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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]]) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - 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... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ...naged to get some lecture notes from several courses at [[ɣole Polytechnique]], a school which did no...
7: ...former student of Lagrange's. Lagrange was so impressed by the paper that he asked to meet Le Blanc, a...
9: ...ote to him admitting she was female, to which he responded:
12: ...d nothing could prove to me in so flattering and less equivocal manner that the attractions of this sc...
15: ...ty of Gottingen|University of G?ngen]]. His interest shifted to [[applied mathematics]], and he stopp... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...alcot.grange.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6...
3: ... train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space or are rarely det...
5: ...ce is [[push-pull]] operation, where the locomotives push the trains in one direction, and are control...
7: ==Benefits of locomotives==
8: ...motive, rather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include: - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ficant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...at is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
7: == Carpet types ==
8: ...[Image:Swatches of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...k]], [[plain weave]], and [[tapestry weave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, D... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...x|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...f]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a ...
7: ...emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] of government.
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=John Adams
4: | order=2nd President
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
16: | vicepresident=[[Thomas Jefferson]]
18: ...dams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]). - 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]] - 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... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
4: | order=14th President
8: | succeeded=[[James Buchanan]]
9: | date of birth=[[November 23]], [[1804]]
16: | vicepresident=[[William R. King]] - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
10: LargestCity = [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] |
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36: ...reviation of '''NJ'''. It is also the fifth smallest state. The state is named after the island of [...
39: ...and southeastern [[Pennsylvania]]. These territories were taken by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated ... - 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]]) - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...e controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, such a...
13: ...e many claims and counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review...
15: ...also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers. - 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]] - Timeline of United States history (1790-1819) (6951 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1790]] to [[1...
6: *[[1790]] - [[Rhode Island]] becomes a state
7: *[[1791]] - [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] ratified
8: *[[1791]] - [[First Bank of the United States]] chartered
9: ...]] - [[Vermont]], formerly part of New York, becomes the 14th state - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...of the Julian year by all Western European countries except England between about 1450 and 1600. The G...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
7: ...st known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
11: *[[1651]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] crowned King of [[Scotland]]
15: ...y [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...d of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the sta...
5: == Causes ==
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...egislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source ...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the followi... - 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 chemists (10401 bytes)
15: *[[Antoine Baum]], (1728-1804), French chemist
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)
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