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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...]] from the [[Maliki]] [[Madhhab]] (a school of [[Fiqh]], or Sunni Islamic law), and at times a [[Qadi...
4: ... appellation '''Shams ad-Din''', a title or honorific at times given to the names of scholars particul...
6: ...as the ''Rihla'', or "Journey". Whilst apparently fictional in places, the ''Rihla'' still gives as co...
13: ...which was relatively safe, and he embarked on the first of his detours. Three commonly used routes exi...
15: ...meluks), having encountered a holy man during his first trip who prophesied that Ibn Battuta would onl... - May (3270 bytes)
3: '''May''' is the [[fifth]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[Gregorian...
7: ...for the [[Greek god]]dess [[Maia]], who was identified with the Roman [[goddess]] of fertility, [[Bona...
9: ... a Japanese custom that all [[schoolyear]]s and [[fiscal year]]s start on [[April]] 1st.
11: In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''toukokuu'', meaning...
15: ...f [[Summer]], and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
44: *[[Douglas Adams|Adams, Douglas]], (1952-2001), British author of [[Hitchhiker's ...
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
9: ...y, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Mary I of England]] ("B...
14: ...t, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionable. Females and female...
33: ...Duke of Somerset]] by Edward VI) arrived in the [[Firth of Forth]] hoping to capture [[Edinburgh]] and...
37: ...sailed back to France from Dumbarton carrying the five-year-old Queen of Scots on board.
40: ...was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at the age of five, to be brought up for the next ten years at the... - 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... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...y, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her ...
13: ...s May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and so...
17: ...d sense of duty. Albert Victor was Princess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of H...
30: ...s Alice, Duchess of Gloucester|Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott]] ([[25 December]] [[1901]] – [[29 Oc...
42: ...ng [[Australia]], the Duke and Duchess opened the first session of the Australian Parliament, when the... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: The Right Honourable '''Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, [[Queen's Privy Council for Cana...
33: ... of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was educated ...
41: ... ([[1990]]-[[1993]]). Then she briefly became the first female [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)...
43: ... and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
45: ...any Canadians. The fact that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her v... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. - Mary Pickford (7523 bytes)
3: ...], [[1892]] – [[May 29]], [[1979]]) was a [[film|motion picture]] [[actor|star]], known as "Amer...
9: ... for Best Actress]] in [[1929]], but retired from films four years later, after a series of disappoint...
11: ...83-1939)|Douglas Fairbanks]], an action-adventure film star. The phrase "by the clock" became a secret...
13: She finally divorced Moore in [[March]] [[1920]] and mar...
18: * [[1909]]: discovered by [[David Wark Griffith]] at [[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
3: ...lot's license at the age of 16, a month after her first flight. She attended [[Vassar College|Vassar]...
5: ...n Air Car Company]], testing various aircraft modifications including the new [[tricycle landing gear]...
11: ...ertified in 16 military aircraft, including the [[Douglas C-47]] and the [[A-36]]. - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
13: ...reafter, the two embarked on an evangelical tour, first to [[Europe]] and then to [[China]], where the...
25: ...me frustrated with the situation, and by 1918 had filed for separation. His petition for divorce, cit...
27: ...f 1918 to 1922 as itinerant Pentecostal preacher, finally settling with her mother in [[Los Angeles, C...
33: ...nday]], McPherson was less a [[fire and brimstone|fire-and-brimstone]] preacher than one to endorse ch...
35: ... on [[February 6]], [[1924]], she also became the first woman to be granted a broadcast license by the... - Greta Garbo (9957 bytes)
8: ...part for the movie ''Peter The Tramp'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]).
10: ...n a major role in ''G? Berlings Saga'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]) (English: ''The Story of G? Berling'')....
12: ...ationship came to an end as her fame grew. He was fired by MGM and returned to [[Sweden]] in [[1928]],...
17: ...]]) and ''[[Love (1927 movie)|Love]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]). The latter two she starred in with the...
19: ...he first time in ''[[Anna Christie]]'' ([[1930 in film|1930]]), which was publicized with the slogan "... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
28: ...e larger growing species, such as ''I. germanica, fiorenhina, pallida, variegata, amoena, flavescens, ...
30: ...in, covering of half-decayed leaves or fresh coco-fibre refuse. To this set belong ''milifolia'', ''j...
41: ...hich in probing the [[perianth]] for nectar, will first come in contact of perianth, three with the st...
44: .... Like some older sources, the influential classification by G. I. Rodionenko removed some groups (pa...
56: ...ked flowers. Between 30 and 60 species are classified in this section, depending on the authority. C... - Brain (22060 bytes)
11: ...keeping the volume of the brain compact enough to fit inside the skull.
14: ...rge areas of the brain, sometimes causing major deficits in [[intelligence]], memory and control of th...
16: ...roblems in the brain can be more accurately classified as diseases rather than injuries. [[Neurodegene...
24: ===Artificial brains===
25: ...ty. More recent work in both neuroscience and artificial intelligence models the brain using the mathe... - Liver (11441 bytes)
1: ... number of functions in the body including detoxification, [[glycogen]] storage and [[plasma protein]...
20: ...g left of these is the left lobe), the transverse fissure (or ''porta hepatis'') divides the caudate f...
45: ... ductus venosus are completely obliterated two to five days postpartum; the former becomes the [[ligam...
48: :''to be filled in''-->
61: ...roduces [[coagulation factors]] [[fibrinogen|I]] (fibrinogen), [[thrombin|II]] (prothrombin), [[factor... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
7: ..., and animal parts, wood was certainly one of the first materials worked by primitive human beings. In...
9: ...of [[Fellbach-Schmieden]] in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Ir...
13: ...ten some 1500 years after his death. This book is filled largely with descriptions of dimensions for u...
35: * fence: a piece of lath or scrap fixed to the bench surface to prevent movement of th...
36: * figure: naturally occurring decorative patterns in w... - Pan pipes (2209 bytes)
4: ...equal length. In the traditional style, pipes are fine tuned to correct pitch by placing small pebbles...
8: ...ude '''panflute''' and the [[medieval]] name '''''fistula panis'''''.
10: ...ed by the [[Romania]]n [[musician]] [[Gheorghe Zamfir]], who toured extensively and recorded many albu...
14: ...page.html A Worldwide History of the Panflute] by Douglas Bishop
15: ...di.com/academypage.html Free Panflute Lessons] by Douglas Bishop - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...g wrapped into a coiled form. The instrument was first developed in France in about 1650 from the ''c...
10: ...mile of a Miniature in the Manuscript of Phoebus (Fifteenth Century).]]
14: ...lements of a harmonic series. This interpolation finally made the horn a true melodic instrument, not...
32: ...flat double horn with an F-alto descant, adding a fifth valve to an already complex instrument. While...
38: ...en said that the horn soli section in [[Brahms]]' first symphony was inspired by this instrument. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...ary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) and later the first [[President of the United States]] under the [...
21: ...generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolut...
26: ... he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate from the [[College of William and Mary]]) and...
31: ... now commissioned a [[lieutenant colonel]] in the First Virginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio...
33: ...ton was acclaimed as a hero, and he commanded the First Virginia Regiment throughout the rest of war. ...
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