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- Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...es' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...hood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to her...
18: *HI&RH Archduke Karl (1745-1761)
20: ...-1792), married HRH Infanta Mar�Lu� of Spain (1745-1792); had issue. [[Grand Duke of Tuscany]]: 1765...
29: ...t, leaving her to learn the job on her own. Additionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
5: ...''Jacques le fataliste'', which challenged conventions regarding [[novel]]s and their structure and co...
7: ... [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. He had affairs wit...
10: ...entary essay on the sufficiency of [[natural religion]].
14: ...tion]]. It is worth noticing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot ...
16: His speculation in the ''Lettre sur les aveugles'' was too hardy... - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
115: *[[Yoannis XVII of Alexandria]], ([[1727]]-[[1745]]), Coptic Pope
129: *[[Thom Yorke|Yorke, Thom]], of [[Radiohead]]
148: ...oung|Young, Brigham]], (1801-1877), American religious leader
160: *[[Horatio Nelson Young|Young, Horatio Nelson]], (1845-1913), military hero - 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]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...entions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
23: ...ird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]]
25: ...[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]]
56: ...ullen]] — mechanical / chemical [[refrigeration]]
63: ...ph Day]] --(1855-1946) Two Stroke Internal Combustion Engine - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...opposite electric charges have been placed. Intentional capacitors have thin conducting plates (usuall...
18: ... [[dielectric]] (that is, non-[[electrical conduction|conducting]]) substance that separates the plate...
30: ...across the capacitor where the constant of proportionality is the [[capacitance]], C:
45: ... or broader ranges for some types. Adjustable versions have stability issues. Another figure of merit...
51: ...eakdown from arcing, because any air that becomes ionized is soon replaced by fresh air . Large-value... - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...The magnitude of the force of attraction or repulsion is given by [[Coulomb's law]]. Some electrical ...
3: ...breviation "C". The symbol ''Q'' is used in equations to represent the [[quantity of electricity]] or...
6: ...h as [[amber]], would cause a particular [[attraction]] between the two. The Greeks noted that the am...
8: ...ct was used for, though. There are other descriptions of supposedly electrical devices on [[Ancient E...
10: ...University]] by [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] in [[1745]]. [[William Watson (scientist)|William Watson]]... - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...acques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[January 6]], [[1745]] – [[August 2]], [[1799]]), [[inventor|inve...
9: ...[[June 5]], [[1783]], as a first public demonstration, they sent up at Annonay a 900 m³ linen bag...
11: ...efore [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human flight. A tear occured on the ...
18: The ascensions made a sensation. Numerous engravings commemorated the events. Ch... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
9: ...opia|Sissinios]] formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parliament]] repeals the [[Stam...
14: ...ance|French]] government [[Thiers]] orders evacuation of [[Paris]], a [[Paris_Commune|socialist]] gove...
16: ...ter becoming the first to broadcast as a [[ham radio]] operator.
19: ...[[Ukraine]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
99: *[[Carlo Emilio Bonferroni]] (Italy [[1892]] - [[1960]])
128: *[[Eugenio Calabi]], (United States)
143: *[[Giovanni Ceva]] (Italy, [[1648]] - [[1734]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
117: *[[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cas...
172: *[[Giovanni Battista Donati]], ([[Italy]], [[1826]] &nda...
206: *[[Camille Flammarion]] ([[France]], [[1842]] – [[1925]]) - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - Samuel Hearne (1401 bytes)
1: '''Samuel Hearne''' ([[1745]] – November [[1792]]), [[England|English]]...
3: ...dson's Bay Company]]. In [[1768]] he examined portions of the [[Hudson Bay]] coasts with a view to imp...
5: ...t (from 6 November 1769) failed through the desertion of his Indians; his second (from [[23 February]]... - Platinum (10600 bytes)
11: <div align="right"><small>[[Periodic table (standard)|Full table]]</small></div>
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
20: ...e block|Block]] || [[group 10 element|10 ]], [[period 6 element|6]], [[d-block|d]]
36: |[[Electron configuration]] || <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[xenon|Xe]]<nowiki>]</no...
40: |[[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) || 2, '''4''' (mildly [[Bas... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
6: ==Biography==
8: ... Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long established in Paris,...
10: ...trong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...owledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...e Temple, of which the [[knights of Malta|grand prior]] Vendôme was the head, and the poets [[Gu... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
3: ...ury, they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
5: ... known as the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". The [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was o...
7: ...given at the beginning of the sections and subsections. The [[History of Germany since 1945]] continue...
10: ...ermania]], [[Germania Inferior]], [[Germania Superior]]''
15: ... the [[Roman Empire]], giving way to the Romanisation of the left bank of the Rhine. Roman forts were ... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ...futation of the [[phlogiston theory]] of [[combustion]] in [[1783]].
8: ...ween organic and inorganic substances, was revolutionized by [[Friedrich W?r]]'s (accidental) synthesi...
12: ...[Einstein]]'s atomic explanation of [[Brownian motion]] in the first decade of the [[20th century]].
14: ...tructure of atoms with his theory of [[ion|ionization]]. This was carried much further by [[Ernest Ru...
16: ==The periodic table== - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...[[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
8: ...tes this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known as ''Elam'' in the ...
10: ... empire, the Elamites had extended their civilisation into the province of [[Fars]] in prehistoric tim...
13: ... by some theorists with the [[Harappan]] civilisation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the East, ...
17: ...g bull holding a spouted vessel, Proto-Elamite period; 3100?2900 BCE, Iran, kept at The Metropolitan M... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ... the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]]]]
6: ...ution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ... the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginni...
13: ...ope on the eve of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] (1700)]]
17: ... supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power after the [[Great Northern War]]. - Leyden jar (3953 bytes)
5: ==Description==
12: ...s the [[triboelectric effect]], mechanical separation of charge in a dielectric. Their work was a pre...
14: ...d a significant shock from the device. This invention went on to be known as the Leyden jar because in...
16: ...terpretation has been abandoned, Maxwell's correction to Ampere's law remains valid (a changing electr...
20: A popular demonstration of the Leyden jar involves taking one apart afte...
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