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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ...edicine]] and [[theology]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]. While working in [[London]], he became attrac...
12: ...d Kingdom|Victoria]]). Livingstone was one of the first Westerners to make a transcontinental journey ...
19: ...of the time, and Livingstone experienced great difficulty in raising funds to further explore [[Africa...
22: ...rce, but the matter was still debated vigorously. Finding the [[Lualaba River]], which feeds the [[Con...
25: ...nley]], who had been sent in a publicity stunt to find him by the ''New York Herald'' newspaper in [[1... - 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 ... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
10: ...h]] (official), [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] (official), others |
49: ...id]] remains and stone implements have been identified in Malawi dating back more than 1 million years...
51: .... In [[1878]], a number of traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the [[African Lakes Company]] to supply...
53: ...became increasingly vocal and politically active--first through associations, and after [[1944]], thro...
59: ...ecame a [[one-party state]] with Dr. Banda as its first President. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
54: ...untry" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this...
58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: ...rument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgow]]
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', comes upon the idea ...
22: ...the working cycle of the engine, so showing its efficiency.
24: ...significantly increased the efficiency. Further refinements ([[insulation]] of the steam cylinder, the...
33: ... converted a machine of limited use to one of [[efficiency]] and many applications. It was the foremos... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
8: Nickname = The First State |
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
36: ...to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. Ratification occurred on [[December 7]], [[1787]].
40: Europeans first settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading p...
46: ...laring itself to be the "State of Delaware." Its first governors went by the title of "President of t... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
41: ...by]], a [[Revolutionary War]] hero, was named the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky.
59: ...so sometimes termed "Pennyrile", the western coal-fields area, and the far-west [[Jackson Purchase]]. ...
65: ===Significant natural attractions===
66: *[[Cumberland Gap]], the first trade-route for European hunters entering Kent... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
36: ... the [[Mid-Atlantic_States|Mid-Atlantic]]. Its official name is the '''Commonwealth of Virginia'''; i...
40: ...n]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylor]] died while in office.)
46: ...n [[1607]]. Its Second Charter was officially ratified on [[May 23]], [[1609]].
48: ...lish Civil War]]. [[Patrick Henry]] served as the first Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and a... - Montana (14119 bytes)
12: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
38: ...[wheat]], [[barley]], [[sugar beet]]s) and a significant [[lumber]] and [[mineral]] industry.
40: ... the 41st state in [[1889]]. The state became the first to elect a female member of [[United States Co...
51: ...al Recreational Area]], [[Big Hole National Battlefield]], and the [[National Bison Range]]. There are...
53: ...etween these ranges is a great basin, forming one-fifth of the entire area. East of the Rocky Mountai... - List of themed timelines (11300 bytes)
7: ...of scientific discoveries]], [[Timeline of scientific experiments]], [[Timeline of environmental histo...
10: ** [[Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes]]
68: ** [[Timeline of other background radiation fields]]
105: * [[Timeline of unfulfilled Christian Prophecy]]
196: * [[List of historic fires]] - Plant (12870 bytes)
31: ...n is doomed to fail, because plant is a vaguely defined concept unrelated to the presumed phylogenic c...
40: Bryophytes first appeared during the early [[Palaeozoic]]. They...
42: ...rian]] period, and by the [[Devonian]] had diversified and spread into many different land environment...
45: ...extinct, appeared in the late Devonian and diversified through the Carboniferous, with further evoluti...
50: ... even lost their ability to photosynthesize; when first discovered, these were considered as both plan... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ius became [[Pope]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Syd...
21: *[[1890]] - [[Alice Sanger]] becomes the first female staffer for the [[White House]].
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in ...
37: *[[1949]] - [[Luis MuMar�] became the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Ri... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
13: ...age is not unique to cable cars, as electric cars fitted with [[regenerative braking]] offer the same ...
16: ...rlier attempts to pull cars by endless ropes, the first cable car installation in operation was the [[...
19: ...sign work by [[William Eppelsheimer]], and it was first tested in [[1873]]. The success of these grips...
21: ...ed in [[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]] and became the first such system outside San Francisco. For Dunedin...
25: ...2]] and went on to become the largest and most profitable cable car system. As with many cities, the p... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
3: ...ley|PS ''Waverley'']] leaving [[Dunoon]] on the [[Firth of Clyde]].]]
8: ...ostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
15: ...e, sometimes working at the same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the ...
19: ...essfully steamed up the [[river Saône]] for fifteen minutes before the engine failed, but bureau...
21: ...aware River]], but then patent disputes dissuaded Fitch from continuing. - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
38: ...al of the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Virginia]] (officially the '''[[Commonwealth]] of Virginia''') of ...
46: Richmond was first settled in [[1607]] by [[Christopher Newport]]...
52: In 1992 the [[University of Richmond]] hosted the first ever "town hall" style presidential debate bet...
59: ...McCollum]] was defeated by [[Douglas Wilder]] the first and only black governor.
82: ...rico]] and [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield]] counties, located to the north and south of ... - Kelvin (3722 bytes)
18: ...ter]]. The [[Celsius]] temperature scale is now defined in terms of the kelvin, with 0 ?C correspondin...
20: ...h runs through the grounds of the [[University of Glasgow]].
34: The Celsius temperature scale is now defined in terms of the kelvin, with 0 ?C correspondin... - Irish Terrier (2201 bytes)
20: !Classification
55: ...and the breed was displayed for the first time in Glasgow in [[1920]]. - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
3: ... nationhood not readily defined but readily identifiable.
7: ...ommon law]]. The terms of union with England specified the retention of separate systems. The barriste...
15: ...sities, but more importantly, Scotland became the first country since [[Sparta]] in classical Greece t...
17: ...nt on to become [[leadership | leader]]s in their fields during the 18th and 19th centuries. The polit...
19: ...of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries show marked affinities with the Scottish rather than the English s... - Spinning mule (12067 bytes)
2: ...from 1790 until about 1900 and was still used for fine yarns until the 1960s. In 1890, a typical cotto...
9: ...uses an '''intermittent''' process and the more refined [[Saxony wheel]] which drives a differential [...
13: ...0s. It used more energy and could not produce the finest counts.
15: ===The first mule===
17: ...Hargreaves]]' [[spinning jenny]]. The mule has a fixed frame with a creel of bobbins to hold the rovi... - Aspirin (9960 bytes)
10: ...annually, but the vast majority of its use is beneficial. Its primary undesirable side effects, espec...
31: Aspirin was the first discovered member of the class of drugs known ...
38: ...eatly reduced the negative effects. This was the first synthetic drug, not a copy of something that e...
40: ...ciences at the University of [[Strathclyde]] in [[Glasgow]] re-examined the case and came to the conclusion...
58: ...electively inhibiting COX-2, prostaglandins (specifically PGF2) are downregulated with respect to thro...
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