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- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
3: *[[Sin Ai|Ai, Sin]], poet
4: ...[Jan Santini Aichel|Aichel, Jan Santini]], (circa 1670-1723), Czech architect
9: ...], (1773-1824), translator, political writer, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
11: *[[Conrad Aiken|Aiken, Conrad]], (1889-1973), poet
19: *[[Danny Ainge|Ainge, Danny]], (born 1959), [[basketball]] player, coach, [[baseball]] player - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...ir, the Roman Catholic James II could attempt to return to the Throne. It was for this reason that the...
15: ...hesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acquaintance ...
19: ...d as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne and h...
24: ...iam's government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from ...
26: ...ended from [[James I of England]] through [[Elizabeth of Bohemia]]. Several genealogically senior clai... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
48: ...xplorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
50: ...olina]] colony in present-day [[South Carolina]] met the Spanish moving north from their base in Flori...
52: ...rison]]. On [[February 12]], [[1733]], the first settlers landed in the ''[[HMS Anne]]'' at what was t...
58: ...rgia General Assembly|state's legislature]] also met at other temporary sites, including [[Macon, Geor...
64: ...cutive officials who comprise the governor's cabinet are elected by the citizens of Georgia, rather th... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
8: Nickname = Palmetto State |
42: ...declared its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government on March 15, 1776. On [[Feb...
44: ...mes Buchanan]] took little action, preferring to let the newly-elected President [[Abraham Lincoln]] d...
48: ... two bodies -- called the "General Assembly" -- meets in the South Carolina State House. The Judicial ...
87: ...Baptist]] (47% of the total state population), [[Methodist]] (16%), [[Presbyterian]] (4%). - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...43_W.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 paintin...
2: ...f the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and was completed in [[1626]].
4: ...asilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's names...
7: ...atican Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by...
8: ...n this exact spot, which had previously been a cemetery for pagans as well as Christians. - Macau (16856 bytes)
34: | '''[[Top-level domain|Internet TLD]]''' || [[.mo]]
42: ...bitants of Macau. But narrowly, it refers to an [[ethnic group]] in Macau originating from Portuguese ...
44: ... to the city. [[Ferry]] service by [[hydrofoil]] between Hong Kong and Macau is available 24 hours a d...
48: ...門, Cantonese Jyutping: ou3 mun4) means "Inlet Gates". The "gates" refer to two erect gate-like ...
50: ...665;澳; Xiangshan'ao; "Fragrant-mountain Inlet"), Lin Do (蓮島; Liandao; "Lotus Isla... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
4: ...by arguing that [[orbit]]s (such as those of [[comet]]s) were not only [[ellipse|elliptic]], but could...
6: ...osed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentu...
14: ...as born in [[Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth]], a hamlet in the county of [[Lincolnshire]].Newton was prem...
19: ...f this love, but Newton had no other recorded 'sweethearts' and never married. [http://scidiv.bcc.ctc....
25: ...erms, [[Voltaire]] wrote in his ''Essay on Epic Poetry'' (1727), "Sir Isaac Newton walking in his... - 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...
22: ...und [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]]; [[Mayflower Compact]] signed - 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. - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ... an especially accurate one is called a [[chronometer]]. The clock in its modern form (24 hour clock)...
14: ...tain time and date for all manner of operations whether these be for alarms, event initiation or just ...
18: ...ore appropriately defined in relationship to the set of all physical processes.
27: ...alone is (confusingly) called "the clock", but sometimes "the clock" includes the counter, its indicat...
29: ... surveyed, the definition should be based on the set of physical processes which includes all individu... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: ...thumb|Popes buried in [[St. Peter's Basilica|St. Peter's]]]]
4: ...have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a source counts [[#Notes on numbering of popes...
6: ...taly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus...
21: ...wspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint Peter</small>
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small> - Lute (15915 bytes)
1: ...te''' is a plucked [[string instrument]] with a fretted neck and a deep round back. It evolved from an...
7: ... strings. Unlike most stringed instruments, the fretboard is mounted flush with the top. The ''tuning ...
9: ...till made of gut or a synthetic substitute, with metal windings on the lower-pitched strings as on a c...
11: ...he next pair of strings is the ''second course'', etc. Thus an 8-course lute will usually have 15 stri...
13: ...ourse are virtually always stopped and plucked together, as if a single string, but in extremely rare ... - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: ...tion of John Morris and Jackman when the Spanish settlements at Vildemos, [[Trujillo]] and [[Granada, ...
6: ...ignorance about this, whilst Morgan and his crew returned to their base at [[Port Royal]], Jamaica, to...
8: ...'s guns altogether and escaped in safety. On his return to Jamaica he was again reproved, but not puni...
10: ...he island of Santa Catalina on [[December 15]], [[1670]], and on the [[December 27]] gained possession o...
12: ...gain, and in [[1674]] Morgan was knighted before returning to Jamaica the following year to take up th... - 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}} - Navigation (15650 bytes)
10: ...pecific [[star]]s, and where they would rise and set on the [[horizon]] of the [[ocean]]
18: ... trade for aid or evacuate people. The guild secrets might have been lost, had not one of the last li...
20: ... in [[Hawaii]] to research Polynesian navigation methods. They built a replica of an ancient double-h...
27: === Modern methods ===
34: * [[position fixing]] - determining current position by visual and electronic... - Fluorine (8588 bytes)
26: {{Elementbox_magnetic | nonmagnetic }}
37: ...drogen]]. In a jet of fluorine gas, [[glass]], [[metal]]s, [[water]] and other substances burn with a ...
42: ...ten consist of [[ion]]s. Fluorine compounds with metals are among the most stable of salts.
47: ...d]] (chemical formula [[hydrogen|H]]F) is used to etch glass in light bulbs and other products.
54: * It has been used in the past to help molten metal flow, hence the name. - Coriander (6994 bytes)
24: ...eved to be a [[genetics|genetic trait]], but has yet to be fully researched.
38: ...n employ the ground fruits in generous amounts together with [[cumin]].
42: Coriander seed is also used in Ethiopian and Arabic cooking.
48: ... was one of the first spices cultivated by early settlers.
56: The size of your container is pretty important it should be 20-30cm (8-12 in) wide a...
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