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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...usin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...e used to ensure that Scotland would co-operate. The [[Act of Union 1707]] (which united England and S...
12: ...gh]], who led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later beco...
17: ...ce to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious a... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...er reign. She did, however, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
11: ...gh her parents bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] su...
13: ...ied again in [[1673]], taking as his second wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary B...
15: ...ould improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London ...
17: ...ple, but her husband neglected or even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair with [[Elizab... - 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... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
3: The '''Age of Enlightenment''' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosoph...
4: ...e arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which includes [[logica...
6: ...[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institutions of both [[Church]] and [[St...
8: ...government]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]].
10: ...g period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...his form of [[commerce raiding]] was outlawed in the 19th century.
4: ...ce |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref>
10: ...[[Anatolia]]n coast, threatening the commerce of the [[Roman Empire]].
12: ...fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death.
14: ...press the threat. (See [[Pompey#Campaign against the pirates]]). - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...[[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: ...[[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...f whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samu...
13: ..., [[1688]]), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
1: ...-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
16: <td>[[Chemical series]] </td><...
40: ...l structure]] </td><td>hexagonal</td></tr>
45: ... </td><td>1768 [[Kelvin|K]] (2723 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])</td></tr>
51: <td>[[Heat of vaporization]] </td>... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
4: ...riter]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...oughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
10: ...other was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] an...
12: ...], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage. - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ... Minor (Bach)|Mass in B Minor]] and the [[St. Matthew Passion]].
7: ...ch]] became important musicians and composers in their own right. (See [[Bach family]].)
11: ... sons were expected to be apprentices to their fathers, we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music a...
13: ...demanded to know how Sebastian had come to learn them.
17: ...n. This practical experience with the innards of the instrument would provide a unique counterpoint to... - Leonhard Euler (10366 bytes)
3: ...'' = F(''x''). He is credited with being one of the first to apply [[calculus]] to [[physics]].
5: ...st seventeen years of his life, during which time he produced almost half of his total output.
7: The [[asteroid]] [[2002 Euler]] is named in his honou...
10: ...ics he finally agreed and Euler began to study mathematics.
12: ...in the right eye due to excessive observation of the [[Sun]]. - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...e to do so. Scientific classification belongs to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systematics|biologic...
5: ...r [[Aristotle]], who classified animals based on their means of transportation (air, land, or water).
9: ...work was a critical compilation of life known at the time.
11: ... of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Rob...
13: ... were classified according to a pre-conceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants ac... - Rice (13724 bytes)
23: ...gation]]. However it can be grown practically anywhere, even on [[grade (geography)|steep]] [[mountain...
24: ...hird largest crop, behind [[maize]] (corn) and [[wheat]]. Although its species are native to South Asi...
27: ...ncluding on terraced hillsides) with the help of chemical weed controls.
31: ...range of [[Amphibia|amphibians]] and [[snake]]s. They perform a useful function in controlling insect ...
33: ...eason]] and typhoons, rice paddies serve to keep the water supply steady and prevent floods from reach...
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