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- History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
2: ...ion of particular countries see [[History of rail transport by country]].
6: ...y remained the only practical overland mechanized transport for well over 100 years.
9: ...oped in which unflanged wheels ran on L- shaped metal plates - these became known as [[plateways]]. I...
16: ...s. Evans specified that there should be separate sets of parallel tracks for trains going in different...
22: ...]. In the beginning, [[Canal|canals]] were in competition with the railroads, but the railroads quickl... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
1: {{transport}}
3: ...ndividual powered or unpowered vehicles linked together).
8: ...is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
9: ...y greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: ...
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...n area of 1256 km? (485 sq. miles). The larger [[metropolitan area]] population is estimated at 10-13 ...
15: ...s formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neighbor [[Niter, f...
17: The exact place of Rio's foundation is at the feet of now world famous Sugar Loaf mountain (P㯭de-A...
19: ...], Rio de Janeiro became much more useful port to transport out the wealth than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|S...
23: ...Rio de Janeiro as the capital of his new empire, yet the city region was losing importance - economic ... - 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. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ... machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the manufacture of more prod...
3: ... [[ship]]s, and [[railway]]s, and later in the nineteenth century the growth of the [[internal combust...
5: ... of the world. The impact of this change on [[society]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Ne...
10: ...ernational [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capi...
12: ...ritain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often impo... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...oria''' (Alexandrina Victoria [[Wettin (dynasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) (...
18: Princess Victoria met her future husband, [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Cobur...
20: ... [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[...
25: ...t Augustus of Hanover. As the young queen was as yet unmarried and childless, Ernest Augustus was also...
29: ...y resigned his commission, allowing Melbourne to return to office. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
2: ...+ style="font-size:larger" | '''The Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher'''
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...cknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to ...
29: ...r also dispatched a [[Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in...
31: ...itain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] ... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
1: ...:ElizabethCadyStanton.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot.]]
2: '''Elizabeth Cady Stanton''' ([[November 12]], [[1815]] &ndas...
4: ...'s rights movement and was, with her friend [[Lucretia Mott]], the primary organizer of the [[1848 Wom...
6: ...il 1892. They also began the women's rights newsletter ''The Revolution'', which included frequent co...
8: ...zabethCadyStanton-Veeder.LOC.jpg|left|thumb|Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her later years.]] - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
7: ...nied him to Washington and was hired by the [[Air Transport Command]]'s ferrying division. She then convince...
8: [[Women?s Flying Training Detachment]] to become the
11: ...North American B-25 Mitchell]], and along with [[Betty Gillies]], a [[B-17]]. She was certified in 16...
13: ...men in her squadron to be recognized as military veterans. They were recognized in [[1977]], shortly ... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: ...ield]], Johnson went to work in [[London]] as secretary to a solicitor. She was introduced to flying a...
10: In [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan...
12: In [[July]] [[1932]], she set a solo record for the flight from England to [[Ca...
14: ... had proposed to her only 8 hours after they had met, during a flight of theirs.
18: ...[1934]] in a [[De_Havilland_DH.88|De Havilland Comet]] in the England to [[Australia]] air race. Johns... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
6: ... enamored and offered to help her establish a cosmetics business. Despite her lack of education, Ms. C...
8: ...r, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her line of lipstic...
10: ..." and maintaining the Cochran name, she began competing in both American and international air races, ...
12: ... taking them to England where they joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Following America's entry into the War...
14: ...ying the new [[jet engine]] aircraft going on to set numerous records. She still holds more distance a... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
14: ...], and perhaps another 60,000 [[hybrid]]s and varieties produced by [[horticulture|horticulturalists]]...
16: Orchids get their name from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''or...
21: ...hids can be classified according to the way they retrieve nutrients:
23: * others are [[terrestrial]] [[plant]]s, retrieving their nutrients from the soil. This group ...
24: ...ytic]]. These are mycotrophic, i.e. they are completely dependent on their soil [[fungi]] for nutrient... - Apple (20408 bytes)
27: ... [[citrus]], apples store for months while still retaining much of their nutritive value. Winter apple...
