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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...t utility vehicle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For th...
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...fonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - 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. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - 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... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...enormous "museums of madness" that served as the deserving targets for later reformers’ zeal.
6: ...number of insane inmates in disgusting circumstances, which led her to approach the [[Massachusetts]] ...
8: ...n the mentally ill is more complex and more interesting than this legend. Surviving a childhood of [[...
10: ...r. In [[England]], she spent a year living on the estate of the Rathbone family, eminent [[Quaker]] re...
12: ...f daily life. When she returned to the United states she brought an enthusiasm for this idea with her. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Thomas Jefferson
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=Third President
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
13: | place of death=[[Charlottesville, Virginia]] - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Quincy Adams
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
4: | order=6th President
7: | preceded=[[James Monroe]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John Caldwell Calhoun]] - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
13: ...d>'''Wife:'''</td><td>[[Hannah Van Buren|Hannah Hoes Van Buren]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
17: ...States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
18: ...d>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M. Johnson]]</td></t... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ... and the ninth [[Vice President of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Martin Van ...
5: ...ommittee on Claims and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
7: ...1819]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...th an African-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
11: ...n was a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850, but he died in [[Frankfort, Kentucky]] s... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - 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 - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ... its underside and toward the opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be seen.]]
4: ... in [[March 28|late March]] of the same year, to describe their star-like appearance; the other then-k...
6: ...or planet" (or "planetoid") carries no strong suggestion about the composition of the object or its ge...
10: ...m '''artificial asteroid''' is sometimes used to designate man-made objects which have ended up in sol...
13: ...(HST).png|thumb|right|[[4 Vesta]], one of the largest asteroids.]] - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...rth]]'s atmosphere. They are [[temperature]], [[pressure]], [[water vapor]], and the gradients and int...
5: ...]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric sciences]].
10: ...icting the weather by interpreting established celestial phenomena, such as a [[Halo (optical phenomen...
12: ...[1780]] with the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[humidity]].
14: ...gation of the dependence of gas [[volume]] on [[pressure]] which lead to [[thermodynamics]] and [[Benj... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
1: The '''history of biology''' dates as far back as the rise of various civilization a...
3: ... by [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] (''Hydrog鯬ogie'', 1802). The word itself appears in the title of Volume ...
5: ...pecially the [[habit]]s and [[Abstraction|attributes]] of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s in the world arou...
7: ...enced this field was the British scientist [[Charles Darwin]], who was encouraged to publish his thoug...
9: ...'[[On the Origin of Species]]'' ([[1859]]) describes [[natural selection]], the primary mechanism for ... - 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]]) - Cloud (9947 bytes)
7: ...on local atmospheric conditions (what gases are present, and the temperature).
9: == Cloud formation and properties ==
15: ... up the side of a [[mountain]] and cools as it rises higher into the atmosphere (orographic uplift),
18: ...onstantly forming and re-evaporating. This give these droplets plenty of time to re-evaporate as they ...
20: ...water droplets are formed when water vapor condenses around a ''condensation nucleus'', a tiny particl... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...at, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored|restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France]].
5: ...ovember 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
9: The Napoleonic Wars brought some great changes upon the face of Europe:
11: ...nant power in Europe, as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]].
12: ... nation in the world. The [[Royal Navy]] held unquestioned naval superiority throughout the world, and... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ... of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]
17: [[120 reset]] --
36: [[320xx microprocessor]] --
58: [[5ESS Switch]] --
90: [[Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language]] -- - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
1: [[Image:AaronBurr-flipped.jpg|thumb|Vice President Aaron Burr]]
3: ...er Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
7: ...ersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esther Edwards was the daughter of [[Jonathan Edward...
9: ...Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on hold for the [[American Revolutionary...
13: ...[[Montreal]] through [[Great Britain|British]] lines to notify General [[Richard Montgomery]] of Arnol... - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
2: ...od or stone. For discussion of particular countries see [[History of rail transport by country]].
9: ..., [[Leicestershire]] (in [[1789]]). In [[1802]], Jessop opened the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] in south [[...
11: ...until [[Richard Trevithick]] developed the high pressure steam engine in the 1800s.
14: ... too heavy for the track and kept breaking down. Despite his inventive talents, Richard Trevithick die...
16: ...f long distance railways plied by speedy locomotives, greatly reducing the time required for personal ...
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