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- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...g [[William III of Orange|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ...maining work, and she was often in conflict with the architect, [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]].
6: ... of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family, however, even after this p...
8: ...r=[[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}}
11: ...of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah. - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...8th century]]. Nevertheless, the basic themes of the revolution are readily recognised.
3: ...elian]]; at its end, science was [[mathematics|mathematical]], [[mechanics|mechanical]], and [[empiric...
5: == Existence of the revolution ==
7: ...ch debates may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
9: ...her narratives" or alternate ways of knowing, or the like. - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
4: *[[U Aung San]], Commander in Chief of the [[Burma Independence Army]]
23: *[[Morihei Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Morihei]], (1883-1969), Japanese founder of [[aikido]]
43: *[[Ulrich of Strassburg]], scholastic philosopher
52: ...nderwood|Underwood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]]
62: *[[Michelangelo Unterberger|Unterberger, Michelangelo]], (1695-1753), painter - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...venteenth century]], played an important role in the [[scientific revolution]].
4: ...ls reminded him of [[monk]]s' cells. Also in 1665 he gained appointment as Professor of [[Geometry]] a...
6: ...esigning the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]] and the infamous [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (which became...
8: ... head that some have argued portrays Hooke. Both these claims remain in dispute, however.
12: ...ustment of the period of ticks. Modern spring watches still use balance springs, and derivative design... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
1: {{otherpeople|John Locke}}
3: ... period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[British Empiricists]], which includes [[David H...
6: ...nteresting than the classical material taught at the University.
8: ...bert Hooke]] and [[Richard Lower]]. In [[1666]], he met [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesb...
10: ...pact that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. - Nairobi (2690 bytes)
2: ...n of around 3 million. Nairobi's name comes from the [[Maasai]] ''Enkarenairobi'', meaning "cool water...
4: ... administrative language while Kiswahili remains the [[lingua franca]].
6: ...an Protectorate]] in [[1907]] and the capital of the newly independent Kenya in [[1963]].
10: ...then by land-based [[aircraft]] on the routes to the south.
12: ...cies of [[bird]]s than any other capital city in the world. - Banknote (6576 bytes)
3: ...netary units, while banknotes are utilised for higher values.
5: ... value (usually in gold or silver coins) backing the banknote could transfer ownership in exchange for...
7: ...ertibility occurs when there are restrictions in the time, place, manner or amount of exchange.
9: ...[Ithaca Hours]] which are backed by the labor of the people of [[Ithaca, NY]].
11: ...With the gradual removal of precious metals from the monetary system, banknotes are now simply conside... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...s in the [[English language]], as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...rmed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[...
6: ...s especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 years.
8: ...s of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
1: This is a list of famous chemists:
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
9: ...[[Johan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
1: ...[[east]] or [[west]] than any other locations on the [[landmass|landmasses]], [[continent|continents]]...
3: ==The world==
5: ...eographic_North_Pole|geographic North Pole]], in the [[Arctic Ocean]].
6: ...' was given by medieval cartographers for the northernmost point of land.
7: ..._South_Pole|geographic South Pole]], which is on the [[continent]] of [[Antarctica]]. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931)
108: *[[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska]] (1891 - 1915) - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...ctrical effects are discussed under [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism]].
3: ... or charge. For example, "''Q'' = 0.5 C" means "the quantity of electric charge is 0.5 coulomb."
6: ...is is the origin of the word "electricity", from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''ēlektron'' = "[[a...
8: ...ght]]. Other devices discovered in Egyptian and other archaeological digs have been alleged to be [[ba...
10: ...(scientist)|William Watson]], experimenting with the Leyden jar, discovered in [[1747]] that a dischar... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...nglish]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)...
6: ...of [[René „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: ...as recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to William, the son of [[William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshir...
14: ...h]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesian War]] showed that democratic gove... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ereign Military Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...f [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...nded into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...ar [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], subdivided i...
15: ...trol a number of neighboring islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...e question of large-scale patterns and trends in the development of [[science]], and asking questions ...
7: ...difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there was a considerable amount of cross-fertilizatio...
9: ...well as the internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ...ples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The Academy had an exclusive membership rule: discove...
13: ... also more familiar with and more educated about the subject.
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