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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...a]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin America]] and the most...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
22: leader_titles = [[President of Mexico|President]] |
23: leader_names = [[Vicente Fox ]] | - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ...Navy|naval officer]], who explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], ...
4: ... acquire one of the most valuable and famous statues in the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in...
6: In [[1822]] he sailed on a voyage around the world under [[...
10: ...tica that he named the [[French Southern Territories|Adélie Coast]] in honor of his wife.
14: ...lle, in the 8th district near the [[Champs-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urville Station]] on Antarctica is... - 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... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], the smallest representative of the [[organ (music)|organ]] family.
4: ...ivilisation had reed instruments. It has been suggested that they may have existed in ancient Egypt.
10: ...wn through the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound.
16: ...ch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwind instrument]]...
18: Some of these characteristics are true for the sheng and some ... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=James Monroe
3: | image name=jamesmonroe-npgallery.jpg
4: | order=5th President
7: | preceded=[[James Madison]]
10: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia]] - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Ulysses S. Grant'''</font></caption>
4: ...=2>[[Image:Ulysses Grant 1870-1880.jpg|200px|Ulysses S. Grant]]
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>18th President</td></tr>
8: ...td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]</td></tr>
9: ...r><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[April 27]], [[1822]]</td></tr> - Brazil (12581 bytes)
1: ...ormer [[colony]] of Portugal, Brazil has [[Portuguese]] as its [[official language]].
8: ...ed and a [[federation|federal]] [[republic]] was established on [[15 November]] [[1889]].
9: ...ury|19th]] and early [[20th century|20th]] centuries,
10: ...Vargas]], and [[1964]]–[[1985]] under a succession of generals appointed by the military. Today ...
15: ...ticket by popular vote for four-year terms. The president has extensive [[executive]] powers and is bo... - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
2: ...rth to south, and is about 400 m across at its widest.
6: ...ts, who controlled the waters of the Nile from caves beneath the island: he was worshipped here as par...
8: ...stic times have been found on Elephantine. The oldest ruins still standing on the island are a granite...
10: ..., last reconstructed in [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times and still in use as late as the 19th century AD.
13: ...II]] on the island prior to 1822, when they were destroyed by the Ottoman government, both were relati... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
11: LargestCity = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] |
31: HighestElev = Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft, 4,014 |
33: LowestElev = Red Bluff Reservoir, 2,817 ft, 859 |
38: ...nguage|Spanish]] are officially recognized languages in the state. In [[Spain|European]] [[Spanish la... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...aurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the Interior|U.S. Department of the...
16: ...od vessels and cells lining them [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/science/03dinosaur.html]".
18: ...erosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[plesiosaur]]s, and [[mosasaur]]s.
20: ...ication of [[cladistics]], which rigorously analyzes the relationships between biological organisms, h...
27: ...s chosen to express Owen's awe at the size and majesty of the extinct animals; not out of fear or trep... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...r]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixed in.
5: ...ost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than th...
11: ...ayeux Tapestry]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Mus...
15: ...metary surfaces allows them to absorb the heat necessary to drive their outgassing. - 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]]) - Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
2: ...[human]]s, are [[multicellular]], (humans have an estimated 100,000 billion = 10<sup>14</sup> cells).
3: ...ontain the [[genetics|hereditary information]] necessary for regulating cell functions and for transmi...
5: ...as chosen by [[Robert Hooke]] because of the likeness he saw between [[cork (material)|cork]] cells an...
8: ===Properties of cells===
9: ...ight|190px|Mouse cells grown in a culture dish. These cells grow in large clumps but each individual c... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...f thought]], particularly with [[science]], in [[Western society]].
7: ... explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...on. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ... determine the law of acceleration of falling bodies, for instance, required accurate measurements of ...
14: ...he experiments and even indicated the particular results that led to the time-squared law (Drake, 1973... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1820]] to [[1...
7: *[[1820]] - [[Maine]] becomes a state
8: *[[1821]] - [[Missouri]] becomes a state
9: *[[1822]] - [[Denmark Vesey]] executed
10: *[[1822]] - [[Cumberland Road]] Bill - Michigan (29427 bytes)
8: ... Nickname = "Wolverine State" or "Great Lakes State" |
10: LargestCity = [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] |
25: ... time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin are Central time.)</small> |
30: HighestElev = 603 |
32: LowestElev = 174 | - 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]]. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
10: ...tate to ratify the [[United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durh...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
15: ...nnounced at a meeting of the [[Acad魩e des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), 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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