32: ...e shape, long stem (to allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
34: ...eners and farmers that sell directly to local markets. Many unusual and locally important cultivars wi...
49: *'[[Egremont Russet]]': Sussex, Britain (1872)
76: ...es have a strong minority following. Extremely sweet apples with barely any acid flavor are popular in... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...es because they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
11: * ''Safety'' - it is often safer to locate the train's powe...
13: ... locomotives mean that the costly motive power assets can be moved around as needed.
14: ...ther. At some times, locomotives have become obsolete when their cars are not, or vice versa.
23: ...ical. ''Fairy Queen'', built in [[1855]]; plying between [[New Delhi]] and [[Alwar]] in [[India]], is ... - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
8: ...ction of metabolic wastes and delivery to the excretory organs, e.g. [[kidney]]s.
10: #Transport of [[hormone]]s.
20: ...hree-chambered heart. Birds and mammals show complete separation of the heart into two pumps, for a to...
25: ...nutrients, water and oxygen without the need of a transport system.
30: ... the exchange of nutrients and gases takes place between the [[red blood cell]]s and the body tissues.... - Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
12: ...ately [[1 E0 m|7 and a half metres]] long (25 [[feet]]) and consists of the following components:
13: ...cludes [[salivary glands]], [[mucosa]], [[tooth|teeth]] and [[tongue]])
33: ...o the small intestine. Both these [[secretion|secretory]] organs aid in [[digestion]].
35: == The process of digestion and excretion ==
39: ...echanically broken down in the [[mouth]] by the teeth and tongue, and slightly chemically broken down ... - Artery (6875 bytes)
1: ...]]s of the body ( by contrast, [[vein]]s are the return path tubes).
5: ...and [[diastole|diastolic]], the minimum pressure between heart contractions, values with each heart cy...
11: ...etc. (See epinephrine, norepinephrine, alpha and beta receptors.)
13: ...sure, i.e. Systolic vs. Diastolic difference, is determined primarily by the amount of blood ejected b...
15: ...l four O2 binding sites have bound oxygen. Blood returning from the lungs, via the 4 pulmonary veins, ... - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
6: ...llaries. In some alveolar walls there are pores between alveoli. There are two major alveolar cell ty...
8: * Type II cells that secrete surfactant to lower the surface tension
12: ===Details===
16: ... bind to hemoglobin. [[Water vapor]] is also excreted through the lungs, due to humidification of ins...
18: ...ce of the alveolar walls to gas diffusion. Thus, transport of carbon monoxide is 'diffusion limited'. Gases... - Kidney (12846 bytes)
3: ... (especially [[urea]]) from the [[blood]] and excrete them, along with [[water]], as [[urine]]. The me...
9: The kidneys are retroperitoneal, which means they lie behind the [[pe...
14: ===Structural details===
15: ...ry]], the renal [[vein]], [[nerve]]s, and the [[ureter]].
20: ...port]] mechanisms. The final solution is then excreted as [[urine]]. - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
2: ...n [[1842]] and their behavior later described in detail by [[Walther Flemming]] in [[1882]]. In [[1910...
8: ...DNA also exists as [[plasmid]]s. The distinction between plasmids and chromosomes is poorly defined, t...
13: ...ructural purposes during the chromosomal stages. Heterochromatin can be further distinguished into two...
14: ...ted around the centromere and usually contains repetitive sequences.
15: **''Facultative heterochromatin'', which is sometimes expressed. - Cycling (1157 bytes)
1: ...s a [[recreation]], a [[sport]], and a means of [[transport]] across land. It involves riding [[bicycle]]s, [...
5: * [[Bicycle transportation engineering]] - Textile (4228 bytes)
5: ... increased in the last 100 years. The first synthetics were made in the 1920s and 1930s.
8: Textiles can be made from a variety of materials. The following is a partial list of...
19: ===Vegetable===
20: ...[Bark cloth]] has various uses, and is used in sheets.
28: *[[Nettle]]: processed in a similar manner to flax.
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