Search results
|
|
No page with that title exists You can create an article with this title or put up a request for it. Please search Wikipedia before creating an article to avoid duplicating an existing one, which may have a different name or spelling.
Showing below 17 results starting with #1.
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).
No article title matches
Page text matches
- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...ng couple. Churchill, though he had supported James, also had a role in bringing [[William III of Ora...
4: ...r. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored their fortunes, but the Duke died in [[1722]] and never saw the ...
6: ...735), to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family...
8: ...=[[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}}
11: ... the daughter of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah. - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...the [[18th century]]. Nevertheless, the basic themes of the revolution are readily recognised.
7: ...lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
9: ...rld; there is no concern here with "other narratives" or alternate ways of knowing, or the like.
11: ...rized in the following lists of significant advances in science:
15: ...h largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contributions to science.) - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
20: ...Nobuo Uematsu|Uematsu, Nobuo]], (born 1959), Japanese composer
21: ...[[Naomi Uemura|Uemura, Naomi]], (1941-1984), Japanese climber and adventurer
22: *[[Kisshomaru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Kisshomaru]], (1921-1999), 2nd [[Aikido Dosh... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...[1635]] - [[March 3]], [[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the [[seventeenth cen...
4: ...d appointment as Professor of [[Geometry]] at [[Gresham College]].
6: ...of London|Great Fire]] in [[1666]]. He worked on designing the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]] and the...
8: ...head that some have argued portrays Hooke. Both these claims remain in dispute, however.
12: ...rings, and derivative designs of Hooke's [[anchor escapement]] remain in common use. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...s perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
6: ...ilosophers, such as [[Rene Descartes]], more interesting than the classical material taught at the Uni...
8: ... infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...t that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
12: ...life-threatening itself) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with ... - Nairobi (2690 bytes)
2: ...population of around 3 million. Nairobi's name comes from the [[Maasai]] ''Enkarenairobi'', meaning "c...
4: ... language|Kiswahili]]. English is the legal, business and administrative language while Kiswahili rema...
10: ...]] and then by land-based [[aircraft]] on the routes to the south.
12: ..., within its borders. Nairobi also has more species of [[bird]]s than any other capital city in the w...
14: The [[United States|US]] Embassy in Nairobi was bombed in [[August]] ... - Banknote (6576 bytes)
3: ...nits, while banknotes are utilised for higher values.
5: ...transfer ownership in exchange for goods or services.
7: ...it. Limited convertibility occurs when there are restrictions in the time, place, manner or amount of ...
9: ...his is no longer true; the currency of all countries is now [[fiat money]] not backed by gold or silve...
11: ... precious metals from the monetary system, banknotes are now simply considered as money. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shakespeare.jpg|frame|right|William Shakespeare ([[National Portrait Gallery, London|Nationa...
2: ... and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of all [[writer]]s in the [[English language]], ...
4: ...e continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have ...
6: ... uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 ye...
8: ...ases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
40: * Sir [[James Dewar]]
59: *[[Carl Remigius Fresenius]]
60: *[[Wilhelm Fresenius]], son of Carl, German chemist, (1913-2004)
77: *[[Charles Hatchett]], (1765-1847), English chemist who disc... - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
1: ...s]], [[continent|continents]] or [[country|countries]].
6: ...40'), which lies slightly north of [[Cape Morris Jesup]], [[Greenland]] (83°39'). Various shiftin...
8: * The westernmost point on land, according to the path of t...
12: ...ighest point is the summit of [[Mount Everest|Everest]]: 8,850 [[metre|m]] (29,035 feet) above sea lev...
13: ...w sea level [http://www.rain.org/ocean/ocean-studies-challenger-deep-mariana-trench.html]. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
26: *[[Harry Bates (sculptor)|Harry Bates]] (1850 - 1899)
41: *[[Georges Braque]] (1882 - 1963)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]] - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...ity]]" and "quantity of charge." There are two types of electricity or charge: we call one kind of ele...
3: ...C". The symbol ''Q'' is used in equations to represent the [[quantity of electricity]] or charge. Fo...
6: ...who found that rubbing [[fur]] on various substances, such as [[amber]], would cause a particular [[at...
8: ...d to be [[battery (electricity)|electrical batteries]].
10: ...apacitor]] for electrical energy in large quantities, was invented at [[Leiden University]] by [[Piete... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...age:Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([...
4: '''Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]],...
6: ...escartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: At university Hobbes appears to have followed his own curriculum; he w... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ary Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...d into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...k]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes === - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...s in the development of [[science]], and asking questions about how science "works" both in a philosop...
7: ...elative isolation, due to the difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there was a considerabl...
9: ...ary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ... the first scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The A...
13: ...functions, including a community open to and interested in empirical inquiry, and also more familiar w...
View (previous 20) (next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500).