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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... - Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
6: ...is time that they spent together sheltered Amelia from her father and his [[alcoholism]]. Because of E...
8: ... lessons from [[Neta Snook]]. With financial help from some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her ...
10: ...gan to include George Putnam. The two developed a friendship during preparation for the Atlantic cross...
14: ...Gold Medal of the [[National Geographic Society]] from President [[Herbert Hoover]].
16: ...Oakland, California]]. Later that year she soloed from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Mexico City]] and back to ... - 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... - Ear (6659 bytes)
10: ...nning to the [[middle ear]]. This tube amplifies frequencies in the range 3 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] to...
13: ... formed cleft from the side of the face and hangs from the rest of the ear, but occasionally will be f...
17: ...three ear bones. The incus and stapes are derived from bones of the jaw, and allow finer detection of ...
21: ...contract in response to loud sounds, reducing the transmission of sound to the inner ear. This is called the [[...
28: ...um that receives the sound vibrations transmitted from the air to the oval window through the ear drum... - Eye (21834 bytes)
9: ...yonic development, while mollusk eyes grow inward from skin cells.
13: ...rm the lenses of their eyes. In this, they differ from most other arthropods, which have soft eyes. Th...
24: ...ours, the [[aqueous humour]]. Most of the light refraction occurs at the [[cornea]] which has a fixed ...
25: ...from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought t...
27: ...rising from the shape of the cornea and lens, and from the length of the eyeball. These include [[myop... - Basal ganglia (4800 bytes)
14: striatum the basal ganglia receives input from the entire cortical
15: mantle, but with a majority of projections from the [[motor cortex|motor]],
16: ... cortex|sensorimotor]] and [[prefrontal cortex|prefrontal]]
20: ...he '''direct pathway''' is via direct connections from the striatum
24: The '''indirect pathway''' is via connections from the striatum to the - Vertebra (3942 bytes)
9: ...teristics which are best studied by examining one from the middle of the thoracic region.
12: ...consists of two essential parts: an ''anterior'' (front) segment, which is the '''vertebral body'''; a...
15: ...ertebral foramina''', one on either side, for the transmission of the spinal nerves and vessels.
24: ...process), and often split. Numbered top-to-bottom from C1-C7, [[atlas (anatomy)|atlas]] (C1) and [[axi... - Lubricant (1488 bytes)
1: ...ise approximately 50% and hydraulic fluids with [[transmission]] [[oil]]s 30% of lubricants volume-wise. In dev...
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 ... - 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]].]]
20: ...t to be scattered, breaking up any coherent image transmission). Ordinary glass does not allow light at a wavele...
22: ...plify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission from within the glass itself. - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
9: ... textures cause the glass to have light and color transmission characteristics that, even for the same color, ca...
15: ...led the way, notable artists include [[Ludwig Shaffrath]], [[Johannes Shreiter]] and many others who t...
31: ...the nave, to depict various [[saint]]s and scenes from the [[Bible]]. This was especially important wh...
32: ...] and [[Cathedral of Chartres]], in [[Chartres]], France
33: ...of them rely on machine made patterned glass to refract the light rather than the more expensive hand-... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: '''Calligraphy''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] καλ...
4: Calligraphy should be distinguished from the studies of [[epigraphy]] or [[palaeography]...
12: ...uan-shu and contained more than 3,000 characters. From that time to the present, there have been five ...
14: ... as a guide, hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In t...
52: ...clerical script is highly stylised, a development from seal script form. They are highly angular in ap... - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: The word '''relic''' comes from the Latin ''reliquiae'' ('remains') and there a...
7: ... folded papers on the left and right contain bone fragments of saint [[Benedict of Nursia]] and [[Bern...
11: ...nable. The [[abbey]] church of [[Coulombs]] in [[France]], among several others, claims to possess th...
15: ...describes the uncanny, mysterious power emanating from the supernatural and affecting the natural. The...
17: ...ue" was also a false mystic potency that emanated from inhabiting [[daemon]]s who were conceived of as... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of f...
18: ...'[[Volcanic cones]]''' or [[cinder cone]]s result from eruptions that throw out mostly small pieces of...
41: ...tive" volcano. The lifespan of a volcano can vary from months to several million years, making such a ...
43: ...to note that the span of recorded history differs from region to region; in the [[Mediterranean]], rec...
47: ...tone as extinct. In fact, because the caldera has frequent earthquakes, a very active geothermal syste... - Feed (1445 bytes)
5: ...bsystem, equipment, or [[component]], such as a [[transmission line]] or [[antenna (electronics)|antenna]].
6: # A coupling device between an antenna and its transmission line. Such a feed may consist of a distribution ...
7: # A transmission [[facility]] between (a) the point of origin of a...
11: * FEED is also an abbreviation for Front End Engineering Design.
13: ...s information from [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]]'' - Botswana (22276 bytes)
1: ...Economic system|economy]], closely tied to South Africa's, is dominated by [[cattle]] raising and [[mi...
37: | From [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[September 30]], [[...
56: ...h Africa]]), which came into the area from South Africa during the Zulu wars of the early 1800s. Prior...
58: ...[[Setswana]]-speaking people today live in South Africa.
60: ...4 regularized tribal rule and powers. A European-African advisory council was formed in 1951, and the ... - Spider (29039 bytes)
11: ...er [[Mesothelae]]'''<br /> <!-- Families missing from this list: Microstigmatidae, Nemesiidae, Barych...
79: ... [[Liphistiidae]], rarely seen burrowing spiders from Asia. The study of spiders is known as [[arachn...
81: ... strong [[protein]] strand extruded by the spider from [[spinneret]]s on the end of the abdomen. All ...
106: ...age (Foelix, 1996). A spider does not transition from the nymph to the imago until it has become sexu...
114: ...s 'palpi'), the small, leg-like appendages on the front of his [[cephalothorax]], into the sperm, abso... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
31: ... evolution]]: the study of the evolution of stars from their formation to their end as a stellar remna...
49: In astronomy, [[information]] is mainly received from the detection and analysis of [[electromagnetic...
56: ...to eliminate noise (electromagnetic interference) from the atmosphere.
58: ... are similar to those used in [[radio]] broadcast transmission but much more sensitive. See also [[Radio telesco...
64: ...ight is heavily absorbed by [[water vapor]], so infrared observatories have to be located in high, dry... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
1: ...ally in [[Japan]]. ''Silk road'' is a translation from the [[German language|German]] ''Seidenstraߥ''...
3: ...hrough the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
13: ... the way from the shores of the [[Pacific]] to [[Africa]], and deep into the heart of [[Europe]]. Thes...
18: [[Lapis lazuli]] was being traded from its only known source in the ancient world R...
28: ...ains, routes across them were, apparently, in use from very early times. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: ...the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
51: ...ror of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Empe...
61: ...re, particularily in the [[acritic songs]], where frontiersmen (ακρίτε&#... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
5: ...ding the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. Edison started the [[Moti...
7: ...et at his winter retreat (The Mangoes). They were friends until Edison died. The [[Edison and Ford Win...
14: From [[Port Huron]], Sam Edison moved to [[Detroit]]...
16: ...to read and experiment. Many of his lessons came from reading the book [["Parker's School of Natural ...
18: ...ork as it blocked out noises and prevented Edison from hearing the telegrapher sitting next to him. So...
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