined plane (3213 bytes)
2: ...at a low angle to the ground. This lessens the needed force but increases the distance involved, so th...
4: ...stance traveled horizontally (run) to achieve the desired elevation change (rise).
6: ... is often referred to as a [[Grade (geography)|grade]] or gradient. Others may also call it tilt.
12: ...ses have separate truck routes that reduce the grade by winding along a separate path to rejoin the ma...
20: ...rposition and decomposition is critical in many modern fields of [[science]], [[engineering]], and [[t...
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- 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]].
6: ...e so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th...
8: Below the volutes, the Ionic column may have a wide collar or banding separating the capital from the... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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8: ! Date of Demise:
12: | [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]]
16: ! Tenure Order:
22: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | First Term - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
6: |'''Order'''
12: |'''Predecessor'''
27: ...[Colin Powell]]), and the second woman (after [[Madeleine Albright]]) to serve in that post.
34: ...icle for the ''[[New Yorker]]'', Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at [[Colum...
35: ...d an administrative position at the University of Denver. Her name is a variation on the [[Italian]] m... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...m]]. Because of Edwin Earhart's inability to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve yea...
8: ...War I]]. In 1919 she enrolled as a pre-medical student at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]...
10: ... her life began to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the At...
14: ... of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...[[Newark, New Jersey]]. In July [[1936]] she took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed b... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
8: ...er aeroplane for this flight a [[De Havilland]] [[De Havilland Gipsy Moth|Gipsy Moth]] (registration G...
10: ...d for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] in a [[De Havilland]] [[Puss Moth]] co-piloted with [[Jack ...
16: ...th Mollison, she flew a [[De Havilland Dragon Rapide]] nonstop from [[Pendine Sands]], South [[Wales]]...
18: ...o [[India]] in [[1934]] in a [[De_Havilland_DH.88|De Havilland Comet]] in the England to [[Australia]]...
23: *[[List of famous deaths by aircraft misadventure]] - Bessie Coleman (4340 bytes)
4: ...eman graduated from eighth grade and briefly attended college at Colored Agricultural and Normal Unive...
8: ...ial backing from Binga, and from the Chicago Defender, who capitalized on her flamboyant personality a...
10: ... had failed many times. Once, she saw a fellow student die during practice. However, she learned quick...
16: ...ether wreck. Her friends and family did not consider the aircraft safe and implored her not to fly it...
18: ...t, she has been honored in several ways since her death: In [[1931]], a group of Black male pilots per... - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
5: ...938]], while she was still teaching at the Air Academy.
7: ... She was the navigator of the crew that also included [[Polina Osipenko]] and [[Valentina Grizodubova]...
9: ...es ever to receive it and the only ones to be awarded it before World War II.
11: ...aining, the three regiments received their formal designations as follows:
13: ... combat missions (125 air battles and 38 kills) under Tamara Kazarinova and Aleksandr Gridnev. - Ear (6659 bytes)
1: ...ge:Ear.jpg|thumb|A left [[human]] ear. Image provided by [https://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: An '''ear''' is an organ used by an animal to detect [[sound]]. The term may refer to the entire ...
7: ...ncluding [[human]]s, have two ears, one on each side of the head.
10: ... waves. Many [[mammal]]s can move the pinna in order to focus their hearing in a certain direction, i...
12: ...umb|250px|left| Photography of a baby. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ...ight or dark. More complex eyes are used to provide the [[sense]] of [[visual perception|vision]]. Ma...
9: ...es grow outward from brain cells during embryonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from ski...
11: ...ranged hexagonally, and which can give a full 360 degree field of vision. Compound eyes are very sensi...
16: Jumping spiders have simple eyes that are so large, supported b...
18: ...ght|thumb|300px|Eye of a Komodo Dragon.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ... has a number of functions in the body including detoxification, [[glycogen]] storage and [[plasma pr...
5: ...men. The liver lies [[anterior]] to the [[gallbladder]] and superior to the right [[kidney]].
9: ...of the bile ducts resemble those of a tree, and indeed the term "biliary tree" is commonly used in thi...
14: ...surface landmarks. Traditional gross anatomy divided the liver into four lobes based on surface featu...
16: ... front ([[anterior]] side) of the liver. This divides the liver into a left anatomical lobe, and a rig... - Vertebral column (7072 bytes)
5: ...es are ''compensatory'' or ''secondary'', and are developed after [[birth]], the former when the [[chi...
7: ... convexity of the curve is directed to the left side.
17: ...nsverse processes stand backward, on a plane considerably behind that of the same processes in the cer...
21: ...he thoracic region. They present, in front, the sides of the bodies of the vertebrae, marked in the th...
25: ...cervical and lumbar regions; and is small and rounded in the thoracic region, where motion is more lim... - Arm (7276 bytes)
1: ...mmal, specifically the segment between the [[shoulder]] and the [[elbow]]. '''Arm''' may also refer ...
5: ...lder joint allows for movement of the arms in a wide circular plane, while the presence of two forearm...
8: ===The shoulder===
9: ...|400px|Diagram of the muscles in the arm and shoulder]]
11: ... [[sternoclavicular]] joint, while the scapula slides across the posterior chest wall via the "scapulo... - 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... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: ...s into one of three main types; [[computer-aided design |CAD]], [[geographic information system | GIS...
7: ... map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest maps emphasized topological relationships such ...
9: ...flooding of the [[Nile]] obscured the property borders.
11: ...rence of the earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
13: ...le]] later provided arguments in support of this idea. Those arguments can be summarized as follows: - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...iker's Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article ...
7: ...l planet]]s, and the only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The p...
9: ... a variant puts the cross atop the circle ([[Unicode]]: ⊕ or ♁).
14: ... diameter of approximately 12,742 km. The maximum deviations from this are the highest point on Earth ...
17: ... other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[silicon|siliceous]] solid [[Crus... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...ld|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long and rich history duri...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
5: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
11: ...Σ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
21: | '''[[List of Presidents of Greece|President]]''' || [[Karolos Papoulias|KᲯlos Papo?]] - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...on|privatized]] its economy in the past three decades. Politically, it remains a one-party [[authorit...
4: ...rsial with the ROC considering itself an [[independent state]]. See '''[[China]]''' and [[Political st...
6: ...d China]]" is sometimes used to denote the area under the PRC's rule, usually excluding the two [[Spec...
13: ...[Fujian]]. On [[October 1]], 1949, [[Mao Zedong]] declared the People's Republic of China, establishin...
15: ...s may also doubt statistics or accounts given for death tolls or other damages incurred by Mao's campa... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ... ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
13: government_type = [[Federal republic]] |
14: ..._titles = [[President of Pakistan|President]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minis...
15: leader_names = [[Pervez Musharraf]]<br />[[...
19: area_magnitude = | - Togo (15373 bytes)
1: ...e Republic''' is a country in [[West Africa]], bordering [[Ghana]] in the west, [[Benin]] in the east ...
2: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
7: {| border="0" style="text-align: center;" cellpadding="2" ...
11: | ([[Flag of Togo|In Detail]])
24: | '''[[List of Presidents of Togo|President]]'''
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