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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...on]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
11: ...]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...sh Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]] - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...th century enabled the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...pment of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...s and is often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and ga...
7: The term industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[L...
10: ...century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...o, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
55: *[[`Abdu'l-Bah, (died 1921), religious leader
68: *[[Niels Henrik Abel|Abel, Niels Henrik]], (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
74: *[[James Abercrombie Junior|Abercrombie Junior, James]], (died 1775), British Colonel, killed a...
91: ...aharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - 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...
19: ...nand of Parma|HRH Duke Ferdinand of Parma]] (1751-1802); had issue
29: ...t, leaving her to learn the job on her own. Additionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted...
31: The [[War of the Austrian Succession]] began with [[Frederick II of Prussia]] invadin... - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: '''Dorothea Lynde Dix''' ([[April 4]], [[1802]]–[[July 17]], [[1887]]) (not to be confuse...
6: ...gislature to obtain an official inspection commission.
10: ...ut the reasons for her declining mood. Being ambitious and having staked so much on her career, it is ...
12: ...atment]] practiced at that time in Quaker institutions for the [[mentally ill]], such as the [[York Re...
16: ...irst water" to contribute $30,000 to the construction of a new hospital for the insane. - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...ical philosophy|political philosopher]], [[revolutionary]], [[Agriculture|agriculturalist]], [[Horticu...
20: ...siana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
22: ==Biographical information==
23: ...h; before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
20: ==Biography==
22: ...y, Massachusetts]]), and acquired his early education in [[Europe]] at the [[University of Leiden]]. H...
24: ...rchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed Lou...
26: ...802]], and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the [[United States House of Representatives|... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
3: ...font size="+1">'''Martin van Buren'''</font></caption>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>Lawyer</td></tr>
22: ...United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], the first of non-[[England|An...
24: ==Biography==
25: ... 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage. - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Martin Van Buren]].
5: ...ia University]]. He was admitted to the bar in [[1802]], and was a member of the state House of Represe...
7: ...9]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
9: ...U.S. Electoral College|electors]] due to his relationship with an African-American woman. He served as...
17: ...ited States)|counties]] in [[Johnson County, Iowa|Iowa]], [[Johnson County, Kentucky|Kentucky]], [[Joh... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
48: ** [[Fermentation]] to produce [[beer]] in [[Sumeria]]
54: * [[Spoke|Spoked]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
31: ...ing]], (born 1980), [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[Basketball]] player, [[Houston Rockets]]
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
165: *[[John Young|Young, John]], (1802-1852), American politician - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...corporated into planets during the system's formation. Some asteroids have [[Asteroid moon|moon]]s. Th...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...tar" + ''-eidos'' "form, shape"), was coined in [[1802]] by Sir [[William Herschel]] shortly after [[Hei...
6: ...the composition of the object or its general location in the solar system, and some argue that not eve...
8: ...pically [[boulder]]-sized or smaller. The distinction is made because asteroids are large enough to su... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...], [[water vapor]], and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time. ...
10: ...] around the moon, without bothering with explanations.
12: ...] in [[1607]], followed by [[Torricelli]]'s invention of the [[barometer]] in [[1643]]. The dependence...
14: ...ep accurate and detailed records of weather conditions on a daily basis, and was one of the first Amer...
16: ...ecting force was named after [[Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis]], who had published in 1835 on the energy yie... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
1: ...on as classic philosophers did their own ways of biology as a system of understanding life.
3: ...ae naturalis sive physicae dogmaticae: Geologia, biologia, phytologia generalis et dendrologia'', publ...
5: ... he devote considerable attention to [[categorization|categorizing]].
9: ...oth [[Social effect of evolutionary theory|opposition and support]] from different parts of society.
13: ... of study for the understanding of developmental biology, and for medical therapies. - 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]]) - Cloud (9947 bytes)
5: ...r [[ice]] crystals that, when surrounded with billions of other droplets or crystals, are visible as c...
7: ... than water, depending on local atmospheric conditions (what gases are present, and the temperature).
9: == Cloud formation and properties ==
11: ...4ak.jpg|thumb|left|300px|A variety of cloud formations.]]
18: ... keeping small droplets suspended. As well, conditions inside a cloud are not static: water droplets a... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...ulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored|restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France]].
5: ...f Paris]]. Collectively, the nearly continuous period of warfare from [[April 20]], [[1792]], until [[...
12: ...l economy made it the most powerful commercial nation as well.
13: ...of the reforms induced by the occupation. Institutional legacies have remained: for instance, many Eur...
14: ...s the force that spelled the beginning of some nations, and the end of others. The map of Europe was t... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
19: [[16-bit application]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] --
40: [[3Com Corporation]] --
45: [[3Station]] --
133: [[Berkeley Software Distribution]] -- - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
9: ... hold for the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Ar...
13: ...ry War, Burr accompanied Benedict Arnold's expedition into [[Canada]] in [[1775]], and on arriving bef...
14: ...to practice in [[New York City]] after its evacuation by the British in the following year.
18: ...in the [[West Indies]] during the American Revolutionary War. They had two daughters. While their youn...
20: ...une was dwindling from her husband's land speculation, they separated after only four months. During t... - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
2: ...rail tracks|rails]] of wood or stone. For discussion of particular countries see [[History of rail tr...
9: ...borough]], [[Leicestershire]] (in [[1789]]). In [[1802]], Jessop opened the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] in s...
11: ...to see wider use and encouraged wider experimentation, though it was not used for locomotive power unt...
16: ...rallel tracks for trains going in different directions.
18: ... sunken tracks. This greatly simplified construction of [[Railroad switch|switches]] and rails, and o...
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