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- Jet engine (22370 bytes)
1: ...ine (left of photo) prevents debris - or people - from being pulled into the engine by the huge volume...
2: ...ir and combustion products) in one direction and, from [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s [[Newton's_laws_of_mo...
4: The engine draws [[air]] in at the front and compresses it. The air is combined with [[...
8: ...ssing into the ignition chamber prevents backflow from it and thus makes possible the continuous burni...
15: ...f the maximum performance which could be obtained from it; the limit was essentially one of [[propelle... - Steam engine (17867 bytes)
9: ... of a steam engine after observing steam escaping from his [[pressure cooking|pressure cooker]] in abo...
15: ...f the vacuum engines were in the pumping of water from deep mineshafts. The Newcomen engine operated b...
19: ...sed a far greater pressure, but more importantly (from a [[thermodynamics|thermodynamic]] standpoint) ...
26: ... the small [[riverboat]] used in the movie [[The African Queen]]. This type is also used in some boile...
30: ...this kind of boiler has the greatest acceleration from a standing start of any marine powerplant. - Watt steam engine (4120 bytes)
1: [[image:watt7783.png|frame|right|Diagram of the Watt Steam Engine in its ...
4: ...n was both powerful and useful; the first example from 1711 was able to replace a team of 500 horses t...
8: ...s closed and V' was opened. Then the steam rushed from the cylinder into the condenser, which was kept...
10: ...und the development of a test engine. This proved frustrating and Watt repeatedly almost gave up on th...
14: ...er wheel]]s, thereby freeing the British industry from geographical constraints and becoming one of th...
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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... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...nt) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bes...
8: After a friend offered her a ride in an airplane, a thrilled...
10: ..., and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made up ...
16: ... is the only woman to ever receive the Gold Medal from the [[Federation Aeronautique Internationale]]....
18: ...She was also the first woman to land and take off from an [[aircraft carrier]]. - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
- 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... - Lubricant (1488 bytes)
1: ...duced between two moving surfaces to reduce the [[friction]] and wear between them. Worldwide, more t...
3: ...mes used as base oils. Additives deliver reduced friction and wear, increased viscosity, resistance t...
5: ... cushion and others. An alternative way to reduce friction and wear is to use bearings such as [[ball ... - Exoskeleton (3839 bytes)
- Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ...usands of years, involves the creation of objects from clay and other ceramic materials. This article ...
7: ...his art form encompasses the creation of anything from earthenware and porcelain to decorative tiles a...
39: ... the longevity of ceramic products make it an eco-friendly choice in an age of disposable products and...
46: The word '''''ceramic''''' is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word Κ&epsil...
57: ...ve furnaces, a commonly used abrasive, and as a refractory material. - Weaving (6924 bytes)
9: ...ence gives rise to many possible weave structures from the simplest plain weave, through [[twill]]s an...
14: ..., Moravia. [[Neolithic]] textiles are well known from finds in [[pile dwellings]] in Switzerland. Th...
20: ...lace taking the home-based [[artisan]]'s activity from a labour intensive; man-powered undertaking to ...
24: ...n and flax to Britain and buy finished cloth back from England. Nonetheless, many people wove cloth i...
28: ...om touching anything so it would not try to break free. They would try to cut the wool off the sheep ... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
12: ...motto = ''Je Maintiendrai''<br>([[French language|French]]: "I will maintain")|
14: ...es = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisian language|Frisian]] <sup>1</sup> |
40: established_dates = [[Eighty Years' War|From Spain]]<br/>[[May 23]], [[1568]]<br/>[[January ...
64: After gaining formal independence from the [[Spanish Empire]] under [[Philip IV of Spa...
68: ...xembourg seceded because its laws prevented women from becoming Head of State. Luxembourg turned to th... - Belize (11927 bytes)
1: ...lf of Honduras]] to the east. The name is derived from [[Belize City]], the former capital and largest...
42: | '''[[Independence]]''' From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]
50: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || ''[[Land of the Free]]''
63: ... in 1638. Another possibility is that the name is from the Maya word belix, meaning "muddy water", app...
81: [[Image:BelizeNumbered.png|125px|framed|]] - Argentina (30219 bytes)
35: established_dates = from [[Spain]]<br/> [[May 25]], [[1810]]<br/>[[July ...
52: The name '''Argentina''' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''argentum'' ([[silver]]). The or...
57: ...port. Buenos Aires formally declared independence from Spain on [[July 9]], [[1816]]. Argentines rever...
59: ...es—especially the western pampas—came from throughout Europe.
61: ... modern military and labor movements that emerged from the growing urban working class. - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January...
58: ... "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Re...
60: ...dence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937...
67: ...in and Ireland]]. From [[1874]], but particularly from [[1880]] under [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], the...
69: ...of an independent Irish State whereby the [[Irish Free State]] (in the [[Gaelic|Irish language]] ''Sao... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
62: ...nions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of the [[Panjshir province|Panjshir]]...
64: The Kushan kingdom stretched from modern-day [[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India...
69: ... by the [[Mughals]] from [[1526]] until [[1739]]. From 1739 until the early [[19th century]] the entir...
72: ... the British by the Muslim leader [[Tipu Sultan]] from 1749 to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Em... - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
44: | <font size="1">From [[West Indies Federation]] and [[United Kingdom...
65: ...it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled there around t...
67: ...s achieved through the massive use of imported [[Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]] labor.
71: Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the [[United Kingdom]], and in [[1958]] Jamaica...
96: ...vely by the British empire in policing the empire from 1795 to 1926. Other units in the JDF heritage ... - Slovenia (19318 bytes)
37: established_dates = From [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugo...
54: ...rope]], [[NATO]], and has observer status in [[La Francophonie]].
59: ...its independence, being largely subsumed into the Frankish empire. Many [[Slavs]] [[christianization|c...
61: The [[Freising manuscripts]], the earliest surviving writt...
65: ...med on [[25 June]] [[1991]] upon its independence from Yugoslavia. Slovenia joined [[NATO]] on [[29 Ma... - 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... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
40: ... Greenock (2 in Greenock, Finnart Campus and Waterfront Campus) and a campus in Largs. - Ancient Egypt (16131 bytes)
1: ...zation]] of the [[Great Rift Valley|Nile Valley]] from around [[3300 BC]] until the conquest of [[Alex...
6: Most of the [[geography of Egypt]] is in [[North Africa]]; the [[Sinai Peninsula]] is in [[Southwest A...
14: ...urpluses of water for use during the dry seasons. From the time of the [[First dynasty of Egypt|First ...
16: ...ystem]] [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] and comp...
22: ...ystem]] [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Ancient-Africa/mad_ancient_egyptpapyrus.html#berlin] - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...lahoma's natural terrain is very diverse, ranging from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-wa...
48: The state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...e), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Country (Central Oklahoma, including the Ok...
60: From a [[bioregional]] perspective, Oklahoma is reco...
115: ...l swapping going on between [[European]] powers [[France]] and [[Spain]]. - Aviation (1454 bytes)
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