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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... - Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
2: ...ur [[album]]s as the frontwoman for several bands from [[1967]] to a posthumous release in [[1971]].
4: ..., she began singing blues and [[folk music]] with friends.
6: ...hetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] user. She also used other [[psychoactive drug|intoxica...
8: ...Port Arthur to recuperate, she again moved to San Francisco in [[1966]], where her bluesy vocal style ...
12: ...perhitscover.jpg|left|thumb|Janis Joplin singing, from the cover of the posthumous album ''Super Hits'... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
21: ...arred in ''[[To Die For]]'', earning high praise from critics. Although media speculation thought tha...
23: ...wing year Kidman came back to win the same praise from critics for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in ...
43: ...ccolades, Kidman has received Best Actress awards from the folowing critics' groups or award giving or...
50: ...th [[Ewan McGregor]] on the song "Come What May", from the film's soundtrack debuted and peaked at #27...
54: ''[[The Lady from Shanghai]]'', ''[[Emma's War]]'', ''[[Fur]]'', ... - Map (10223 bytes)
7: ...h-central [[Anatolia]] (now [[Turkey]]); it dates from about [[6200 BC]].
9: ...tical value, and this has been the source of much fruitful map criticism over the last twenty years, n...
37: ...y a map in order to provide a useful tool to that user.
49: ...es which monitor by satellite the position of the user.
51: From the computer scientist's standpoint, zooming in... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...ges and below. Also called ''fagott'', in German, from a word meaning "bundle of sticks" due to its co...
6: ...y to the reed. It was, like the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to...
8: ...nificantly). The English name of "bassoon" comes from a more general term referring to the bass regis...
14: ...g joint <font color=red>(3)</font>, which extends from boot to bocal; and the [[bocal]] (or crook) <fo...
16: ...ain]]ed and [[varnish]]ed. The top of the bell is frequently completed with a ring, often of plastic o... - Flora (plants) (3124 bytes)
3: ...e period, especially the naturally occurring or indigenous plant life. The second meaning refers to a '...
5: The term flora comes from [[Latin]] [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], the [[godd...
10: *''Native flora''. The native and indigenous flora of an area.
14: ...nary?va=flora] [http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/zy198.htm#F]. Other times, the terms ''bacteri...
20: ...ion key|''dichotomous'' keys]]. These require the user to repeatedly examine a plant, and decide which o... - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
3: ...s known is based on what was recorded by priests, from the [[iconography]] on Incan pottery and archit...
8: ...|Tici Viracocha]]. In another, he was brought up from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] by the sun god ...
10: ...e sent up to the earth by the sun god and emerged from the cave of Puma Orco at [[Pacaritambo]] carryi...
12: ...erging from a cave in Cuzco, the siblings emerged from the waters of [[Lake Titicaca]]. Since this wa...
16: == Deities ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Ekkeko]] --> - Sickle (1231 bytes)
1: [[Image:SickleUser wb.png|thumb|right|300px|Using a sickle]]
3: ...d. The inside of the curve is sharp, so that the user can swing the blade against the base of the crop,... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ...YA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
112: * [[1589]]: [[Stocking frame]]: [[William Lee]]
134: ...quadrant]]: [[Thomas Godfrey (inventor)|Thomas Godfrey]] - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...ch as by adjusting the [[pitch (music)|pitch]], [[frequency]], or duration of each [[note]].
5: French [[composer]] and engineer [[Edgar Var賥]] cr...
10: ...as followed by the [[Clavecin 鬥ctrique]] by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste de Laborde in [[1761]].
14: ...e sounds that depended on the interactions of the user with an RF field. This was followed in 1928 by t...
18: Ca. 1929 [[Friedrich Trautwein]] invented the [[Trautonium]] in... - Artemis (11271 bytes)
11: ...son who was able to kill him with a bough, picked from a tree in the forest.
23: Her name may come from ''diviana'' ("the shining one").
29: ...pg|right|thumb|250px|Closeup of statue of Artemis from Asia Minor. Image provided by [http://classroom...
