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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...f more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power ...
5: ... often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up it...
7: ... [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19th century]].
10: ... But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - 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... - 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: ...ess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}}
11: ...of [[Sir Winston Churchill]] and a descendant of the original Sarah. - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...venia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of the [[Magyars]]''.<!--
13: national_anthem = Himnusz ([[Isten, ᬤd meg a magyart]]) |
38: established_events = |
39: established_dates = December, [[1000]] |
57: ...nd to these schemes. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07547a.htm] - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: ... consists of two geographical regions divided by the [[South China Sea]]:
3: ...y and the second-link bridge]] on the south with the island of [[Singapore]];
5: ...sia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
43: | From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br>[[August 31]], [[1957]]
54: | '''[[National anthem]]''' - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...ins widely spoken outside of the country, and is the official language of nearly all [[Central America...
12: ...al_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
13: national_anthem = ''[[Marcha Real]]'' |
19: ...>[[President of the Government of Spain|Pres. of the Gov.]] |
38: established_events = | - Delaware (15006 bytes)
8: Nickname = The First State |
30: HighestElev = 137 |
36: ...t was the first of the [[13 colonies]] to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. Ratification occu...
40: ...became "[[New Sweden]]" with a [[colony]] established by [[Sweden | Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]])...
42: ...part of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislat... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Keystone State |
30: HighestElev = 979 |
36: ...me period in [[geology]]. Pennsylvania is called the [[keystone (architecture)|Keystone]] State.
38: ...vance. The [[The Poconos|Pocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]] provide popular recreation...
40: ...Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]]. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...th discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
4: ...d by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
6: ...he speed of sound in air, and voiced a theory of the origin of [[star]]s.
12: :''The following is a brief biography of Newton's early ...
14: ...sband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother. - 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. - 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. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...]. He was the first person to [[circumnavigate]] the world twice, and went on to complete a third circ...
4: ... manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to the sea,
7: ...nish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...ised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|...
11: ...ures Dampier returned to England in [[1691]] via the [[Cape of Good Hope]], penniless but in possessio... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian Calendar]] (77th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 289 days remaining.
6: ...]] and [[Gnaeus Pompeius|Pompey the Younger]] in the [[Battle of Munda]].
7: ...y Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
8: ...] begin their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ...ated in [[New York City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
1: ...a person whose area of study and research is [[mathematics]].
5: ... (such as [[theoretical computer science]] and [[theoretical physics]]).
9: ...tions -- some of whom have moreover been great mathematicians.
13: ... however, is the finished product that gets published; it is not work in progress.
17: ...by expectation of greater respect by fellow '''mathematicians''', or both. - 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]]... - 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}} - 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... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
2: ...n the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering system.
4: ...ember 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]...
6: ... the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... human society and the geology of the surface of the earth.
12: ...:Poltava battle.jpg|thumb|[[Peter the Great]] in the [[Battle of Poltava]]]] - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|Flying shuttle showing metal capped ends, wheels, and a [[pirn]] of weft thread|100px]]
2: ...al Revolution]]. It was patented by [[John Kay]] (1704 - 1764) in 1733.
4: ==Before the flying shuttle==
5: ...e fabric exceeds that which can be reasonably reached across (typically {{convert|60|in|cm}} or less).
7: ==How the flying shuttle works== - Social justice (17329 bytes)
1: ...ublic (Plato)|The Republic]]'', Plato formalised the argument that an [[ideal]] [[state]] would rest o...
3: ...stributions of rewards and burdens and, as such, the phrase has been adopted by political parties with...
5: ==The conceptual problem==
6: ...rson to do something that would not be for his or her own benefit, why should that person decide to be...
8: ==The evolving answer==
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