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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ... Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
3: ...f Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...was undoubtedly one of the most powerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...nions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself. - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3:
5: ...[[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing G...
7: ...l the pictures that we have of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: ...tly added to this a short complementary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]]. - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
12: *[[Alexander Yakushev|Yakushev, Alexander]], ice hockey player
21: ...nese lieutenant general in Malaya, Singapore and the Philippines
25: ...9995;, 1883-1936), famous [[T'ai Chi Ch'uan]] teacher
34: *[[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro|Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn]], (born 1942), US horror author
39: *[[Kerri Yascheshyn|Yascheshyn, Kerri]], ([[1985]] - [[2003]]), [[cancer]] p... - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [...
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...denser''') is a device that stores [[energy]] in the [[electric field]] created between a pair of cond...
4: == Physics of the capacitor ==
7: ...ual but opposite charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
9: ...acitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ...ce]] or ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates: - 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... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...; [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor|invented]] the '''''montgolfière''''', or [[hot air balloon]].
5: ... they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
7: ...tdoor launch of an 18 m³ silk bag, which reached an altitude of 250 m.
9: ... 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen bag infla...
11: ...t. A tear occured on the top of the balloon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for a... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 days remaining.
6: *[[37]] - The [[Roman Senate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and pr...
7: ...]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]].
10: ... Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to the [[Quakers]].
11: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies. - 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 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]... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]]...
3: ...proving the cod fishery, and in [[1769]]-[[1772]] he was employed in north-western discovery, searchin...
5: ...f unsuspecting [[Inuit]]; this would be known as the [[Massacre at Bloody Falls]].
7: ...in 1782. He returned to England in [[1787]] where he died in [[1792]]. - Platinum (10600 bytes)
2: ... edit the text of this article, scroll down past the table -->
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
40: ...ate]]s ([[Oxide]]) || 2, '''4''' (mildly [[Base (chemistry)|basic]])
48: ...g point]] || 2041.4 [[Kelvin|K]] (3214.9 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
54: |[[Heat of vaporization]] || 510 [[kilojoule per mole|k... - 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. - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ngle political unit until the late 19th century, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from...
5: ...eferred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
7: ...t the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continues this ...
9: ==The Germans and the Romans==
12: ...out the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]] - 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== - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: ...''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]].''
4: ... [[Susa]], in what is now southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2...
5: ...and may thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of Iran]].
8: ...ring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...ame [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "El... - 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]]]] - Leyden jar (3953 bytes)
3: ...''' was the original [[capacitor]], developed in the [[18th century]] and used to conduct many early e...
7: ...he surface of the elements, at the boundary with the dielectric.
12: ...Their work was a precursor to the development of the leyden jar.
14: ...jar was named after [[Leiden]], the home town of the [[university]].
16: ...nging electric field produces a magnetic field). The displacement current must be included, for exampl...
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