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- Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...e so-called '''Age of Exploration''' was a period from the early [[15th century]] and continuing into ...
7: ... East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links to t...
9: ...[[Marco Polo]] who traveled throughout the Orient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written u...
15: ...iving European sailors some idea of the shape of Africa and Asia.
18: ... could be bypassed by trading directly with West Africa by sea. It was also hoped that south of the Sa... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...n also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of diffe...
25: ...later life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
31: ...ience). Newton argued that this should exempt him from the normal ordination requirement, and [[Charle...
36: ...'s ideas, Newton was so offended that he withdrew from public debate. The two men remained enemies un...
38: ...hristianson is not clear on what Newton concluded from this--> - Tampa Bay Devil Rays (7282 bytes)
1: {{MLB Devil Rays franchise}}
17: ...ng two Florida teams, and faced with a strong bid from [[Denver]], the league bypassed the Bay Area an...
19: ..., this time admitting Naimoli's group and a group from [[Arizona Diamondbacks|Arizona]].
21: ... stay current, it needed more than $70 million US from the city in renovations. The Dome that had bui...
23: == Franchise history == - Pliers (2624 bytes)
- Ship (18843 bytes)
14: ... the Plimsoll mark to indicate the safe depth (or freeboard above the surface) to which a specific shi...
19: ... Actium]]. The use of large numbers of [[cannon]] from the [[16th century]] meant that maneuverability...
21: ... [[condenser]], which reduced the requirement for fresh water, and the multiple expansion engine, whic...
41: ... The bows is a term for the head of the vessel or front of the ship. Compare [[prow]], a more poetical...
51: ...s for keeping water and articles free on the deck from falling into the hold. - Canal (2513 bytes)
1: ...90px|The [[Canal du Midi]]<br> in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]]]
9: ...decay. A movement that began in Great Britain and France to use the picturesque early industrial canal... - Computer keyboard (4428 bytes)
23: ...r various tasks which are useful should a program freeze. Many other commands for a variety of tasks e...
29: The number of keys in a keyboard varies from the standard 101 keys to the 104 windows keyboa... - Wildfire (23185 bytes)
2: ...n Bernardino, California]] Mountains (image taken from the [[International Space Station]])]]
16: ...researchers discovered that exposure to [[smoke]] from burning plants actually promotes [[germination]...
18: ...erty]], particularly when they have reached urban-fringe communities, destroying many homes and causin...
30: ... of water in plants is balanced by water absorbed from the soil. Below this threshold, the plants dry ...
43: ...aft]] caused by a large wildfire will draw in air from surrounding areas. These self-generated winds c... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
4: ...l will be compensated by marriage to, or at least friendship with her.
9: ...ing on 1 April. In [[1582]], King [[Charles IX of France]] brought in the new [[Gregorian calendar]], ...
12: ...s of the world; it is actually the first of April from '''0000 -1200 1 April''' until '''2359 +1400 1 ...
24: ...howing the [[Swiss]] [[harvest]]ing [[spaghetti]] from [[tree]]s. A lot of people wanted spaghetti tre...
25: ...[[France]] after the [[French Revolution]]: see [[French Revolutionary Calendar]]. - Amphibian (4720 bytes)
16: ...do not have [[amnion|amniotic]] eggs. Amphibians (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''amphis'' "both" and ...
19: ... climate on earth from the hottest deserts to the frozen arctic, and have adapted to climatic change w...
20: [[Image:Frog3_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provide...
21: [[Image:Frog2_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provide...
22: [[Image:Frog_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided... - Massachusetts (31663 bytes)
47: ...e colonies of southern [[New England]] to recover from the effects of the war.
55: ...ing this period were [[Thomas Hutchinson]], [[Sir Francis Bernard]], and [[Thomas Gage]]. Gage was th...
60: ...ispus Attucks]], from [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]], was killed at an event that became kno...
67: ...tablish, the following Declaration of Rights, and Frame of Government, as the Constitution of the Comm...
77: ...5]], [[1820]] the area of [[Maine]] was separated from Massachusetts, of which it had been a non-conti... - Professional Wrestling (14198 bytes)
1: ...ough the name change was in response to a lawsuit from the [[World Wildlife Fund]] against the World W...
