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- Persepolis (15450 bytes)
2: ... km northeast of [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]], not far from where the small river Pulwar flows into the Kur...
4: ...s, the ruins of Persepolis still inspire visitors from far and near.]]
6: ...al buildings, all constructed of dark-grey marble from the adjacent mountain. The stones were laid wit...
8: ...of these seven tombs were kings might be inferred from the sculptures, and one of those at ''Nakshi Ru...
18: ...remote place in a difficult alpine region was far from convenient, and the real capitals were [[Susa]]... - 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...
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17: ...n this case, expansion occurs. Internal stresses from this expansion generally take the form of [[com... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...rmally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air from returning via the supply. Every bagpipe has a [...
18: ...t exceptions, including the Italian Zampogna, the French Musette du Cour, and several varieties of Sco...
23: ...Proscription]], and the entire myth seems to stem from the letterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial M...
25: ...An explosion of popularity seems to have occurred from around the year 1000; the tune used by [[Robert...
35: ...er is [[Mixolydian_mode|mixolydian]] with a range from one degree lower than the tonic to one octave a... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
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17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' is pu...
24: ... II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] orders the [[United States C...
29: ... to be retrievable and she dies a few hours later from stress and overheating.
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathematician (d. [[1836]]) - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...t and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
7: ...r, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 followed by two y...
11: In 1902 she moved to [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity ga...
12: From 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her br...
13: ... her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business. - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
22: Already blinded because she suffered from [[diabetes]], she lost her [[leg]]s in [[1993]]...
24: ...1980' s hit "Ella , elle l' a" by French singer [[France Gall]].
33: *1955 ''[[Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues]]''
54: *1960 ''[[Sings Songs from Let No Man Write My Epitaph]]''
103: ...79 ''[[A Perfect Match]]'' This Live Performance from the 1979 [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] is also ava... - Carnation (3475 bytes)
21: ...ek ceremonial crowns. Others think the name stems from the Greek carnis (flesh), which refers to the o...
26: ...s will bring the most grief. Worst of all, if the bottom flower dies first, the poor girl will be miserabl...
30: ... tears at Jesus' plight, and carnations sprang up from where her tears fell. The pink carnation became... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
17: ... is a cultivated garden [[flower]]. It is derived from the wildflower called the [[Heartsease]] or Joh...
20: ...r native violet (''V. lutea'') and eventually one from the Near East (''V. altaica''), to produce a ho...
34: ... gardeners buy biennials as packs of young plants from the garden center and plant them directly into ...
37: ...petals join the center of the flower, a single '''bottom petal''' with a slight indentation.
52: 11 parts fresh ammonium carbonate - Diaphragm (anatomy) (1536 bytes)
2: ...[[thoracic cavity]] (with [[lung]] and [[heart]]) from the [[abdominal cavity]] (with [[liver]], [[sto...
4: ...elps to expel [[vomit]], [[feces]], and [[urine]] from the body by increasing intra-abdominal pressure... - Ear (6659 bytes)
10: ...nning to the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] to...
13: ... formed cleft from the side of the face and hangs from the rest of the ear, but occasionally will be f...
17: ...three ear bones. The incus and stapes are derived from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of ...
21: ...and middle ear gives humans a peak sensitivity to frequencies between 1 kHz and 3 kHz. The ...
28: ...um that receives the sound vibrations transmitted from the air to the oval window through the ear drum... - Lung (7057 bytes)
2: ...lated to the lung often start in '''''pulmo-''''' from the [[Latin]] word ''pulmones'' for lungs.
17: ...|capillaries]] filled with blood. Here [[oxygen]] from the air [[diffusion|diffuses]] into the blood, ...
19: The deoxygenated blood from the [[heart]] reaches the lungs via the [[pulmo...
22: ...ayers to slide over each other, and prevents them from being separated easily. The left lung is smalle...
28: The lungs of birds differ significantly from those of mammal. In addition to the lungs thems... - Placenta (1967 bytes)
1: ...|uterine]] wall. The white fringe surrounding the bottom is the remnants of the [[amniotic sac]].]]
5: ...ll of the [[uterus]], where it receives nutrients from the mother's [[blood]] and passes out waste. T...
9: ...er umbilical cord attachment in the center of the front of the [[abdomen]] is known as the [[umbilicus... - Vertebra (3942 bytes)
9: ...teristics which are best studied by examining one from the middle of the thoracic region.
12: ...consists of two essential parts: an ''anterior'' (front) segment, which is the '''vertebral body'''; a...
24: ...process), and often split. Numbered top-to-bottom from C1-C7, [[atlas (anatomy)|atlas]] (C1) and [[axi... - Beehive (beekeeping) (7741 bytes)
4: ...ve.jpg|thumb|Traditional manufacture of ''skeps'' from [[straw]] in [[England]]]]
5: ... box hives of varying dimensions, with or without frames, and finally replaced by Langstroth equipment...
7: Honey from traditional hives was typically extracted by ''...
9: ''Skeps'' and other fixed-frame hives are no longer in wide use (and are illeg...
17: ... simplest form, there is a single entrance at the bottom of the skep. There is no internal structure excep... - Queen bee (6221 bytes)
1: '''[[Honeybee]] queens''' are developed from [[larva]]e selected by worker [[bee]]s to becom...
6: ...because she is given [[royal jelly]], a secretion from [[gland]]s on the heads of young workers, for a...
29: *large, solitary cells, usually on the bottom of the comb (or in a hole if in the middle of the...
32: The best queens emerge from replacement cells. As the young queen larva pu...
34: ...ike queen brood cells extend outward and downward from the broodcomb. This picture likely depicts eme... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
7: ...ncor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differ...
21: *Inertia and inertial frames of reference
31: ...s by means of light emitted from bodies, not rays from the eye. Giving this important work its full va...
36: ... and what changes in society and thought resulted from it. Other accounts of what constitutes the revo...
40: ...he stone to land some space away from the tower's bottom. This effect is not observed. - 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... - Mesolithic (2380 bytes)
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14: ...ties were able to live well on rich food supplies from the marshlands created by the warmer climate. S...
16: Remains from this period are few and far between, often limi...
21: *[[Francthi|Franchthi]] in [[Greece]] - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ... a shield are described from the top to the base, from dexter to sinister. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]...
14: ...huthatswana]] and some Algerian civic heraldry of French colonial origin, specific shapes of shield ar...
28: ...The names of the tinctures mainly come to us from French. The first rule of heraldry is the rule of ti...
65: ...row down are placed with their bottoms facing the bottoms of the bells on the row above, and so forth down...
69: ...he blazon, but the College of Arms has moved away from this practice in recent years. - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
1: ... manuscript)|miniature]] of [[Christ in Majesty]] from the [[Aberdeen Bestiary]] (folio 4v), would be ...
3: ...s are the most common type of artifact to survive from the middle ages. They are also the best survi...
13: Illumination was a complex and frequently costly process. As such, it was usually ...
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