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- Steel (28384 bytes)
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...s, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], from sliding past one another. Varying the amount of...
8: ...rtant that smelting take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iro...
11:
17: ...n this case, expansion occurs. Internal stresses from this expansion generally take the form of [[com... - Apple (20408 bytes)
16: ...]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domesti...
27: ...ples, picked in late autumn and stored just above freezing have been an important food in [[Asia]] and...
32: ... allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
34: ...around the world to preserve such local heirlooms from extinction.
39: ...e]]s are typically too tart and astringent to eat fresh, but they give the beverage a rich flavor that... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ... a shield are described from the top to the base, from dexter to sinister. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]...
14: ...huthatswana]] and some Algerian civic heraldry of French colonial origin, specific shapes of shield ar...
28: ...The names of the tinctures mainly come to us from French. The first rule of heraldry is the rule of ti...
69: ...he blazon, but the College of Arms has moved away from this practice in recent years.
75: ...shares their shape. (It should be noticed that [[French heraldry]] takes a different approach in many... - Textile (4228 bytes)
1: ... Materials such as [[fiberglass]], which are made from fibers dispersed in a [[matrix]] of another mat...
8: Textiles can be made from a variety of materials. The following is a part...
21: *[[Coir]]: the fibre from [[coconut]]s.
27: *[[Linen]], made from [[flax]]
33: ===Derived from plant products=== - Weaving (6924 bytes)
9: ...ence gives rise to many possible weave structures from the simplest plain weave, through [[twill]]s an...
14: ...olithic]] textiles are well known from finds in [[pile dwellings]] in Switzerland. They are made of [[f...
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 ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...teriors until the 18th century. The hand-knotted pile carpet probably originated in [[Mongolia]] or [[T...
14: ...y one of three knot types (see below) to form the pile or nap of the carpet.
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...
23: == Production of knotted pile carpet == - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
29: ...d grassy plains and temporary lakes that resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there mu...
31: ...xture of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''").
48: ...retation of the process. Poorly embalmed bodies (from the Late Period) are often black and very britt...
50: ...erent way to treat your Pharaoh. The answer came from the [[Nile]].
54: ...es. They became so good at this that one example from the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]] of a... - Food (24212 bytes)
1: [[Image:Foods.jpg|thumbnail|right|Food from plant sources]]
23: ...epare food prior to eating since their divergence from [[Homo erectus]], possibly even earlier.
28: ...o eat meals together with other family members or friends and this is seen as an important social occa...
39: ...ce on mechanised tools which have been developed, from the [[threshing machine]], [[seed drill]], thro...
49: ===From [[plant]]s=== - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...te a tsunami. The effects of a tsunami can range from unnoticeable to devastation.
4: The term ''tsunami'' comes from the [[Japanese language]] meaning ''harbour'' (...
18: ...pate quickly and rarely affect coastlines distant from the source area due to the small area of sea af...
22: ...by the huge mass of water behind the initial wave front, as the height of the sea keeps rising fast an...
24: ...ve decreases as the inverse power of the distance from the source. This is the two-dimensional equiva... - Archery (18991 bytes)
7: ...involves shooting arrows at a target for accuracy from a set distance or distances. This is the most p...
11: ...ionale de Tir ࠬ'Arc). Olympic rules are derived from FITA rules.
15: ... 18 m and 25 m. Outdoor distances range from 30 m to 90 m (for senior archers, jun...
25: ... spaced concentric rings, which have score values from 1 through 10 assigned to them. In addition, the...
60: ...rks or flags are set out in an area archers shoot from a start point at an elected mark attempting to ... - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
1: [[Image:Bison skull pile, ca1870.png|thumb|right|300px|The [[American biso...
2: ...orbidding [[hunting]], banning their [[habitat]]s from development, etc.) to prevent extinction. Only ...
4: ...species list, and criteria for removing a species from the list once its population has recovered; whe...
15: ...nt>: captive individuals survive, but there is no free-living, natural population. Examples: [[Dromeda...
