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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...ntury|18th]] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual l...
3: ... merged into the [[Second Industrial Revolution]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic...
7: ...erm industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in ...
10: ...itain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effic...
12: ... occurred in Britain. In other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, wh... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
9: ...y in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
19: ...ted to each other and they became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Ni...
33: ...anizing patient care. Although she met resistance from the doctors and officers, her changes vastly im...
45: ...r030502 CBC story: 'Florence Nightingale suffered from bipolar disorder']
47: In response to an invitation from Queen Victoria, and despite the limitations of ... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
11: ...d made her professional debut as [[Ophelia]] in [[Liverpool]] in 1957. She subsequently spent seasons in repe... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic...
71: ...nce]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of the Free State and to remain in the UK. The nomenclature... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: The term '''philosophy''' derives from a combination of the [[Greek language|Greek]] w...
5: ...is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This article will discusse...
15: ...t to be beautiful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
19: [[Image:laozi3.jpg|frame|right|[[Lao Zi]] ]]
25: The word "philosophy" is derived from the ancient Greek (''Φιλο&#... - 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]] - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...le, a typical rail car can hold up to 125 tons of freight with this and the weight of the car on two f...
9: ...0-70% less energy to transport a given tonnage of freight (or given number of passengers), than does [...
11: ...le tracked rail line can carry more passengers or freight in a given amount of time than a four-laned ...
15: ...save money (see [[Beeching Axe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more e...
22: ... system on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es... - Alpaca (9975 bytes)
16: ...ng faces, and a variety of natural colors ranging from white to black, including various shades of bro...
17: ...an [[camel]]-like [[ungulate|ungulates]], derived from the wild [[guanaco]]. It resembles a sheep in ...
26: ...f of this -- one to two year's growth -- although from time to time, longer staples can be found. The...
30: Originally from the Andean highlands, particularly Peru, Bolivi...
50: ...for their environmental footprint, being more eco-friendly compared to other fiber-producing animals. - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
11: ...st steam operated railway opens, carrying freight from a [[Colliery]] to a [[river port]].
12: ... mph) at the [[Rainhill Trials]] held near [[Liverpool]].
13: *[[1830]] The [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]] opens, and the first rai...
29: *[[1888]] [[Frank J. Sprague|Frank Sprague]] installs the "trolleypole" [[trolley...
41: ...[1979]] High speed [[TGV]] trains introduced in [[France]], TGV trains travel at an average speed of 2... - New Year's Eve (4555 bytes)
4: New Year's Eve is a separate observance from the observance of [[New Year's Day]]. In 20th c...
13: A large number of fireworks are usually set off from the [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]] and various spots...
17: ...]] in [[Edinburgh]], with fireworks being set off from the [[Edinburgh Castle|castle]] and other major...
21: ... Royal Canadians would serenade the United States from the ballroom of the [[Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]] o...
23: ...g apple" like the city itself; the custom derives from the time signal that used to be given at [[noon... - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
6: ...Europe]] and the rest of the world. This stemmed from a revival of [[hillbilly music]] early in the d...
10: ... and social activism. [[Psychedelic rock]] arose from this subculture, which opposed the [[Vietnam Wa...
18: ...black vocalists like [[Little Richard]] ("[[Tutti Frutti]]"), [[Chuck Berry]] ("[[Johnny B. Goode]]"),...
30: ...ians unable to maintain their hipness, both faded from mass consciousness. The mid-[[1960s]] saw the ...
38: ...'', recorded with the [[Angelic Choir of Nutley]] from [[New Jersey]]. Six years later he founded the...
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