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- Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...rbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ..., and carbon, if present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys ...
8: ...elting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves c...
11: ... ferrite around it. Self-reinforcing patterns often emerge during this process, leading to a patterne...
13: ...it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form. - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...ber 4]], [[1970]]) was an American [[blues]]-influenced [[rock and roll|rock]], [[R&B]], and [[soul mu...
4: ...he began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...hetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] user. She also used other [[psychoactive drug|intoxica...
8: ...the album being withheld until after their subsequent success.
10: ...y Pop'' captured [[Cass Elliott]] in the crowd silently mouthing "Wow, that's really heavy" during Jop... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
1: ...ainting|painted]] between [[1450]] and [[1500]] (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, [[Paris]],...
2: ...Catholics]] since the early [[20th century]]; currently being a focus of considerable interest in the ...
7: ...wn prince]]), and making the infant [[Henry VI of England]] the nominal king after [[1422]].
10: ...en-Lepage]]'s [[1879]] portrayal of Joan of Arc when she first heard her call; [[Michael (archangel)|S...
11: ...on).jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion ([[1876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon recei... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
3: ...ed to Australia when Nicole was four years old, when Tony Kidman took on a lectureship at the [[Univer...
8: ...r was diagnosed with breast cancer, as Kidman concentrated on her family responsibilities until her mo...
10: ... [[music video]] for the song "Bop Girl". By the end of the year she had secured a supporting role in...
13: ...lluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, and lived in [[Los Angeles,...
15: ...age with Tom Cruise, who is known to be an outspoken follower of the teachings of [[L. Ron Hubbard]]. - Map (10223 bytes)
1: [[Image:Gold-sundial-on-a-map.jpg|center|thumb|600px|Gold sundial on a map]]
3: ...sentation]] of a three-dimensional space. The science and art of '''map-making''' is [[cartography]].
7: ... wall of the [[Catal Huyuk]] settlement in south-central [[Anatolia]] (now [[Turkey]]); it dates from ...
9: ... in the works of J.B. Harley, Mark Monmonier and Denis Wood.
11: ...lish language|English]] as "[[On Exactitude in Science]]". - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...le of sticks" due to its construction: the instrument is made of an eight foot long conical piece of w...
4: ==History and development==
6: ...d obliquely, with its bell flared slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and t...
8: ...the word began to be used to refer to this instrument in particular.
10: ...its current form, and a three-keyed bassoon has been dated to 1699. - Flora (plants) (3124 bytes)
3: ...n area or time period, with the aim of allowing identification. Some classic and modern floras are lis...
9: ...stly, floras may be subdivided by special environments:
10: *''Native flora''. The native and indigenous flora of an area.
11: *''Agricultural and garden flora''. The plants that are deliberately grown b...
12: ...dered weeds have been shown to be beneficial or even necessary to various ecosystems. - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
1: ... mythology''' includes a number of stories and legends that are mythological and helps to explain or s...
3: ...an pottery and architecture, and the myths and legends which survived amongst the [[native peoples]].
5: == Inca foundation legends ==
8: ... explanation for the need for three foundation legends rather than just the first.
10: ...ve of Puma Orco at [[Pacaritambo]] carrying a golden staff called ‘[[tapac-yauri]]’. They were ins... - Sickle (1231 bytes)
1: [[Image:SickleUser wb.png|thumb|right|300px|Using a sickle]]
3: ...d. The inside of the curve is sharp, so that the user can swing the blade against the base of the crop,...
7: ...stone tools, it can indicate early use or development of [[agriculture]].
16: ...ting name]] for the [[RT-2PM Topol]] [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
9: * 400 KYA: [[Pigment]]s in [[Zambia]]
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
17: ===[[9th millennium BC]]=== - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ... by adjusting the [[pitch (music)|pitch]], [[frequency]], or duration of each [[note]].
3: ...ound effects and actual musical instruments is often hazy.
5: French [[composer]] and engineer [[Edgar Var賥]] created a variety of compo...
7: Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music.
