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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...ut [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-po...
5: ...[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
9: ==Causes==
10: ...on]] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - 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. - Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
1: ...rt of the country. It is among the poorest countries in the world.
3: ...Loya jirga]], Afghanistan was referred to by the West as the ''Transitional Islamic State of Afghanist...
5: ...an Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan'''</big>
23: ...]'''<br> - Population:<br> - [[Coordinates]]: || [[Kabul]]<br>1,424,400 <small>([[1988]])</s...
25: | '''[[President of Afghanistan|President]]''' || [[Hamid Karzai]] - 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]]) - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
1: ...eau map depicting territorial acquisitions and dates of statehood.]]
3: ... defined the original borders of the [[United States]].
5: ...ston (1746-1813)|Robert Livingston]] during the presidency of [[Thomas Jefferson]]; the territory was ...
11: ...n the presidency, but before he took office, Congress approved the annexation of Texas on [[February 2...
13: ...846]] under the [[Oregon Treaty]], the two countries had jointly controlled the area since 1818 - January 17 (12233 bytes)
6: ...egotiations with [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] and thereby setting the scene for the second ...
7: ...ian]] army at [[Falkirk]] in his ultimately unsuccessful campaign to recover the throne for the [[Jaco...
8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circl...
9: ...dier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at...
11: ...recognizes the independence of the [[Boer]] colonies of the [[Transvaal]]. - 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 ... - 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]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Thallium (12570 bytes)
17: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><td>[[Poor me...
21: <td>[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]] </td><td>11.85 [[kilogram per cubic metre|M...
25: ...lign="center" bgcolor="#cccccc">'''Atomic properties'''</th></tr>
43: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#cccccc">'''Physical properties'''</th></tr>
48: ...g point]] </td><td>1746 K (2683 ?F)</td></tr> - Zinc (12445 bytes)
20: | [[Chemical series]]
26: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
32: ...gn="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Atomic properties'''
58: ...="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0" | '''Physical properties'''
70: | 9.16 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per mole|m<sup>3<... - 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. - List of U.S. states by elevation (16995 bytes)
3: ...ey.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Mount McKinley]] — highest point]]
4: ...space.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Death Valley]] — lowest point]]
6: '''List of [[U.S. states]] by [[elevation]]'''
10: The highest point in the US is [[Mount McKinley]] at 6,194 m...
11: The lowest point in the US is in [[Death Valley]] at -86 me... - 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. - 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 ...
14: ... went on to be known as the Leyden jar because in 1746, [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] of the [[University...
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