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- Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...s, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of...
8: ...rtant that smelting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iro...
11:
17: ...n this case, expansion occurs. Internal stresses from this expansion generally take the form of [[com... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: ...e notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
3: ...ho served the court of [[Francis I of France|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Va...
5: ...iane, Duchess d'Angoulꭥ (1538-1619) who married Fran篩s, Duke of Montmorency.
7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
11: ...en Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had the [[Chateau d'Anet]] built for her, an... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
7: ...Since her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style wa...
18: ... marry [[Pierantonio Stiattesi]], a modest artist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple mov...
24: ...nd the protection of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecial...
26: ...was rising. The success and the fashion radiating from her figure fueled many voices about her private...
28: From this period we remember the [[La Conversione de... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...iginally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
3: The word ''glass'' comes from [[Latin]] ''glacies'' (ice) and corresponds to ...
18: ...nto other shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the [[Verrerie of Brehat]] in [[Brittany]].]]
22: ...plify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself.
26: Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic [[magma]]. This glass is called [[obs... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ...rism-like structure, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles.
5: ...ese [[culture]] both geographically and socially. From there, silken garments began to reach regions t...
8: ...nt, the [[Middle East]], [[Europe]], and North [[Africa]]. This trade was so extensive that the major ...
11: ...trove to keep the knowledge of sericulture secret from other [[nation]]s, in order to maintain the Chi...
15: ...nd textures, they all differ in one major respect from the domesticated varieties. The cocoons, which ... - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
3: The alphorn is carved from solid softwood, generally spruce but sometimes ...
8: ...is First Symphony (played in the orchestra by the French Horn) was an alphorn melody he heard in the R...
10: ...trummet in ''Syntagma Musicum'' (Wittenberg, 1615-1619). - Jordan (20715 bytes)
48: | From the [[League of Nations]]<br>
77: ...ion -- 700,000 in 1966 -- grew by another 300,000 from the West Bank. The period following the 1967 wa...
79: ...ver the ''fedayeen'' in July 1971, expelling them from the country.
88: ...er Chamber of Deputies, elected by [[universal suffrage]] to a 4-year term, is subject to dissolution ...
92: ...n [[1992]]. In [[1989]] and [[1993]], Jordan held free and fair [[parliament]]ary elections. Controver... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...ate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...aylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footn...
46: ...America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to [[Maine]]. The [[London ...
48: ...overnor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1776]], the [[V...
50: ...a is one of the states that [[secession|seceded]] from the Union to become the [[Confederate States of... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
17: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
59: *[[Fra Angelico]] ([[1387]]-[[1445]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
8: * [[1619]] - [[Cornelius Drebbel]] ([[1572]] - [[1633]]) p...
15: * [[1953]] - [[Frits Zernike]], professor of [[theoretical physics]... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
9: ...]], [[1571]] at the [[Imperial Free City|Imperial Free City]] of [[Weil der Stadt]] (now part of the [...
11: Though he excelled in his schooling, Kepler was frequently bullied, and was plagued by a belief that...
15: ...o be a superb mathematician. Upon his graduation from that school in [[1591]], he went on to pursue s...
19: ...ath, Kepler was appointed Imperial Mathematician (from November [[1601]] to [[1630]]) to the Habsburg ...
32: ... [[Platonic solid]] model of the [[Solar system]] from ''Mysterium Cosmographicum'' (1596)]] - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[Londo...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: ...meline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
18: *[[1619]]-First African [[slavery|slaves]] arrive at Jamestown
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England, on the ''[[Mayflower (sh...
30: ...r Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different...
9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts.
20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]] - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facilitated the establishm...
14: ...ed south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century AD, fol...
20: ... the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ended with ...
23: ...modern state, followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later b... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
11: ...France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,000 and a v...
24: ...6]] – [[Tunisia]] gains independence from [[France]].
26: *[[1965]] – In [[Naples]], [[Italy]], [[France Gall]] wins the tenth [[Eurovision Song Conte...
27: ...h; The [[Jules Rimet trophy|World Cup]] is stolen from [[Central Hall]], [[London]]
30: ...] is found guilty of the armed robbery of a [[San Francisco, California]] bank. - Dover, Delaware (4514 bytes)
26: north_coord = 39.1619 |
32: ...ted at 39°9'43" North, 75°31'36" West (39.161921, -75.526755){{GR|1}}.
37: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.62% from two or more races. 4.13% of the population are...
41: ..., 15.7% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who are 65 years of age or ...
58: {{Mapit-US-cityscale|39.161921|-75.526755}} - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
34: *[[Eugene M. Antoniadi]] ([[Greece]], [[France]], [[1870]] – [[1944]])
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], ...
47: *[[Adrien Auzout]] ([[France]], [[1622]] – [[1691]])
56: *[[Benjamin Baillaud]] ([[France]], [[1848]] – [[1934]]) - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ... to his writings, which have been closely studied from his time down to the present day. Descartes wa...
4: ...mena. In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God’s act of creation.
6: ..., later advocated by [[Baruch Spinoza]] and [[Gottfried Leibniz]], and opposed by the [[empiricist]] s...
11: ...in [[La Haye en Touraine]], [[Indre-et-Loire]], [[France]]. When he was 1 year old, his mother died of...
14: ... whatever came my way so as to derive some profit from it. (Descartes, ''Discourse on the Method of Ri... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
62: *[[Henri-Fr餩ric Amiel]], (1821-1881)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
122: *[[Alfred Ayer|Alfred Jules Ayer]], (1910-1989){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R...
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