87: * [[Savannah Elephant]] (''Loxodonta africana'') - Venice (22017 bytes)
8: ...from Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michi...
16: ...actice, a number of Doges were forced by pressure from their [[oligarchy|oligarchical]] peers to resig...
20: ...]]. This apparent lack of zeal contributed to its frequently coming into conflict with the [[Papacy]]....
24: ...nice during the [[First Coalition]]. The [[France|French]] conqueror brought to an end the most fascin...
26: ...e city on [[January 18]], [[1798]]. It was taken from Austria by the [[Treaty of Pressburg]] in [[180... - Scythia (22520 bytes)
1: ... location and extent of Scythia varied over time, from the [[Altai]] region where [[Mongolia]], [[Chin...
3: ...s as ''Ishkuzai'', who are reported as pouring in from the north some time around 700 BC, settling in ...
7: ...Indo-European word for ''archer'' in turn derives from the [[Proto-Indo-European]] root *'''skeud''', ...
9: ...riors, drawn after figures on an [[electrum]] cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan burial near [[Kerch]] ([[Her...
21: ...f scholars conjecture that they migrated westward from [[Central Asia]] between [[800 BC]] and [[600 B... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
3: ...al, of the cunning of thieves, and the messenger from the gods to humans. A lucky find was a ''herma...
6: ...th the way in which the wind may transfer objects from one place to another, and with the transition t...
11: ...ke to refer to a syncretic god combining elements from Hermes and the [[Egypt]]ian god [[Thoth]].
13: ... Mercurius'' corresponds to English ''Wednesday'' from ''Wodnes d槧' 'Woden's day'.
26: ...n" herms, the standing stone or wooden pillar was frankly simply a phallus. The ''hermai'' were used ... - Daikon (2300 bytes)
1: [[Image:Daikon.Japan.jpg|thumb|200px|A pile of daikon in the supermarket]]
4: ...t unlikely shaped daikon is [[Sakurajima]] daikon from [[Kagoshima Prefecture]] that is shaped like an...
6: ...[Chinese New Year]]. The cake is cooked either by frying or steaming. Daikon is often added to [[fishb...
12: ... a store because they do not adjust well to the refrigerator, yellowing quite easily. - Marmots (2941 bytes)
38: ...'s (lower right) natural camouflage hides it in a pile of rocks, a common habitat.]] - Yellow-Bellied Marmot (2581 bytes)
18: ...le pig). Then it typically hides in a nearby rock pile.
20: ... male marmot digs a burrow soon after he wakes up from [[hibernation]]. He then starts looking for fem...
22: ...eating [[grass]], [[leaf|leaves]], [[flower]]s, [[fruit]], [[grasshopper]]s, and bird [[egg]]s. - History of Ancient Egypt (27975 bytes)
29: ...d grassy plains and temporary lakes that resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there mu...
31: ...xture of [[Europe]]an, [[Middle East]]ern, and [[Africa]]n''").
48: ...retation of the process. Poorly embalmed bodies (from the Late Period) are often black and very britt...
50: ...erent way to treat your Pharaoh. The answer came from the [[Nile]].
54: ...es. They became so good at this that one example from the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th Dynasty]] of a... - Compost (10069 bytes)
5: ... which prevent the microbes and other decomposers from thriving.
7: ...o encourage the most active microbes, the compost pile needs the proper mix of the following ingredients...
13: ... example, the plastic bag of vegetables in your refrigerator is decomposed by microbes, but the absenc...
16: ...ectly on the organic content of the pile, compost piles provide habitat for those that prey upon direct ...
21: The goal in a compost pile is to provide a healthy environment--and nutritio... - Lawyer (33471 bytes)
14: It is frequently said that there are more lawyers ''[[per ...
18: ...quire that the applicant have earned a law degree from an [[American Bar Association]]-accredited [[la...
20: ...century, but gradually withdrew it under pressure from bar associations.
22: ...atent bar." Legal ethics rules prohibit lawyers from using the title "patent attorney" unless they a...
74: ...ican lawyers are very credential-oriented. Apart from the minimum requirements of a J.D. and admissio...
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