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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consor...
3: ... Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...emia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire...
6: ...arles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ne]] with whom she had sixteen children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be p... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...]] [[philosopher]] and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a promin...
5: ... which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...o her are among the most graphic of all the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic...
10: ... he presently added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
12: ...omable uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both church and world. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
17: *[[Yamamoto Isoroku]] (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
18: *[[Yamamoto Tsunetomo]] (1659-1719), Japanese Author of [[Hagakure]]
19: ...[Akira Yamaoka|Yamaoka, Akira]] (born 1968), Japanese composer
20: ...saki|Yamasaki, Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: ...ant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Ana...
22: ...U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...liner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]] - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: .... Intentional capacitors have thin conducting plates (usually made of metal) stacked or rolled to form...
7: ...dary with the dielectric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposite charge, the ''total'' charg...
9: ... the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ... ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates:
16: ... large unit, values of capacitors are usually expressed in microfarads (µF), nanofarads (nF) or ... - 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: ...University]] by [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] in [[1745]]. [[William Watson (scientist)|William Watson]]... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Jacques_Montgolfier.jpg|thumb|250px|Jacques Étienne Montgolfier]]
3: ...acques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[January 6]], [[1745]] – [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor|inve...
5: ...urnt, so they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
9: ...light covered 2 km, lasted 10 minutes, and had an estimated altitude of 1600 - 2000 m.
11: ...ore or less safely. It flew for all of eight minutes. - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: ...29]] - [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth ...
8: *[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] becomes King of [[Germany]].
11: ...]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Farg...
13: ...ivil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last time. - 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... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]]...
3: ...y, searching especially for certain copper mines described by Indians.
5: ...his third (December 1770 to June 1772) he was successful, not only discovering the [[copper]] of the [...
7: He reappeared at [[Fort Prince of Wales]] on 30 June [[1772]]. Becoming governor of this ... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
22: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] || 21450 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m³...
26: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Atomic properties'''
44: ...="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Physical properties'''
58: |[[Vapor pressure]] || 0.0312 [[Pascal|Pa]] at 2045 K - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
12: ...making. At the age of ten, he was sent to the [[Jesuit]] Collège Louis-le-Grand, and remained ...
14: ...[The Hague]]. Here he met Olympe Dunoyer, a [[Protestant]] girl from a poor family, but his father sto...
16: ...spy named Beauregard into a real or burlesque confession he was sent to the [[Bastille]] on [[May 16]]...
18: ...o 'v' and 'j' to 'i' according to the ordinary rules of the game. - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...e late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoni...
7: ...ons. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this page.
10: ...rmanic tribes]], [[Confederations of Germanic Tribes]], [[Germania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germani...
12: ...s Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work about the Germanic people at the Rom... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
8: ...he [[19th century]], scientists were able to synthesize hundreds of organic compounds. The most import...
12: ...y settled until [[Jean Perrin]]'s experimental investigation of [[Einstein]]'s atomic explanation of [...
14: ...arried much further by [[Ernest Rutherford]], who established the study of the substructure of the ato...
20: ...], and was found to have roughly the same properties that Mendeleev predicted for it.
23: ...lothing, medicine, and everyday disposable resources, by the twentieth century. - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...kad]], centered in [[Susa]], in what is now southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to...
8: ..., where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ... fact, the modern provincial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''...
13: ...iest date back to the third milennium BCE, the latest to the [[Achaemenid Empire]].
16: {{Template:Ancient Mesopotamia}} - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...tory 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series) |publisher=A Hodder Arnold Publication| year=199...
6: ...spierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with...
8: ...l revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radical...
13: ...Europe on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
15: ...de 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]]... - Leyden jar (3953 bytes)
5: ==Description==
7: ...plate, each of which stores an opposite charge. These two elements are conductive and are separated by...
10: [[Image:Leidse_flessen_Museum_Boerhave_december_2003.jpg|thumb|left|2...
12: The ancient Greeks used balls of amber on spindles that they rubbed to generate sparks. This is the ...
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