9: == Early electronic musical instruments == - Artemis (11271 bytes)
7: ...s the [[moon goddess]] to complement her twin's identification with and supplantation of [[Helios]] as...
11: ...' KJV) In [[Roman Empire|Rome]], she was heavily venerated at [[Mount Tifata]] near [[Capua]] and in h...
15: ...puberty), they were asked to lay all the accoutrements of virginity (toys, dolls, locks of their hair)...
19: ...e [[Aventine Hill]] where mainly lower-class citizens and slaves worshipped her. Slaves could ask for...
25: ...esumed that defeated peoples become a substratum beneath that of their conquerors. It seems plausible... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
1: [[Image:Gold-sundial-on-a-map.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Gold sundial on a map]]
4: [[Image:sundial-st-remy-of-provence.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wall sundial]]
7: ...n designs, such as the 'ordinary' or standard garden sundial, cast a shadow on a flat surface marked w...
11: Most sundial designs indicate [[solar time|apparent solar time]].
14: ...ther cultures, including the [[Greeks]] and [[ancient Rome|Romans]]. - DNA (29095 bytes)
3: ...]] of [[heredity]], as it is responsible for the genetic propagation of most [[biological inheritance|...
5: ... located in the [[cell nucleus]]. The [[energy]]-generating [[organelle]]s known as [[chloroplast]]s a...
8: ...e building block of life may be a precursor to a generation of electronic devices and computers, but w...
10: ...urate description, and that it's only meant as a generic overview.
12: ...) is also to be avoided. --[[User:Lexor|Lexor]]|[[User talk:Lexor|Talk]] - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...uter, making it appropriate for sending automated digital data in voice channels.
4: .... International Morse code is composed of six elements:
7: # intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes within a character)
8: # short gap (between letters)
9: # medium gap (between words) - Finger (2398 bytes)
1: ...="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; text-align: center;">[[image:Hand.jpg|Human fingers; 15kb ]]<br><...
3: ...fore[[arm]], with motion communicated via long [[tendon]]s which may be observed on the back of the ha...
5: ... other fingers have three. The fingers' names in English are shown below, from the most [[radius (bon...
13: ...inger in anatomy, not the ring finger as in daily English.
15: ...sation]]; [[touch]]ing something or someone is often done with the hands and in particular the fingers... - Abacus (7218 bytes)
1: ... in use centuries before the adoption of the written [[Arabic numerals]] system and is still widely us...
5: ...the Roman abacus in principle, though has a different construction.
8: ...l the beads away from the horizontal beam at the center.
10: ...schools, very efficient suanpan techniques have been developed to do [[multiplication]], [[division (m...
20: ... not beads on wires than the drawing used in this entry earlier. - Compass (8275 bytes)
3: ...itime trade by making travel safer and more efficient.
5: ...]. A '''variation compass''' is a specific instrument of a delicate type of construction. It is used b...
9: ...ic lodestone as a direction point was in a [[4th century]] Chinese book: "Book of the Devil Valley Mas...
11: ...of wax attached to the center of the needle. [[Shen Kua]] pointed out that the needle prepared this w...
15: ...hes the stars at night, watches the sun at day; when it is dark and cloudy, he watches the compass'' - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...rds such as the ''[[New York Times]]'' this is often omitted.
8: ...e a [[lattice]]-like structure, with a higher percentage of black squares, leaving up to half the lett...
10: ...rk Times'' crossword are 15ױ5 squares, while weekend puzzles may be 21ײ1, 23ײ3 or 25ײ5.
12: ...h answers to be entered either radially or in concentric circles. ''Free form'' crosswords have simpl...
14: ...not to establish new variations of the crossword genre. - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
4: ... computing, as the Macintosh came out in a time when most computers used [[operating system]]s (OS) wi...
7: ...med "Leopard", is scheduled to be released at the end of 2006.
12: ...WIMP model for '''W'''indows, '''I'''cons, '''M'''enus, '''P'''ointer.
16: ... file names, with [[whitespace]] and no [[file extension]].
26: * User programmability through [[HyperCard]], [[AppleScr...
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