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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled ...
3: ...on is not exact, but it covers roughly [[1760]]-[[1830]], in effect, the reigns of [[George III]], The [...
10: ...l]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]] of the 17th century. But one of the...
14: ...kly from 1700 onwards, because there was a scientific and technological improvement, growth of supply ...
24: ...sed the amount of food produced and supplied a sufficient amount of food for the workers working in th... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
12: ...and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men to familiarize herself with these...
17: ...anks of great [[mathematicians]]. She became the first female to attend sessions at the French Academ...
19: ...described in a letter to Gauss, became quite significant as it restricted the possible solutions of [[...
21: ...mber theory]] and [[elasticity theory]]. One significant item is the concept of the [[Sophie Germain p...
23: With prompting from Gauss, in [[1830]] the [[University of G?ngen]] agreed to award Ge... - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
18: ...], [[1758]] – [[July 4]], [[1831]]) was the fifth ([[1817]]–[[1825]]) [[President of the U...
24: ...alist]]s in the [[Virginia Convention]] which ratified the Constitution, and in [[1790]], an advocate ...
38: ...lso Russia must not encroach southward on the Pacific coast. "... the American continents," he stated,...
42: ...]] until Elizabeth's death on [[September 23]], [[1830]]. Upon Elizabeth's death, Monroe sold Oak Hill t...
50: |align="left"|'''OFFICE'''||align="left"|'''NAME'''||align="left"|'''TE... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
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...
32: ...lection, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as the first nominee of the [[Democratic Party (United Stat...
34: ...John Adams. Jackson's election represented a significant break from that past. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]]...
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler...
21: ... of Independence]], and the first to assume the office of President following the death of his predece...
25: ... aggressive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue.
29: ... (until the [[1967]] ratification of the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25... - 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: ...gers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Ja...
57: ...c Party|Democrat]] to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willia... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
12: | '''Term of office:'''
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
42: ...65]]) [[President of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican ...
46: ...f the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in his defeat of a congressional attempt t...
53: ...ky. In [[1830]], after economic and land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on governme... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
10: | '''Term of Office:'''
27: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''
42: ...impeachment|impeach]] him in [[1868]]; he was the first President to be impeached. He was subsequently...
48: ...n of the Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses).
53: == National office == - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
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" ...
27: ...oubts as to his eligibility for American public office. The truth, however, was simply that Arthur was... - Geology (12007 bytes)
7: ...e year [[1779]]. An older meaning of the word was first used by [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to dis...
12: ...ssils was not overturned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] a...
14: Georg Agricola (1494-1555) wrote the first systematic treatise about [[mining]] and [[sme...
16: ...ogic map|geological maps]]; Guettard recorded the first observation of the [[Volcano|volcanic]] origin...
18: ...ist)|William Smith]] (1769-1839) drew some of the first geological maps and began the process of order... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...ars, the exact age of the Earth is difficult to define. This article describes the modern dating metho...
3: == Prescientific notions ==
4: In the centuries preceding the [[scientific revolution]], the age of the Earth was determine...
8: == First concepts ==
9: ...he founder of [[Russia]]n science, was one of the first to undertake this exercise, suggesting in the ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
19: | '''[[Official language]]''' || [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
21: ...r language|Berber]], [[French language|French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
62: ...n [[Hafsid]]s, and Moroccan [[Merinid]]s. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, [[Spain]] started...
64: ...onsul, the [[France|French]] invaded Algiers in [[1830]]; however, intense resistance from such personal...
66: ...period: literacy dropped massively, while land confiscation uprooted much of the population. - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: ...]]. Belgium rebelled and gained independence in [[1830]]; Luxembourg fell under the [[Dutch monarchy]] a... - Belgium (31774 bytes)
17: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[French language|French]], ...
34: |[[1830]]
57: ...f "Gallia". One of these peoples, the [[Franks]], finally installed a new kingdom under the rulers of ...
63: ...therlands]] until the [[Belgian Revolution]] in [[1830]], which established an independent Belgian state...
65: ...ruction in 1830 till 1935. It now serves as the office of the king.]] - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
15: | align=left width=110 |'''[[Official languages]]''' || [[French language|French]],...
55: ...]] that Luxembourgs independence was formally ratified. The country was attacked by [[Germany]] during...
96: ... farms. Luxembourg has especially close trade and financial ties to [[Belgium]] and [[the Netherlands]...
101: ...ed by the practice and the recognition of three official languages: [[French language|French]], [[Germ...
105: ...rative language. German was used in the political field to comment on the laws and the ordinances in o... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
43: ... English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, the "[[Fundamental Orders of Con...
49: ...Lieberman]] (Democrat). Connecticut currently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connectic...
56: ... to the rolling mountains and farms of the [[Litchfield Hills]] and the casinos of [[Southeastern Conn...
65: ...sts, new residents, and internal state pride. Fairfield County's "[[Gold Coast, Connecticut|Gold Coast... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
3: == Definition ==
4: ...1E&db_key=AST&high=41e14f475d05983 scientific paper] to use the word in its title was publishe...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mino...
8: ...assify asteroids is in terms of size. A working definition is that asteroids are larger than 50 m in d...
10: ...y objects that include asteroids. The term '''artificial asteroid''' is sometimes used to designate ma... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
145: *[[Albert Bierstadt]] ([[1830]]-[[1902]])
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
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