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- 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... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
14: ...ds alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular ang...
16: ...uard mechanism (see [[Jacquard loom]]) in 1812 in France and c. 1825 in England. The addition of stea...
21: ...r Axminster]] (1890). These types were developed from the American [[Halcyon Skinner]]'s 1860s invent...
26: The warp threads are set up on the frame of the loom before weaving begins. A number o...
30: ...al carpet production are: [[Turkey]], [[Northern Africa]], the [[Caucasus]], [[Iran]], [[Nepal]], [[Tu... - Elephantine (3346 bytes)
2: It measures some 1.2 km from north to south, and is about 400 m across at it...
6: ... cataracts, who controlled the waters of the Nile from caves beneath the island: he was worshipped her...
8: ...ding on the island are a granite [[step pyramid]] from the [[Third dynasty of Egypt|third dynasty]] an...
10: ...ng to the reign of [[Thutmose III]], was found in fragments. Also on the island is one of the oldest [...
15: ...at Elephantine was probably founded as a military installation in about 650 BCE during Manasseh's reign, to assi... - Nevada (17565 bytes)
37: ...04]] was estimated to be 2,334,771, up nearly 17% from the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 census]] f...
41: Despite the name's derivation from the Spanish word ''nevada'' meaning "snowy", th...
49: ...territory and adopted its current name, shortened from ''Sierra Nevada'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]...
55: ...ush Rebels") maintain that it was due to pressure from mining interests to keep land out of the hands ...
81: ...n Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and Reno attract visitors from around the world. - Art (11479 bytes)
11: ... some extent, and [[child art]] is created by all from about the first birthday.
52: The word ''art'' derives from the [[Latin]] ''ars'', which, loosely translate...
74: ... is often described as a lay critique and derives from the fact that in [[Western culture]] at least, ...
84: From one [[point of view|perspective]], art is a gen...
92: ...f art and [[aesthetic]] arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may b... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
1: ...onism-anemometer.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Anemometer installation on roof of Deconism Gallery, using three size 6, ...
3: An '''anemometer''' (from Gr. ἄνεμος, wind...
7: ... some independent experiments, but it is very far from the truth, for it is now known that the actual ...
17: ...quire a weathercock. A small light sphere hanging from the end of 30 or 40 ft (about 10 m) of fine sew...
21: ...t angles to its axis, the most trifling departure from the true direction causing great variations in ... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
15: ... Vietnam]]<br><br>[[Viet Cong|National Liberation Front<br>(Viet Cong)]]<br><br />[[Image:Viet cong fl...
33: The '''Vietnam War''' was fought from [[1957]] to [[1975]] between Vietnamese nationa...
37: ...y experts consider the Vietnam War to just be one frontline in the larger [[Cold War]].
41: ...for the Liberation of Vietnam|National Liberation Front]], a South Vietnamese opposition movement with...
43: ...ort to maintain control of her former colony of [[French Indochina]]. - Sundial (16148 bytes)
14: Sundials are known from ancient Egypt, and were developed further by ot...
16: == Installation of standard sundials ==
24: ...rection table, and must be adjusted for longitude from the center of the time zone. The admittedly in...
34: The sun casts a shadow from the gnomon to a surface called the ''dial face'...
67: ...t of the gnomon (the ''substyle'') are calculated from the formula face-angle = arctan(sin(latitude)*t... - Visual arts (2572 bytes)
1: ...isual in nature. The visual arts are distiguished from the [[performing arts]], [[language arts]], [[c...
3: ...modernists]] who sought to withhold the high arts from the masses by keeping them esoteric.
22: * [[Installation art]] - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
1: {{MLB Cubs franchise}}
5: ...me ''Cubs'' was coined in [[1902]] when manager [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with youn...
15: == Franchise history ==
26: ...f powerhouse pitchers in [[Larry Corcoran]] and [[Fred Goldsmith]]. Those two were fading by mid-deca...
28: ... and controversial Series action. That St. Louis franchise, which went on to join the National League... - Windmill (7108 bytes)
8: ... were developed from the 12th century, apparently from technology gained by [[crusader]]s who came int...
