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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...the Americas, they inaugurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ... third voyage). However, there is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: le...
21: ...ni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchinetta.
29: ...portunity to sail into the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off th...
31: ...maker in Lisbon. At times, the brothers worked together as [[draftsmen]] and book collectors. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: '''Steel''' is a [[metal]] [[alloy]] whose major component is [[iron]], ...
5: ... (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8: ... Both temperatures could be reached with ancient methods that have been in use for at least 6000 years...
10: ...pg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]]
11: ...cementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stochiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</s... - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: '''Politics''' is the process and method of making decisions for groups. Although it is...
6: ...[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when, and how."
11: ...ay to illustrate the rationale for creating [[societies]] (polities).
14: ...writing. All of which require densely populated settlements - cities.
23: ...ameral]] legislative system, which divided power between the [[patrician]] [[aristocracy]] and [[plebi... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... technology but were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [...
11: ...rdo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
18: ...ively the product of virtue which, joining men together with the diverse affections of friendship, mak...
20: Leonardo kept his private life particularly secret, and there is no evidence that Leonardo was ever ...
22: In 1506, Leonardo met [[Count Francesco Melzi]], the 15 year old son of... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...lawyer]], writer, and politician. During his lifetime he earned a reputation as a leading [[humanism...
5: ...father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
9: ...ost immediately, to a rich widow named Alice Middleton who was several years his senior. His new wife...
12: ...ing official documents, and serving as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Ca...
19: ...) Erasmus also described More as a model man of letters in his communications with other European hum... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: '''Hernando de Soto''' (born [[1496]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Ext...
7: ...tan]], hoping to find a direct connection by sea between the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and the [[Pac...
11: ...Soto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
13: ...us for being the hero of the battle of Cuzco. He settled in [[Sevilla]], where he married, in [[1537]]...
15: ...unexplored lands. His mission was to conquer, to settle, and to "pacify" the unknown territories. - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...18 members of the crew and one ship of the fleet returned to Spain in [[1522]], having circumnavigated...
7: ... even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
11: ...ermission, he lost his command and was forced to return to Portugal.
24: ...int [[captain]]s-general, would receive one-twentieth of all profits and they and their heirs would ga...
34: ... from sailing, but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrameda with 270 men. - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
4: ...the English flag. Most notably, in [[1497]], he set sail from [[Bristol]] on his ship the ''[[Matthew...
6: ...to [[Venice]] in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen.
20: ...[May 20]], [[1497]] (he had also made a voyage in 1496, but got no further than [[Iceland]]). He sailed ...
22: ...ainland until his third voyage, in [[1498]], and letters referring to a voyage by [[Amerigo Vespucci]]...
31: ... to Newfoundland. From [[1504]], if not before, Breton, [[Basque]], Portuguese and English fishermen c... - Fashion (7767 bytes)
3: ...s also a design (as in a 'curious fashion') or a method (a 'cruel fashion').
16: ...ics]] with [[innovation]], coupled with pleasing details and expense.
20: ...r counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]] make her taller.]]
21: ...tary models, and changes in a European male silhouette are galvanized in theatres of European war, whe...
25: ...other people for millennia. Modern [[Western society | West]]erners have a wide choice available in t... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
18: ...publican Party|Republican]], Taft served as [[Secretary of War]], [[federal judge]] for the [[United S...
20: ...xpanded the [[civil service]], and established a better [[United States Postal Service|postal system]]...
22: ...ed States)|Progressive Party]] ("Bull Moose") ticket, [[Spoiler effect|splitting]] the Republican vote...
25: ...unded by his father. He was also a member of the Beta chapter of the [[Psi Upsilon]] [[Fraternities an...
27: ...ates Secretary of War|Secretary of War]], and he returned to the United States. - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: '''Hernando De Soto''' (c.1496/1497 - 1542) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] exp...
12: ... Soto with fifteen men to invite Atahualpa to a meeting. When Pizarro's men attacked Atahualpa and his...
14: ...to prevent his rescue by the Incan army. De Soto returned later to report that he could find no signs ...
16: ...ned him down. De Soto packed up his treasure and returned to Spain.
17: ==Return to Spain== - Flight (3194 bytes)
11: ...Flying tree frog]]s use greatly enlarged webbed feet for a similar purpose, and there are [[flying liz...
13: ..., and have been observed soaring for hundreds of metres using the updraft on the leading edges of wave...
18: ...pan, up to 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), and the [[trumpeter swan]] perhaps the greatest weight, 17 [[kilogr...
26: ...ight|250px|Mechanical '''flight''': Robinson R22 Beta helicopter]]
57: [[he:טיסה]] - Temperature (22519 bytes)
1: ...ter. Temperature is a measure of the average [[kinetic energy]] of the particles in a sample of matter...
6: ...rns the transfer of thermal energy, or [[heat]], between one system and another. When two systems are ...
15: ...ure. Temperature also plays an important role in determining the rate and extent to which [[chemical r...
21: ...rom a theoretical standpoint is the '''gas thermometer''' mentioned below.
27: *[[Resistance Temperature Detector]] (RTD)
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