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- China (38909 bytes)
1: ...ng in the [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...[country]]'s territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and v...
7: ... formally surrendering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and ...
16: ...eir nation as culturally and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nati...
25: ... political legitimacy. It was used in this manner from the tenth century onwards by the competing dyna... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
7: ....]] (Theater Owners' Booking Association) theatre circuit. Her biggest recorded hit was "Down Hearted Blue...
9: ...a musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordings.
11: ...ing band included such [[Swing Era]] musicians as Frankie Newton and Chu Berry. Even [[Benny Goodman]]...
13: ...oned an ambulance. She was taken to Clarksdale's Afro-Hospital and her arm was amputated, but she neve...
17: ...tention, but we were never able to rally her back from the shock.'' - Shirley Muldowney (1811 bytes)
2: ...s success came in the face of enormous opposition from those who felt drag racing was no place for wom...
4: Muldowney was described by longtime drag racer [[Fred Farndon]] as the "best 'natural' driver (top fu...
6: ... "Cha-Cha"-a name chosen by car owner and then boyfriend [[Connie Kalitta]]-she later dropped the [[mo... - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...se they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
5: ...h the trains in one direction, and are controlled from a control cab at the opposite end of the train ...
11: ...en safer to locate the train's power systems away from passengers. This was particularly the case for ...
14: ...solescence cycles'' - separating the motive power from the payload-hauling cars means that either can ...
17: ... fuel, or they may take [[Power (physics)|power]] from an outside source. It is common to classify loc... - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
20: ...f [[evolution]]. In fish, the system has only one circuit, with the blood being pumped through the capillar...
22: All circulatory systems frequently employ [[countercurrent exchange]] system...
25: ...ll the cells of the flat worm. Oxygen can diffuse from water into the cells of the flatworm. Thus ever...
30: ...eries are [[blood vessel]]s that carry blood away from the heart. Veins are blood vessels that return...
35: ...se of [[carbon dioxide]] and the uptake of oxygen from the air. The now oxygenated blood returns to t... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
19: ...d the [[circle of Willis]]. Blood is then drained from the brain through a [[brain sinuses|network of ...
21: ...he dense fluid protects the brain and spinal cord from shock; a brain that weighs 1,500 g in air weigh...
23: ...tes the soft tissues of the brain and spinal cord from the hard surrounding bones (skull and vertebrae...
25: ...dicine, [[childbirth]] was a dangerous event that frequently resulted in the death of the mother. The...
33: ...e [[neocortex]] with incoming sensory information from the [[brain stem]]. Powerful emotional pathways... - 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.
24: ...used as a [[dielectric]] material in [[integrated circuit]]s, due to the smooth and electrically neutral in... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...ther wind instruments, a flute produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge, instead of usi...
6: from : www.flute.com.cn[http://www.flute.com.cn]
7: ...o its simplicity and pleasing sound. A flute made from a [[mammoth]] bone, found in the [[Swabian Alb|...
9: ...asier to play, but takes a degree of control away from the musician. Usually fipple flutes are not ref...
19: ...t forms a mechanical analogy to an [[electronic]] circuit called a [[multivibrator]]. - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] |
41: ...h the [[Cumberland Gap]], and was the first major frontier developed west of the [[Appalachian Mountai...
45: ...to the state. A different version of the name is from the Indian word meaning "dark and bloody huntin...
48: ...y is made up of trial courts, called District and Circuit Courts, an intermediate appellate court, called t...
63: ...blage of smaller cities across the [[Ohio River]] from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], also has a large metropol... - 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... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
42: ... off in 1729. The state declared its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government on ...
44: ... the [[American Civil War | Civil War]]. Students from [[The Citadel]] were among those firing the fir...
48: ...s of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Court, Family Court, and other divisions.
52: ... violations. Some criminal charges may come under Circuit Court jurisdiction.
54: ...udicial circuits, each with at least one resident circuit judge. - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
37: Its name is from the [[Lakota#The_Dakota|Dakota people's]] name ...
54: Much of the state was purchased from [[France]] as part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]], alth...
59: ...e [[M鴩s people (Canada)|M鴩s]] people, a mixed French and Native American culture, were a presence ...
61: Modern [[immigrant]]s have come from all over the world in recent decades, with [[Hm...
63: ...with the early Scandinavian immigrants. Families frequently own or share [[cabin]]s on central and no... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
134: ...quadrant]]: [[Thomas Godfrey (inventor)|Thomas Godfrey]] - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...ng with the return of young [[soldier]]s from the fronts of the [[Great War]] and emergence of a new a...
3: ... this decade was termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Y...
5: ...ge parts of the [[population]]. Formal decorative frills were shed in favor of practicality, in [[arch...
8: ...es|economy of the USA]], took sometime to convert from [[War economy|a wartime economy]] to a peacetim...
19: ...f-censorship that is in place today, editors were free to entertain an audience in any and every way. ... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...rded history aspects of this desire have surfaced from time to time. The most well known is the legen...
15: ...d and it was constructed in the late 20th century from materials that would have been available to da ...
17: ...est. Yet there are sufficient proofs and examples from nature that such flights can take place without...
19: ...n [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre de Rozier]] and [[Francois d'Arlandes]] went 5 miles (8 km) in a [[hot...
21: ...[1852]]. Henri Giffard flew 15 miles (24 km) in [[France]], with a steam engine mounted on a dirigible... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
16: [[image:Microscope.png|frame|none|Basic microscope main elements]]
29: [[Image:Microscope diagram.png|right|frame|Common optical microscope and its principal pa...
34: ...ns, they utilize light passing through the sample from below and special techniques are usually necess...
36: ...roscope is used, where the light is ''reflected'' from the examined surface. The light is fed th...
39: ...'dissecting microscope''' is designed differently from the diagrams above, and serves a different purp... - Mississippi (15114 bytes)
40: ... western boundary. The name itself probably comes from [[Native American]] words with various spelling...
46: ...d territory|organized]] on [[April 7]], [[1798]], from territory ceded by [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georg...
48: ...10]], [[1817]]. It was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the [[Confederate States of...
56: ... record of single-party dominance. For 116 years, from 1876 to 1992 Mississippians only elected [[Unit...
67: ...he ten Judges of the Court of Appeals are elected from five districts (two Judges per district) for ei... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
48: ...lt of their exploration, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the ...
56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
60: ... lower [[court of appeals|appelate court]]s and [[circuit court]]s. - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
137: '''Saturn''' is the sixth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]]. It is a [[gas giant]], the second-...
142: ...nterior, the droplets of helium releasing heat by friction as they fall down through the lighter hydro...
144: ...smaller storm was observed. Astronomers using [[infrared]] imaging have shown that Saturn has a warm p...
147: ...I'', based on [[radio astronomy|radio]] emissions from the planet, has a period of 10 h 39 min 22.4 s ...
165: ...e never part of a moon, but are instead left over from the original [[nebula]]r material that Saturn f... - Lightning rod (7638 bytes)
1: ...s the roof of a building or the mast of a vessel) from [[lightning]] damage. Other names include '''l...
4: ...pated. Lightning rods sometimes possess a [[short circuit]] to the [[ground]] that is interrupted by a thin...
12: ...er's potential paths as a [[sphere]] that travels from the cloud to the ground.
14: ...ould be placed where they will prevent the sphere from touching a structure.
28: ...res causing fire, loss of strength and explosions from [[Steam explosion|superheated steam]] and air.
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