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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 ...
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...
36: ...[[Encyclopedie]]'' explained foreign methods with finely engraved plates. - 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. - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...t to nursing, a career with a poor reputation and filled mostly by poorer women. Traditionally, the ro...
11: ...ading advocate for improved medical care in the infirmaries and immediately engaged the support of [[C...
19: ...ightingale's pioneering work in Crimea and in the field of nursing, and Nightingale became a key advis...
27: ...ts began to filter back to Britain about the horrific conditions for the wounded. On [[October 21]], [...
31: ... for by overworked medical staff in the face of official indifference. [[Medicine]]s were in short sup... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
2: ...) is a renowned [[United Kingdom|British]] stage, film and television actress.
4: ...y starred together in a [[British sitcom]], ''[[A Fine Romance]]''. In [[1988]], she was made a [[Orde...
6: ...'[[As Time Goes By]]'' and the aforementioned ''A Fine Romance''.
11: ...d made her professional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spent seasons in repe...
17: ===Selected Filmography=== - 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... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
3: ...ech. This article will focus on philosophy as a ''field of study''.
5: ...n philosophy]] is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This articl...
9: ...f philosophy. Philosophers are motivated by specific questions such as:
17: ...[Aristotle]], who was the first to use this classification (as he believed that to call himself a [[so...
21: ...ar, used different categories than the Greeks. Definitions were not based on common features, but wer... - 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... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: .... The underlying support maintains the rails at a fixed distance ([[Rail gauge|gauge]]) apart. Usually...
8: ...t is one of the most [[energy efficiency|energy efficient]] means of mechanised land transport known. ...
9: ...ute the weight of the train evenly, allowing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[...
11: ...est modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: a double tracked rail line can...
15: ...nd creative marketing stance and have achieved profitability as a result. - Alpaca (9975 bytes)
16: ... llamas and have been bred specifically for their fiber. Alpacas are distinguished by their docile nat...
21: ...poallergenic qualities. Unlike sheep wool, alpaca fiber contains no lanolin, making it less allergenic...
23: ...[[llama|llamas]], but are valued only for their [[fiber]], of which Indian blankets and ponchos are
26: ...its wool, and the vicuna because of the softness, fineness and quality of its coat. At the beginning ...
30: ... New Zealand, primarily raised on farms for their fiber. - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
4: *[[1761]] First [[iron]] [[rail tracks|rails]] laid at [[Bath,...
5: ...otland|Scottish]] engineer [[James Watt]] invents first [[steam engine]] able to turn wheels.
7: *[[1803]] Arguably, the world's first public railway, the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] op...
8: *[[1804]] World's first Steam [[locomotive]] built by [[Richard Trevit...
9: *[[1807]] First paying passenger service on the Oystermouth Ra... - New Year's Eve (4555 bytes)
2: ...efore [[New Year's Day]], on [[December 31]], the final day of the year. (See [[New Year]] for a discu...
6: Within many cultures the use of [[fireworks]] and other noise making is a major part o...
13: A large number of fireworks are usually set off from the [[Sydney Harb...
17: ...her major hills around the city. In [[London]], a fireworks display is held around the [[The London Ey...
25: ...entation of an object), usually one of local significance. Some of these include: (see also [[List of ... - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
10: ...the [[Bakersfield Sound]]. For a time, the Bakersfield Sound was the only homegrown music that could ...
14: ...nered critical acclaim during much of the decade, finally breaking through in a big way very late in t...
16: ==Diversification of pop music==
18: ...e Highway"), [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] ("Great Balls of Fire") and [[Chet Atkins]] ("Mr. Sandman")), as well...
20: ...]] ("I Be's Troubled") and [[Jimmy Yancey]] ("The Fives") than their American counterparts, who mostly...
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