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- List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
3: ... Pieter van der]], (ca. 1659 - 1733), Dutch publisher
6: *[[Mehemet Aali|Aali, Mehemet]], (1815-1871), Turkish statesman
13: ...[Sarah Aaronsohn|Aaronsohn, Sarah]], (1890-1917), head of [[Nili]], a [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[spy]]-ring - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: ...ovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland]]
3: ...[[1693]] - [[October 28]],[[1740]]) reigned as Duchess of [[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empres...
5: ==Ascension to the throne==
7: ...fter the death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count...
10: ...s an autocratic ruler, using her popularity with the imperial guards and lesser nobility. - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
8: ... Nickname = Peach State / Empire State of the South |
30: HighestElev = 1,458 |
36: ...n as the '''Peach State''' or '''Empire State of the South '''.
38: ...ay Charles sang it on the legislative floor when the bill passed.
40: ...ma rufum]]''), and the [[state flower]] is the [[cherokee rose]] (''[[Rosa laevigata]]''). - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - 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]]) - 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. - Timeline of United States pre-history (1700-1759) (3760 bytes)
1: ..., is still remembered for his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."]]
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
6: *[[1702]] - [[Queen Anne's War]] (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
10: *[[1713]] - Queen Anne's War ends with the [[Treaty of Utrecht (1713)|Treaty of Utrecht]]
16: *[[1733]] - [[Province of Georgia]] founded. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... new continent for vastly different reasons, and they created colonies with very different [[social]],...
4: ...re closely united than ever before, at odds with the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] government o...
9: ...he intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed ...
11: ...f colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrative [[South America|South]]...
13: ...ropeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking. - 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 - 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}} - Zinc (12445 bytes)
1: ...-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
20: | [[Chemical series]]
56: | hexagonal
72: | [[Heat of vaporization]]
75: | [[Heat of fusion]] - 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. - 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]]. - Crow (4780 bytes)
14: ...Kyo.jpg|thumb|''Crow on a branch'', Maruyama Kyo (1733-1795)]]
15: ...lity to manufacture and use its own [[tool]]s in the day-to-day search for food.
17: ...s (including [[Hawaii]]) have representatives of the 40 or so members of this genus.
21: ...alearctic]] region and [[Thick-billed Raven]] of the highlands of [[Ethiopia]].
23: ...ls, and tendency to eat [[carrion]], that causes them to circle above scenes of death such as [[battle... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ...nd thereby to his refutation of the [[phlogiston theory]] of [[combustion]] in [[1783]].
3: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
6: ==The vitalism debate and organic chemistry==
8: ...]. The discovery also contributed greatly to the theory of [[isomerism]].
10: ==The dispute about atomism== - 18th century (8231 bytes)
3: ...]] that lasted from [[1701]] through [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].
5: ...art of the [[French Revolution]]. In [[Europe]], the principal nations of this period (in terms of [[i...
9: ...m the west and create new competition in Europe other than France, England, and Spain.
11: ...civil war enabled the British to take control of the entire sub-continent.
13: ... replaced the [[Baroque]], then was succeeded by the [[Neoclassical]] movement. - 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]]]] - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
7: * [[1710]]: [[Thermometer]]: [[Ren頁ntoine Ferchault de R页mur]]
9: ...: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
12: * [[1733]]: [[Flying shuttle]]: [[John Kay (Flying Shuttle...
28: ... [[1783]]: Hot air [[balloon]]: [[Montgolfier brothers]]
30: * [[1784]]: [[Shrapnel shell]]: [[Henry Shrapnel]] - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|Flying shuttle showing metal capped ends, wheels, and a [[pirn]] of weft thread|100px]]
2: ... 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==
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