12: ...] systems, throughout the world, by pumping water from [[well]]s to supply the needs of the [[steam lo...
16: ...o freezing weather, a pump jack (or standard) was frequently mounted at the top of the well in the cen...
20: ...led to an increase in the repair, restoration and installation of new windmills.
42: .../index_en.php Mill database with over 15000 mills from all over Europe] - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
4: ...text-align:center;" | The Hubble Space Telescope, from the [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] during the seco...
8: ...avelength regime'''||optical, ultraviolet, near-infrared
45: ...h, it was found that the main [[mirror]] suffered from [[spherical aberration]], severely compromising...
54: ...be that a space-based telescope could observe [[infrared]] and [[ultraviolet]] light, which are strong...
58: ...observations of [[star]]s and [[galaxy|galaxies]] from its launch in 1968 until 1972, well beyond its ... - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
2: ...[Image:Cable_Car.jpg|thumb|right|Cable Car in San Francisco]]
3: [[Image:Sf_cable_car.jpg|thumb|right|A San Francisco cable car]]
9: ...le. Conversely the car is stopped by detaching it from the cable, and then applying brakes. This gripp...
16: ...nkers Patent Railway]] in [[New York]], which ran from [[1 July]] [[1868]] to [[1870]]. The cable tech...
18: ...Station.jpg|thumb|right|Machinery driving the San Francisco Cable Car]] - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...hancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[N...
15: He led Germany from the depths of post-[[World War I]] defeat to be...
20: ...z]] in the province of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in what was...
24: ...s was impossible since the Jews had been expelled from Graz in the [[15th century]] and were not allow...
25: ... Hitler's profession his family moved frequently, from [[Braunau]] to [[Passau]], [[Lambach]], [[Leond... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
4: ...nearby [[Great Salt Lake]], the city is separated from the lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]...
15: ...an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upo...
20: ...i (65 km) southwest of the city. Another military installation, [[Fort Douglas]], was established in [[1862]] to...
22: ...Salt Lake]]. A railroad was connected to the city from the Transcontinental Railroad in [[1870]] makin...
24: ...bating inner-city decay. The city lost population from the [[1960s]] through the [[1980s]], but recove... - Geyser (14881 bytes)
2: ...aukadalur, [[Iceland]]; that name, in turn, comes from the verb ''gj', "to gush".
9: ...through porous and fractured rock. Geysers differ from noneruptive hot springs in their subterranean s...
14: ...ng violently throughout the column. The resulting froth of expanding steam and hot water then sprays o...
16: ...nd time between successive eruptions vary greatly from geyser to geyser; [[Strokkur]] in Iceland erupt...
20: ...ite]]), usually in steady jets that last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes. Old Faithful ... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro...
28: ...heir theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to ha... - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...' (a [[portmanteau|portmanteau word]] constructed from '''mod'''ulator and '''dem'''odulator) is a [[d...
5: ...odems" transmit [[serial communications|repeating frames of data]] at very high data rates over [[micr...
7: ...lons. Heat changes an etalon's size and thus its frequency.
9: ...ed over any means of transmitting analog signals, from driven [[diode]]s to [[radio]].
14: ...first commercial modem, the [[Bell 103]]. Using [[frequency-shift keying]], where two tones are used t... - Woodrow Wilson (31322 bytes)
23: ...ming. Wilson's father and mother were originally from Ohio, but sympathized with the [[Southern Unite...
25: ...886]], he received his Ph.D. in political science from [[Johns Hopkins University]]. (His carved initi...
34: ... a critical description of America's system, with frequent negative comparisons to Westminster. Wilson...
38: ...mers]'' would be the first to admit that the only fruit of dividing power had been to make it irrespon...
46: ...ders, no principles; no principles, no parties." (Frozen Republic, 145) - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
18: ...n]] with the backing of his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
25: ...the [[Psi Upsilon]] [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternal organization]]. After college, he attended...
27: ... [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]]. From [[1901]] to [[1903]], Taft served as the first ...
29: ...act, it was said that an aide blacked out "pudgy" from his morning newspaper.
33: [[Image:Taft.png|left|frame|Official [[White House]] portrait of Taft.]]
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