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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...bular display of the known [[chemical element]]s. First created by [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], the elements ...
6: ...riodic table. Elements in a group have similar configurations of their [[valence shell]] electrons, wh...
21: ...iodic table (electron configurations)|Electron Configurations]]
23: *[[Periodic table (block)|Periodic table filled by blocks]]
36: ...t subshells, which as atomic number increases are filled in roughly this order: - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
68: *[[Niels Henrik Abel|Abel, Niels Henrik]], (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
5: ... state abolished slavery, she returned there in [[1829]], working as a domestic servant for over a decad...
19: In [[1997]] the [[NASA]] [[Mars Pathfinder]] mission's robotic rover was named "Sojourne...
26: * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1044&pt=S... - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ...vements are being increasingly recognised as significant in themselves.
3: Born in [[Hamburg]], Fanny benefited from the same [[music]]al education and upbrin...
5: In 1829, after a courtship of several years, she married ...
9: ...holars nowadays believe it was actually Fanny who first worked in the genre. - Accordion (10069 bytes)
10: ...e a ruler on the edge of a table top. The reed is fitted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn th...
20: Reeds with these characteristics were first used in Europe around [[1800]] AD for organs. ...
25: The first instrument using steel reeds with steel frames...
26: The first basic "accordion" was invented in [[1822]] by ...
28: ...ments were much smaller than modern variants. His first patent had chords sounding for each note. The ... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
2: ...family of instruments. It was first invented in [[1829]] by [[Sir Charles Wheatstone]]. Concertinas typi...
10: ...th English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period).
13: ...ttle fingers on metal finger rests, leaving three fingers free for noting. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...d is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was ...
7: ...head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nation...
11: == Requirements to hold office ==
14: ...mmigrants to American society. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because ...
16: ...wo four-year terms or a maximum of ten years in office should he have succeeded to the Presidency prev... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ... President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
24: ...assachusetts|Worcester]] and studied law in the office of [[James Putnam]]. In [[1758]], he was admitt...
31: Adams first rose to influence as a leader of the Massachus...
33: ...und guilty of [[manslaughter]]. These claimed benefit of [[clergy]] and were branded in the hand and r...
35: ... On [[October 5]], [[1775]], Congress created the first of a series of committees to study naval matte... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ... Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
27: ... at the University of Virginia, has written the definitive book on the original buildings, or [http://...
32: ...extensive vineyards planted at Monticello, a significant portion were of the European wine grape ''[[V...
35: ...potential of the United States and is often classified a forefather of [[American exceptionalism]] (se...
37: Jefferson was the first [[Secretary of State]] of the United States, s... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...fferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state politics, helping to dr...
25: ...[[Federalist Papers]], which are considered the definitive contemporary commentary on the [[Constituti...
27: Madison wrote thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His...
29: ... men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable government to control the governed; and...
31: ... federal government to form its own bank that the first political parties in the United States were fo... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
18: ...]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
37: ...dent from [[March 4]], [[1825]] to [[March 3]], [[1829]]. During this time he worked on developing a fed...
43: |align="right"|'''OFFICE'''||align="left"|'''NAME'''||align="left"|'''TE...
47: ...[[John Quincy Adams]]'''||align="left"|1825–1829 - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
16: | vicepresident= [[John C. Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
18: ... lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associated with one of the origi...
22: ...When he refused to clean the boots of a British officer, the irate redcoat slashed him with a sword, g...
26: ...ave been "tough as old hickory" wood on the battlefield, which gave him his nickname. The war, and par... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]–[[March...
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
22: ...n-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]...
27: ...nued in active and successful practice for twenty-five years.
29: His practice made him financially independent, and paved the way for his e... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
5: ...y|Democratic-Republican]] to the Tenth and to the five succeeding [[United States Congress|Congress]]e...
7: ...e was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...37]]) He was chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and the Committee on Military Af...
15: After his first two wives died, the old [[Jacksonian Democrat]...
20: ...rces/pdf/richard_johnson.pdf Senate Historical Office: Richard Mentor Johnson Biography (pdf)] - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...rty|Democrat]] to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Isaa...
14: ...atson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=1828-1829}}
15: ...District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-1831}}
20: ...ed States]]|before=[[John Tyler]]|after=[[Millard Fillmore]]| years=[[March 4]], [[1845]] – [[Ma... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
18: ...illiam R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield Scott]] by a 50 to 44 percent margin in the po...
22: ...easy and good at the political game, charming and fine and handsome. And he was genuinely religious. A...
34: ... Representatives]]. He served in the House from [[1829]] to [[1833]], and as [[Speaker of the House|Spea...
49: ...tes Whig Party|Whig]] candidate, [[General]] [[Winfield Scott]] of [[Virginia]], whom Pierce served un... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
13: | '''Term of Office:'''
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
50: ...[[resident]] of [[Pennsylvania]] to hold that [[office]]. He has been criticized for failing to preve...
53: ...hairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomin...
57: ...c Party|Democrat]] to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willia... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 5]], [[1829]]
10: | place of birth=[[Fairfield, Vermont]]
18: ...sgruntled office seeker, on July 2, [[1881]]. Garfield died on September 19th, and Arthur became [[Pr...
20: ...ner, and was widely popular by the time he left office. He was also sometimes called "Elegant Arthur" ... - Australia (39438 bytes)
8: official_languages =[[English language|English]]|
48: ...Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] in 1770, and officially settled as a British colony on [[January 26...
54: ...refer to the whole South Pacific region, not specifically to the Australian continent. In 1793 [[Georg...
56: ...lly accepted that the continent should be known officially as Australia.
63: ...and 48,000 years ago{{mn|Gillespie2002|1}}. These first Australians were the remote ancestors of the c... - Greece (54754 bytes)
15: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Greek language|Greek]]
29: ...[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]]<br/>[[1829]]
50: ...el|''Ellás''}} ([[IPA]]: [{{IPA|e̞ˈlas}}])), officially the '''Hellenic Republic''' ({{lang|el|Ελ...
65: ... Greece's [[Aegean Sea]] saw the emergence of the first civilizations in Europe, namely the [[Minoan c...
68: ... the eastern Mediterranean. When the Roman Empire finally split in two, the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], ...
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