6: ...is strategy is used very often in order to escape from a submission hold, and also, more seldom, a wre...
10: .... If someone attempts to interfere but is ejected from the ring by a wrestler or referee before this o...
35: ...estling was promoted as a legitimate sport. It is from this tension between performance and athletic r...
41: ...ling. Others, however, point out that—aside from [[cable television]] and [[video]]—McMaho... - Amphibia (4647 bytes)
19: ... climate on earth from the hottest deserts to the frozen arctic, and have adapted to climatic change w...
20: [[Image:Frog3_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provide...
21: [[Image:Frog2_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provide...
22: [[Image:Frog_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided...
35: * Order [[Anura]] ([[frog]]s and [[toad]]s) (in Superorder Salientia): 5,... - Automobile (19750 bytes)
13: ...first motor bike) and [[Austrian]] inventor [[Siegfried Marcus]] in [[Vienna]].
15: ...en automobiles were built in Britain in 1895 by [[Frederick William Lanchester]] who also patented the...
19: ... initially saw little application in his native [[France]], and the center of innovation passed to [[U...
23: There are offers to get a new car for free or get paid to drive them in return for display...
31: ...e design of their predecessor. Through the period from 1900 to the mid [[1920s]], development of autom... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
3: ...cle]]'' features oversized tires, a sturdy frame, front shock absorbers, and handlebars oriented perpe...
5: ...[land vehicle]] with two [[wheel]]s attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in [[1...
13: ...up by [[Louis Baudry de Saunier]], a 19th century French bicycle historian.
15: ... rode his [[1816]] machine while collecting taxes from his tenants. He patented his ''draisine'', a nu...
17: ... could push more firmly, and further enlarged the front wheel to increase the potential for speed. Sho... - Gregor Mendel (6112 bytes)
2: [[image:mendel.png|frame|right|Gregor Johann Mendel]]
12: ... obtained atypical characteristics. On one of his frequent walks around the monastery, he found an aty...
16: ...]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (now [[Czech Republic]]), from chronic [[nephritis]].
21: ...cientific malpractice]] or call it a [[scientific fraud]] — reproduction of his experiments has ... - Milk (13238 bytes)
18: ... the human enzymes digesting the milk, can differ from breed to breed and mammal to mammal.
38: ...nt fat for developing toddlers who have graduated from [[breast milk]] or [[infant formula]].
40: ...s of milk currently; most milk brands vary little from each other. These brands include:
42: * [[Anchor (milk)|Anchor]] (a brand from [[Fonterra]])
75: ...uing [[acidity]] in turn prevents other [[germ]]s from growing, or slows their growth significantly. T... - Motorcycle (40437 bytes)
7: ... of "footpegs" or "pegs" which stick out from the frame.
23: The chassis of a motorcycle is typically made from welded [[aluminium]] or [[steel]] struts, with ...
27: ...some British motorcycles designs used part of the frame as an oil reservoir. The wheel rims are usuall...
29: ...becomes a major source of drag and is pushed back from the handlebars, tiring the rider.
31: ...0pix.jpg|thumb|200px|A British'' ''motorcycle'' ''from 1966, the 250 cc Ariel Leader]] - Radar (16746 bytes)
11: [[Electromagnetic]] waves reflect from any large change in the [[dielectric]] or diama...
13: ...nce off in a way similar to the way light bounces from a mirror. Early radars used very long [[wavelen...
15: ... and [[angle|corner]]s, in a way similar to glint from a rounded piece of [[glass]]. The most reflecti...
20: ...[Random]] polarization returns usually indicate a fractal surface like [[Rock (geology)|rock]] or [[so...
22: ...in this [[1960]] weather radar image. The radar's frequency, polarization, and receiver determine what... - Global Positioning System (28209 bytes)
7: ...epartment of Defense]] and can be used by anyone, free of charge.
12: A GPS receiver decodes time signal transmissions from multiple satellites and calculates its position...
23: ...nge]]). It then decodes the satellites' locations from their radio signals and an internal database.
24: ...vation information is already known, only signals from three satellites are needed (the point is then ...
30: ...d of radio waves based on their frequencies, dual frequency receivers can actually measure the effects...
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