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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...element is listed by its [[atomic number]] and [[chemical symbol]].
3: ...emical elements|other methods for displaying the chemical elements]] for more details or different per...
6: ...f their [[valence shell]] electrons, which gives them similar properties.
9: ...r Roman numeral systems as they confusingly used the same names to mean different things.
14: ==Other methods for displaying the chemical elements== - 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 - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: ...t her name as "Isabella Van Wagener". The year of her birth is uncertain, but is usually taken to be 1...
5: ... state abolished slavery, she returned there in [[1829]], working as a domestic servant for over a decad...
8: ...well pointed commentary delivered in [[1851]] at the Women's Convention in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Oh...
10: ...1850]], the ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave''.
13: ...amation]] was issued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
1: ... being increasingly recognised as significant in themselves.
3: ...er, who were tolerant, rather than supportive, of her activities as composer.
5: ...n]] in the very popular concerts which were held there.
7: ...Her public debut at the piano came in 1838, when she played Felix's piano [[concerto]] No. 1.
9: ...elieve it was actually Fanny who first worked in the genre. - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...board|keyboard]], the smallest representative of the [[organ (music)|organ]] family.
4: ...had reed instruments. It has been suggested that they may have existed in ancient Egypt.
10: ... as air is drawn through the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound.
16: *Reed tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as ...
18: ... the Jew's Harp, but not all are true for all of them. - Concertina (3686 bytes)
1: ...rtina.jpg|thumb|right|English concertina made by Wheatstone around 1920]]
2: ...ttons travel ''perpendicular to the direction of the bellows''.
6: ...ral common kinds. To player familiar with one of these "systems," a concertina of a different system m...
10: ...styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period).
13: ...d by placing the thumbs through thumb straps and the little fingers on metal finger rests, leaving thr... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
1: ...sdent.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Seal of the President of the United States]]]]
3: ...deral government]] and [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[United States armed forces|armed forces]].
5: ...dent was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today...
7: ...]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[presidential system]] o...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]]. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
18: ... President of the United States ([[1825]]–[[1829]]).
22: ...], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...ions of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...ional]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]].
28: ...usness to be a handicap in his political career. These qualities were particularly manifested at a lat... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
14: ...tha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha]] died before he took office
18: ...[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University of Virginia]].
20: ...residency include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...e founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]].
25: ...usly solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the Declaration alone. - 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 ... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
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.) - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
5: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1829]]
13: | place of death= [[The Hermitage]], [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
16: | vicepresident= [[John C. Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
18: ...nating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica...
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>[[Rich...
22: ... the first of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English l... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...ice President of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Martin Van Buren]].
5: ...e on Claims and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
7: ...e was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ... his relationship with an African-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to M...
11: ...] soon after taking his seat. He is interred in the Frankfort Cemetery. - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...nsylvania]] and the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]], serving under [[J...
5: ... a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
7: ...s elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket in [[1844]] with [[James K. Pol...
9: ... Churchyard. The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his hono...
11: ...]. He is also the uncle of [[Alexander Dallas Bache]]. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...es Electoral College|electoral vote]]. He became the youngest president up unto that time.
20: ...cy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...handsome. And he was genuinely religious. And yet he was a timid man with a shallow, rigid, old-fashio...
25: ...had six older and two younger siblings, four brothers and three sisters.
27: ...g friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stowe]], [[Sargent S. Prenti... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
43: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
46: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
50: ...l]] of [[historians]] rated him last overall and the general [[populace]] rated him last as well[http:...
53: ... judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Missouri]]. Buchanan served as Minis... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Chester Alan Arthur
3: | image name=chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg
9: | date of birth=[[October 5]], [[1829]]
14: | wife=[[Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur]]
18: ...September 19th, and Arthur became [[President of the United States|President]], serving until [[1885]]... - Australia (39438 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Country|the=|
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffer...
27: established_events=-[[Commonwealth of Australia Constitution...
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[1901]]<...
35: national_anthem=[[Advance Australia Fair]]| - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...le of [[Western world|Western civilization]] and the birthplace of [[democracy]], Greece has a long an...
17: | '''[[Capital]]''' || [[Athens]]
19: | '''Largest city''' || [[Athens]]
29: ...[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]]<br/>[[1829]]
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
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