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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ...[[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...6]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ...[[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
31: *[[Aetion]] ([[4th century BC]])
38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...ayed an important role in the [[scientific revolution]].
4: ...ology)|cell]]'' -- so called because his observations of plant cells reminded him of [[monk]]s' cells...
12: ...riodicity, allowing for fine adjustment of the period of ticks. Modern spring watches still use balanc...
14: ...which far outstripped the capabilities of any previous instruments.
16: ...her significant achievements include the construction of the first [[Gregorian telescope|Gregorian]] [... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
4: ...ubstantiation for [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion]]. He would expand these laws by arguing that [[...
6: ...] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentum]] and [[angular momentum]]. Finall...
12: ...of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life and achievement...
23: ...ked at home on calculus, [[optics]] and [[gravitation]]. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[B...
5: ==Biography==
6: ...r completing his studies there, he obtained admission to the college of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. The...
8: ...ome to Oxford seeking treatment for a liver infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him...
12: ...tal in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an operation (then life-threatening itself) to remove the cys... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...ice, and went on to complete a third circumnavigation.
4: ... June [[1673]]. In [[1674]] he worked as a plantation manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon returned to ...
6: ==First circumnavigation==
7: ...y]]. This led to his first circumnavigation: in [[1679]] he accompanied a raid across the [[Dari鮠Provi...
9: ...[Galapagos Islands]], and [[Mexico]]. This expedition collected buccaneers and ships as it went along,... - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
25: ...th the city has more communication and transportation links with the [[Delaware Valley]] than it does ...
32: ...ed the perfect opportunity to exercise their religious freedom.
36: ...w country, but the southern states favored a location south of the [[Mason-Dixon Line]].
38: ...enton became the state capital in [[1790]], but prior to that year the Legislature often met here. Th...
40: In [[1896]] the first professional [[basketball]] game was played in Trenton betw... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...tail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
4: ... ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Pol...
6: ...d wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
8: ==Early life and education==
12: ...arl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with that family. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
30: *[[Giorgio Agamben]]
81: *[[Antiochus of Ascalon]], (c. 130-68 BC){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{...
97: *[[Ariston of Chios]], (fl. 250 BC){{fn|R}}
131: *[[Alain Badiou]], (born 1937) - Steam engine (17867 bytes)
1: ...ey are still used for electrical [[power]] generation using a [[steam turbine]].
3: ... and pushes against a piston or turbine, whose motion does the work to turn the wheels.
5: ==Invention==
9: ...loped ideas for a steam engine during the same period. Early industrial steam engines were designed by...
15: ...escended the shaft to a pump chamber. The oscillations of the operating rod are transferred to a pump ...
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