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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ty to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
4: ...rker.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Modern marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ...mining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet to the sea.
7: ...e, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ... command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[West V... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume....
6: ...fat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a ministe...
8: ...regnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
12: ...s a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ... he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged. - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ....1 percent [[carbon]]; ironically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iro...
5: ...sses of steels in which carbon is replaced with other alloying materials, and carbon, if present, is u...
8: ...ast 6000 years (since the [[Bronze Age]]). Since the oxidation rate itself increases rapidly beyond 80...
10: ...ngVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel p... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
9: *[[Chinua Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: ...ward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...olphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
19: ...Melchior]], (died 1622), German divine and biographer.
34: ...s|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
38: ...Ansel Adams|Adams, Ansel]], (1902-1984), photographer
41: ...son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...d the effort to grant women the right to vote in the [[United States]].
5: ...er, New York]]. While in Rochester, she attended the [[Unitarian Church]].
7: ...ming in [[1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]].
9: ... Revolution (newspaper)|The Revolution]]'', published in [[New York City]], edited by Stanton, and hav...
11: ...dash; men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less."'' - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...humann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s of the [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a comp...
7: ...ited with refining the tastes of audience through her presentation of works by earlier composers inclu...
9: ...[1892]], and in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement in technique.
11: ...ly for the piano, and the authoritative editor of her husband's works for [[Breitkopf and H䲴el]].
14: ... Hanover, Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Dye (6033 bytes)
1: ...ast, a [[pigment]] generally has no affinity for the substrate, and is insoluble.
3: ...By far the greatest source of dyes has been from the [[plant kingdom]], notably [[root]]s, [[berry|ber...
9: ...now classified according to how they are used in the dyeing process.
11: ...ic groups in the dyes and [[cationic]] groups in the fibre. Acid dyes are not substantive to [[cellulo...
13: ... dye onto the fibre. Basic dyes are also used in the coloration of [[paper]]. - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ...led lawsuits against Sarrus. It was named after the French bandmaster [[Pierre Auguste Sarrus]] (1813...
3: ...[http://www.nikknakks.net/Euphonium/Instruments/ophecleide.html] in shape, and is played with a [[doub...
5: ...(1924). These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]].
7: ...ind", with the sarrusophone played by [[Sidney Bechet]].
9: ...r intonation and a sound less clear than that of the saxophone. - Nile (13738 bytes)
1: {{River|Nile|[[Image:Nile_river.jpg|290px|]]<br>The Nile in Egypt
2: ...sp;134|2 830|3 400 000|[[Africa]]|the [[Mediterranean]]||[[Uganda]] - [[Sudan]] - [[Egy...
4: ...1604; ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on [[Earth]].
8: ...omicron;ς), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
12: ...the [[Atbara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. - 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: ...[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth 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... - 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... - 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. - 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]]. - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigai...
16: <tr><td>'''[[List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[U...
17: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>''none...
20: ...in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
26: ...lement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from the south. - 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... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
33: | '''[[List of political parties in the United States|Political Party]]:'''
36: | '''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''
42: ...he United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party...
44: ...ithin their boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
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