37: ...idwives. She was sometimes known as [[Cynthia]], from her birthplace on [[Mount Cynthus]] on [[Delos]...
41: ...yia]], the goddess of childbirth, to prevent Leto from going into labor. The other gods forced Hera t... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
14: Sundials are known from ancient Egypt, and were developed further by ot...
24: ...rection table, and must be adjusted for longitude from the center of the time zone. The admittedly in...
34: The sun casts a shadow from the gnomon to a surface called the ''dial face'...
67: ...t of the gnomon (the ''substyle'') are calculated from the formula face-angle = arctan(sin(latitude)*t...
74: ...tional ancient convenience. They are easy to see from large distances and inexpensive to arrange. On... - DNA (29095 bytes)
5: ...gical cell|cell]] organisms, DNA is not separated from the [[cytoplasm]] by a [[nuclear envelope]]. In...
10: ...e-but-impossible-to-read one! It has been assumed from the beginning that this is not necessarily a ve...
12: ...) is also to be avoided. --[[User:Lexor|Lexor]]|[[User talk:Lexor|Talk]]
14: ...only'' contained scientific data -- that would be frustrating, wouldn't it?
18: --[[User:Gutza|Gutza]] 11:47, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC) - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...uter, making it appropriate for sending automated digital data in voice channels.
4: ...ates — on and off — it was an early form of a digital code. International Morse code is composed of...
13: ...ginally developed by Morse and his assistant, [[Alfred Vail]]. In 1848 a refinement of the code sequen...
17: ...inning in the mid-1830s, [[Samuel Morse]] and [[Alfred Vail]] developed an [[electric telegraph]], whi...
23: ...a language that is ''heard'', instead of one read from a page[http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/learncw/]... - Finger (2398 bytes)
3: The '''finger''' is any of the [[digit]]s of the [[hand]] in [[human]]s and other [[sp...
5: .... The fingers' names in English are shown below, from the most [[radius (bone)|radial]] to the most [...
19: ...g with it? This information should be included. [[User:Mr. Billion|Mr. Billion]] 03:33, 10 May 2005 (UTC... - Abacus (7218 bytes)
1: ...a calculation tool, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. It was in use ce...
8: ...ng the horizontal axis to spin all the beads away from the horizontal beam at the center.
22: [[User:Mfc|mfc]] -->
35: ...3, 27 or even 31, thus allow calculation for more digits.
43: ...for native Japanese were all made with all wooden frame. In this way the "thickness" of the soroban (f... - Compass (8275 bytes)
3: ...g directions. It consists of a magnetised pointer free to align itself accurately with [[Earth's magne...
5: ...ent]] with a magnetized bar or [[needle]] turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a [[north]]erly ...
24: In the Mediterranean, however, the practice from ancient times had been to curtail sea travel be...
30: ...ed so the user can distinguish the north-pointing from the south-pointing end; in modern convention th...
34: ...tant objects, and a sighting mirror that lets the user see both the compass needle and a distant object ... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
12: ...ered either radially or in concentric circles. ''Free form'' crosswords have simple designs and are n...
18: [[French language]] crosswords are smaller and not nec...
20: ...apitalizable letter in the intersecting clue. In French-language puzzles, [[diacritic]]s are omitted ...
27: ...o in a foreign language. For example, '''ETE''' (French for "summer") might be clued as '''"Summer, i...
86: ...ewspapers as a part of the clue. This enables the user to see the word used in a context, while also bei... - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
1: [[Image:MacOKXTigerCover.jpg|Mac OS X Tiger front cover|thumb|260px|[[Mac OS X v10.4]], "Tiger"]...
4: ...d personal computer to popularize the [[graphical user interface]] (GUI), a revolutionary event in compu...
9: From its inception, the Macintosh has introduced or ...
12: * A [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) consisting of [[icon]]s, a [[de...
20: * Separation of a program's code from its resources to allow localization, etc.
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