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- 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... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
5: ...ter born in 1538 Diane, Duchess d'Angoulꭥ (1538-1619) who married Fran篩s, Duke of Montmorency.
9: ...n Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl neckla...
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13: ...emaining years in her chateau in [[Anet]], [[Eure-et-Loir]] where she died.
15: ...rovide a resting place for her, her daughter completed the funeral chapel built near the chⴥau. - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
16: ...essive for the violence portrayed, and was interpreted as a wish of psycological revenge for the viole...
20: ...ived to adulthood — following her mother's return to [[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Na...
26: ...ntings, that the appearance of the curvy and energetic heroines is similar to her portraits and selfpo...
30: ...and with her husband. These problems lead to her return to [[Rome]] in [[1621]].
38: ... the artistic novelties of the period and enough determination to live as a protagonist during this wo... - Glass (26176 bytes)
20: ...an 400 [[nanometre|nm]], also known as [[ultraviolet]] light or UV, to pass. This is due to the additi...
22: ...f glass can be made so pure that hundreds of kilometres of glass are transparent at [[infrared]] wavel...
26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. T...
35: ...llic additives in the glass mix can produce a variety of colors. Here [[cobalt]] has been added to pro...
37: ...roduces a less intense red, often [[marketing|marketed]] as "[[cranberry]]". [[Uranium]] (0.1 to 2%) c... - Silk (8683 bytes)
8: ... so extensive that the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known as the [[Sil...
10: ==Secret==
11: ...ollow canes. The [[Byzantines]] were equally secretive, and for many centuries the weaving and tradin...
15: ...er in one major respect from the domesticated varieties. The cocoons, which are gathered in the wild, ...
17: A variety of wild silks have been known and used in China,... - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
3: ... of hard wood is added and the instrument is complete.
5: ... more readily obtained by reason of the small diameter of the bore in relation to the length. An alpe...
10: ...trummet in ''Syntagma Musicum'' (Wittenberg, 1615-1619). - Jordan (20715 bytes)
11: ...gn="center" width="140px" | ([[Flag of Jordan|In Detail]])
12: ...er" width="140px" | ([[Coat of Arms of Jordan|In Detail]])
35: 92,300 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br>
60: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]'''
69: ... area called [[Canaan]]. Subsequent invaders and settlers included [[Hittites]], [[Egypt]]ians, [[Isra... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
46: ...lement in the New World which was at [[Jamestown Settlement|Jamestown]] in the [[Virginia Colony]] in ...
48: ...eded by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is ...
59: ...00 m²) of land in order to vote. Founded in 1619, the [[Virginia General Assembly]] is still in ex...
61: ...enant Governor''', '''Attorney General''', '''Secretary of the Commonwealth''', '''State Treasurer''',...
67: ...llowing Presidential elections (1997, 2001, 2005, etc). - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
8: * [[1619]] - [[Cornelius Drebbel]] ([[1572]] - [[1633]]) p...
15: ...[[1953]] - [[Frits Zernike]], professor of [[theoretical physics]], [[Nobel Prize]] in Physics for his... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...sometimes referred to as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]...
13: ...is entire life. At age six, he observed the [[Comet]] of [[1577]], writing that he "...was taken by [...
25: ..., [[1618]] Kepler discovered the third law of planetary motion: distance cubed over time squared. He i...
33: ...of Planetary Motion|Kepler's laws]], in which planets move in ellipses, not circles. Using that knowle...
35: ...rs]], [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]], [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]; and the five classical elements. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...thods were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
8: ... Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious in...
14: ...f science brought him to the conclusion that the methods (and thus the results) were erroneous. His re...
16: ... Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry ... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
7: *Some time between [[1600]]-[[1650]]-[[Mahican]] [[Confederacy]]...
8: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
9: *[[1607]]-Settlement of [[Popham Colony]] in [[Maine]]
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [[Hudson Valley]] ar...
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jame... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...[[Puritans]] of [[New England]], the gold-hungry settlers of [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], and th...
13: ...f Great Britain|Britain]], [[France]], and the [[Netherlands]]. The lands that now make up the [[Unit...
16: ...h Monarchs|Queen]] [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]]. At this time, however, there was no official ...
25: ...alled [[Virginia]] (named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen"). It lay on an island in t...
27: ... colonists had little incentive to protect their settlement or work towards its long-term growth. - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ... the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between the [[26th century BC|2600 BC]] and the [[20t...
20: ...ered out by the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ...
26: ...f the country. Nonetheless, it has held itself together as a [[secular]] democracy. India has unresolv...
36: ... called the Harappan civilization, which thrived between [[2800 BC|2800 BCE]] and [[1800 BC|1800 BCE]]...
38: ..., these difficult conditions were also a great asset to the development of its early civilizations. Th... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...]] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
13: *[[1852]] – [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is pu...
21: ...he first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
22: ...h he says: "I came out of [[Bataan]] and I shall return".
27: *[[1966]] – The [[Jules Rimet trophy|World Cup]] is stolen from [[Central Hall]... - Dover, Delaware (4514 bytes)
5: ...performances by the Dover Symphony Orchestra, ballet, and classic films.
17: area = 58.8 [[square kilometer|km²]] (22.7 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
22: metro pop = |
26: north_coord = 39.1619 |
32: ...ted at 39°9'43" North, 75°31'36" West (39.161921, -75.526755){{GR|1}}. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[155...
76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – )
80: *[[Bart Bok]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1906]] – [[1983]]) - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
6: ...c geometry]], that bridge between algebra and geometry crucial to the invention of the [[calculus]] an...
11: ...ulosis]]. At the age of ten, he entered the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Prytanee|Collège Royal Henr...
13: ...assau]], leader of the United Provinces of the [[Netherlands]]. His intention was to see the world and...
14: ...e profit from it. (Descartes, ''Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
73: *[[Anaximenes of Miletus]]{{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
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