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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...plorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] ...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portugue...
25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
30: ...er]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
19: *[[Melchior Adam|Adam, Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer...
27: *[[Adamnan]], (625-704), Irish religious leader
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
38: *[[Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
46: *[[Evangeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...lso see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Loui...
4: ...[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]]. Sh...
6: ..., Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia'' was the eldest daughter of [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|...
8: ...s, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to th... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
9: In [[1804]] she began corresponding with [[Carl Friedrich G...
12: ...elf with these thorny researches, succeeds nevertheless in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating...
17: ... [[Ernst Chladni]]'s study on [[vibration]]s of [[elastic]] surfaces. After failing twice she finally ...
21: ...s]] were in the fields of [[number theory]] and [[elasticity theory]]. One significant item is the con... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...motives because they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power c...
8: ...isolated in a locomotive, rather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include:
10: ...ier to maintain one locomotive than many self-propelled cars.
11: ...r the '''steam locomotive''', but still has some relevance.
17: ...comotives may generate [[mechanical work]] from fuel, or they may take [[Power (physics)|power]] from ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: A '''carpet''' is any loom-woven, felted textile or grass floor covering. The term was...
14: ...ched to the warp by one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
16: ...design. Moquette is woven in relatively narrow panels (usually 27" or 36"). Larger works are composed...
19: ...introduced in Germany in 1804. They became extremely popular in England in the 1830s.
21: ...[Gripper Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ...ernment in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[...
14: ...ates Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [...
18: ==Presidential elections==
19: ...es (provided that such a number was a majority of electors) became President, while the individual who...
21: ...ffice on [[January 20]] of the year following the election, an event called [[Inauguration Day]]. Alt... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events a...
28: ...of popular leadership of his second cousin, [[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through h...
31: ...ism and corporate authority; in December 1765 he delivered a speech before the governor and council in...
33: ...ular side in this case resulted in his subsequent election to the [[Massachusetts House of Representat...
44: ... first draft along with [[James Bowdoin]] and Samuel Adams. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
10: | place of birth=Shadwell, [[Virginia]]
14: | wife= None; wife [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
20: .... President [[John F. Kennedy]] welcomed 49 [[Nobel Prize]] winners to the [[White House]] in [[1962]...
25: ... and civil culture. The [[Continental Congress]] delegated task of writing the Declaration which inclu...
27: ...]; it included automatic [[door]]s, the first swivel [[chair]], and other convenient devices invented ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
5: ... [[1804]]-[[1806]] and again in [[1819]]. He was elected as a [[United States Democratic-Republican P...
7: ...[[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...l [[U.S. Electoral College|electors]] due to his relationship with an African-American woman. He serve...
13: ...s, and, in the case of Robert Ward, a Senator as well.
29: ... election, 1836|1836]] (won), [[U.S. presidential election, 1840|1840]] (lost)}} - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
18: ...54 to 42 in the [[United States Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president u...
20: ...s his marriage to [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring ...
22: ...ming and fine and handsome. And he was genuinely religious. And yet he was a timid man with a shallow,...
25: Pierce was born in 1804 in a [[log cabin]] near [[Hillsborough, New Hamps... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
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36: ...er the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
39: ...ony of [[New Sweden]], which included parts of [[Delaware]] and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These t... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scu...
15: *[[Raffaello Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[paint...
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
43: *[[Else Alfelt]] ([[1910]]-[[1974]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving you...
15: ..., was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...ce of mechanics might perhaps suggest a means, namely, a strong spiral spring. If these advantages and...
19: ...roviding the first detailed understanding of the relationship between altitude and the atmosphere. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ..., [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: *[[Edward Asselbergs]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadia...
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
20: *[[Leo Baekeland]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]] - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events fro...
11: *[[1793]] - [[Eli Whitney]] invents [[cotton gin]]
13: ...rgia]]'' 2 US 419 1793 paves way for passage of [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution...
14: *[[1794]] - [[Whiskey Rebellion]]
18: *[[1795]] - [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...as]] and occasionally [[Twelfth Night (holiday)|Twelfth Night]], a holiday when gifts were exchanged. ...
12: *[[1673]] - Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston.
18: ...f [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]]
20: *[[1804]] - [[France|French]] rule ends in [[Haiti]].
22: *[[1818]] - [[Mary Shelley]]'s [[novel]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Pr... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...apoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'',...
8: ...the face of a changing world; to some extent, it fell to the ambitions of a rising [[bourgeoisie]], al...
16: * [[Food]] scarcity in the months immediately before the revolution.
21: ...om court factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]], wh...
25: ...attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect the new taxes in spite of them. Thi... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...asion of [[Russia]], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in ...
5: ...il [[November 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French Wa...
12: ...y made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
14: ...European history forever. It was the force that spelled the beginning of some nations, and the end of ...
18: ... of Napoleon, European states had employed relatively small armies with a large proportion of mercenar... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
15: *[[Antoine Baum]], (1728-1804), French chemist
17: *[[J?Jakob Berzelius]], (1779-1848), Swedish ''chemist''
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
23: *[[Eduard Buchner]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...1911-1997), American chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
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