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- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...der: Julien David LeRoy, ''Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]...
2: ... [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]]. (There are two lesser orders, the stocky [[Tuscan order]] and the ri...
4: ... Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
6: ...ek Revival]], it conveyed an air of archaic freshness and primitive, perhaps even republican, vitality...
8: ... of the column was exaggerated. Roman fluting leaves a little of the column surface between each hollo... - 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: - Actinium (7046 bytes)
20: | [[Chemical series]] || [[Actinide]]s
25: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
31: ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ff99cc" | Atomic properties
51: ... colspan="2" bgcolor="#ff99cc" | Physical properties
61: | 22.55 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre per mole|m<sup>3<... - Tooth (14790 bytes)
1: ...background-color:lightyellow; width:40%; "> '''Types of teeth'''
4: ...r]]s are similar to molars but smaller and sometimes called "bicuspids"
5: ...ne]]s are used for tearing apart foods and sometimes called "cuspids"
9: ...ooth enamel|enamel]], that helps to prevent cavities on the teeth.
11: ..." (meaning towards the cheek). Other terms are ''mesial'' (toward the midline), ''distal'' (away from ... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ...s. This article will explore the history, techniques, cultural significance, and contemporary relevanc...
7: ...s, reflecting both functional and aesthetic purposes.
10: ...ement, leading to more uniform and sophisticated designs.
12: ...or its red and black figure techniques, while Chinese ceramics are famous for their porcelain, a signi...
13: ==Techniques in Ceramics== - Dye (6033 bytes)
1: ...and may require a [[mordant]] to improve the fastness of the dye on the fibre. In contrast, a [[pigme...
3: ...[root]]s, [[berry|berries]], [[bark]], [[leaf|leaves]] and [[wood]], but only a few have ever been use...
7: == Organic dyes ==
9: ... according to how they are used in the dyeing process.
11: ...id dyes are not substantive to [[cellulosic]] fibres. - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...o classify, codify and communicate their experiences [[symbol|symbolically]]. [[Image:Karen_tribe2063c...
6: ...ng to this thinking, one can classify some countries as more civilized than others, and some people as...
8: ...he indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ... criticized) elements of [[high culture]] for repressing "[[human nature]]".
12: ... capitalist]] systems of [[western culture | the West]]. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...[[sheet music]]) to any organized sound(s). The question of what the art form called music actually co...
4: ...an any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses.
8: In the European [[Middle Ages]], [[musica]] was part of the mathematical [[quad...
10: ...resulted the romantic idea of a music of the spheres.
12: ...—some of which are very much in vogue in [[Western society]] today. - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...d]]. A [[musician]] who plays the flute is sometimes called a [[flutist]] or flautist.
3: ... allowing a very high degree of instantaneous expressive control.
5: ==Categories of flutes==
7: ...flute]], which has a complex array of keys and holes.
9: ... Usually fipple flutes are not referred to as flutes, even though the physics, technique and sound are... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
11: ...are used to select one or a few of the several holes
12: ...inearly on a [[mouthpiece]]. Each hole communicates
14: ...o vibrate more easily by air from above, reeds accessed by a
17: depressed, further redirects air blown or drawn through...
19: The harmonica is commonly used in [[blues]] and [[folk music]], but - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
3: ...anges. Over 700 types of igneous rocks have been described, most of them formed beneath the surface of...
6: ...hin the upper parts of the mantle at temperatures estimated between 600 to 1600 °C.
8: ...um]], [[calcium]], [[iron]], and [[magnesium]]. These are the elements which combine to form the [[sil...
10: ...n the Earth's surface by a relatively thin but widespread layer of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
14: ...us rocks are extracted, and the temperature and pressure conditions that allowed this extraction, and/... - Architectural style (1097 bytes)
1: ...e could build a Gothic style church even today irrespective of the historic period from which the styl...
3: For a list of architectural styles, see [[architectural history]]. - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: ...strument") is a [[musical instrument]] that produces [[sound]] by means of [[vibrating string]]s. In t...
8: ... bowed ([[Jimmy Page]] of [[Led Zeppelin]] sometimes played the [[electric guitar]] this way, for exam...
10: ...at the piano is a percussion instrument has at times served as rhetoric for composers who relished sha...
12: ...d bowed instruments, where it gives equally soft results.
16: ...hich are manipulated by the player, meaning she does not have to pay attention to the strings directly... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ... all of the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Chinese art]] (especially the [[porcelain]] industry) reaching unpr...
6: ...d the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing his capital at [[Nanjing]] and adopting...
8: ...Xiaoping]] are the two other peasant revolutionaries to have ruled the world's most populous nation.
10: ...eans "Vast Military" and reflects the increased prestige of the military.
12: ...dependent peasant landholders predominated in Chinese agriculture. - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...ately the middle of the fifteenth century. Though establishing the end of the Medieval era and the beg...
7: ...ward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration.
11: ...r complex interactions between multiple vocals lines in a repeatable fashion. The use of multiple tex...
13: === Genres ===
14: ...y late development, reconstruction of this music, especially before the [[12th century]], is currently... - Paleontology (5646 bytes)
1: ... [[feces]] ("[[coprolite]]s"), and chemical residues.
5: ... [[ecology]], fields concerned with living creatures and how they interact. [[Palynology]] is the stud...
7: ...tology]], which deals with animals without backbones, or in
8: ...gy]], dealing with fossils of animals with backbones, including fossil hominids ([[paleoanthropology]]...
10: There are many developing specialties such as [[paleoecology]], [[paleobotany]], [[ichn... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...rse code is the only digital [[modulation]] mode designed to be easily read by humans without a comput...
4: ...ause Morse code is transmitted using just two states — on and off — it was an early form of a digi...
7: # intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes within a character)
10: # long gap (between sentences)
13: ...ication, largely limited to use in the United States, became known as Railroad or [[American Morse cod... - Lightning (33113 bytes)
2: ...cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning strokes are observed during a night-time thunderstorm.]]
8: ==History of lightning research==
10: ...h lightning. [[Benjamin Franklin]] endeavored to test this theory by using a spire which was being ere...
14: ...milar experiments in [[France]], Franklin had suggested the original high-object-with-some-spark-gap i...
16: ... room split, and the door itself torn off its hinges. - Fra Angelico (13116 bytes)
1: ... town where he first took the vows. His life was described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''.
3: ...0px|'''[[Saint Lawrence]] receives<br> the treasures of the Church''', painted [[1447]].]]
7: ...bout [[1418]] with the name of "Fra Giovanni da Fiesole"; "The Angelic" is a laudatory term which was ...
9: ...rnible in his work. He had several important charges in the [[convent]]s he lived in, but this did not...
13: ... ''Coronation of the Virgin'' in the convent of Fiesole, and the ''Deposition of Christ'' executed for... - Savannah Elephant (2385 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''L. africana'''''}}
15: ...t]] were previously classified as a single [[species]], which was known simply as the ''African Elepha...
17: ... to 10,000 kg (22,000 lb) it is the largest land animal in the world.
19: ...[[seismic]] vibrations at [[infrasound]] frequencies for communication (G? et al, [[2004]]).
21: == Clipart and Animal Pictures ==
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