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1. 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.
2. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
   6: ...|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
   18: ...die, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
   21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
   36: ...in Abbott]], (1838-1926), British schoolmaster & theologian
   46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain
3. Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
   1: ...|Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra]]
   3: ...fe did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her fiction.
   5: ...r and was buried in the [[Winchester_Cathedral|cathedral]].
   7: ...f young, unmarried, upper-class English women in the early [[1800s]].
   9: ... with [[Sir Walter Scott]] in particular praising her work:
4. Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
   3: ...June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]].
   5: ...ng in a 'men's profession'. Several years later, she managed to get some lecture notes from several co...
   7: ...onsidered her a talented mathematician and became her mentor.
   9: ...n wrote to him admitting she was female, to which he responded:
   12: ...d my life with so many joys, are not chimerical, the predilection with which you have honored it.''
5. Apple (20408 bytes)
   16: ...dely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domestica'' or hybrids of it.
   23: ... wild in the mountains of [[Central Asia]] in southern [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]],...
   25: ...or this in older apple [[cultivar]]s. These and other ''Malus'' species have been used in some recent ...
   27: ...the [[United States]] since the [[Immigration to the United States|arrival of Europeans]].
   30: ...pples do not flower in tropical climates because they have a chilling requirement.
6. James Madison (15187 bytes)
   18: ...n as the father or mother of something|Father of the]] [[United States Constitution]]''.
   21: ...day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]]) to the [[Continental Congress]].
   23: ...resented in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depen...
   25: ...adison's arguments were powerfully influenced by the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron...
   27: ...e thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes ...
7. James Monroe (11107 bytes)
   18: ... of the [[United States]]. He is the namesake of the [[Monroe Doctrine]], although it was his [[United...
   22: ...f William and Mary]], fought with distinction in the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law in [[Fred...
   24: ...sident [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped negotiate the [[Louisiana Purchase]].
   28: ...ial election, 1820|re-elected in 1820]]. Monroe, the last American [[Revolutionary War]] veteran to se...
   30: ...ndividuals are considered outstanding leaders of their time.
8. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
   14: | wife=[[Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams]]
   18: ...tes|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the son of President [[John Adams]] and First Lady [[...
   22: ...ta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachus...
   24: ...s after George Washington. (As of 2004, Adams is the only U.S. President to do so.)
   26: ... elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party.
9. Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
   13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
   14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
   18: ...nating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].
   22: ...that they were too inclined to favor and emulate their former colonial masters. Jackson admired [[Napo...
   24: ...le world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military career.
10. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
    7: <tr><td>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
    13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letiti...
    17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[Uni...
    18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td> ''non...
    21: ...irst to assume the office of President following the death of his predecessor.
11. Geology (12007 bytes)
    1: ...y, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth science]]s.
    3: ... elements such as [[sulfur]], [[chlorine]], and [[helium]].
    5: ...ialised terms such as ''selenology'' (studies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]...
    7: ...it to distinguish between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
    10: ...erred that the land was formed by [[erosion]] of the [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|depos...
12. Paraguay (10959 bytes)
    1: ...fer solely to Asunci󮬠but in Spanish refers to the entire country.
    7: |align="center" width="130px" rowspan="2" height="130px"|[[Image:Paraguay_coa.png]]
    32: |From [[Spain]]<br>[[May 15]], [[1811]]
    40: |'''[[List of national anthems|National anthem]]'''
    52: ...ng the local Spanish authorities on [[May 15]], [[1811]].
13. Missouri (16086 bytes)
    1: ...ppi]] and [[Missouri River|Missouri]] rivers are the two large rivers which flow through this state.
    10: ...n]] ([[1809]]) ''"The welfare of the people my highest law")|
    32: HighestElev = 1772 feet; 540 |
    44: ...hern states. Missouri was the starting point for the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
    50: ... Party|Republican]]). Missouri has nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
14. Oregon (26551 bytes)
    25: ...>(all but majority of [[Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
    30: HighestElev = 3,426 |
    36: ...the state is notably rainy; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on average O...
    38: ...]] {{IPA|[&#712;&#596;&#633;.&#601;.g&#601;n]}}. The pronunciation {{IPA|[&#712;&#596;&#633;.&#601;.&#...
    41: ...ism [that] is writing the preface to what may be the future for all [[United States|Americans]]: simpl...
15. 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]]
16. 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...
17. History of science (41710 bytes)
    2: ...na]] and their pre-cursors back in [[time]], all the way into human [[prehistory]].
    4: ...natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
    6: ...ce, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external [[tool]].
    8: ==Theories and sociology of the history of science==
    9: {{seemain|Theories and sociology of the history of science}}
18. 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]])
19. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
    14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture &mdash; instant mashed potato flakes
    24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) &mdash; co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
    29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] &mdash; [...
    31: *[[Bi Sheng]] &mdash; primitive movable [[printing]] types
20. Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
    3: ...o apply the principles of [[mass production]] to the process of [[invention]].
    5: ...te of nine major film studios (commonly known as the Edison Trust).
    7: ...Edison and Ford Winter Estates]] are now open to the public.
    10: ...ilor, and tavern keeper who would marry Nancy Matthews Elliott.
    12: ...nd, like his grandfather, Sam fled for his life. He went to [[Port Huron, Michigan]], temporarily lea...

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