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- 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. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ...
20: ... [[Order-in-Council]] partially reversed the decision by granting [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom... - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
5: ... to dissuade her from engaging in a 'men's profession'. Several years later, she managed to get some l...
9: ... pseudonym, after reading his famous ''[[Disquisitiones Arithmeticae]]'' ([[1801]]). He eventually lea...
12: ...th so many joys, are not chimerical, the predilection with which you have honored it.''
17: ...ans]]. She became the first female to attend sessions at the French Academy of Sciences—excepti...
19: ...te significant as it restricted the possible solutions of [[Fermat's last theorem]]. - James Monroe (11107 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
22: ...ollege of William and Mary]], fought with distinction in the [[Continental Army]], and practiced law i...
24: ...with [[Robert R. Livingston]] and under the direction of President [[Thomas Jefferson]], he helped neg...
28: ...president, was almost uncontested in his two elections.
34: ...9]] when their application for admission to the Union as a [[slave state]] failed. An amended bill for... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ...r the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [[W...
22: ...soned by the [[British]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. When he refused to clean the boots of ...
26: ...[[January 8]], [[1815]], made his national reputation and he advanced in rank to Major General.
32: ...n a solid victory in his [[U.S. presidential election, 1828|second attempt]] in [[1828]] as the first ... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
3: ...tion><font size="+1">'''John Tyler'''</font></caption>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>[[lawyer]]</td></tr>
21: ...United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], and the first to assume the o...
23: ==Biography==
25: ...essive handling of the South Carolina [[nullification]] issue. - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
40: | '''Occupation:'''
52: ==Biography==
53: ...gers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Ja...
55: ...xual]] relationship began at the time and have periodically been revived by historians, but there isn'...
57: ... He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses)... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
44: ...|seceded]][[Confederate States of America#International Diplomacy and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup...
46: ...f the peace issue in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1864|1864 presidential campaign]].
48: ...e stage for the complete abolition of the institution.
50: ... is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power. - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
30: | '''Occupation:''' || Tailor
33: ...tic Party|Democratic]]<br/>(elected on National Union ticket)
40: ..., succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of [[Abraham Lincoln]].
42: ...mbroiled him in a bitter dispute with the Congressional Republicans, leading the House of Representati...
48: ...in [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] from [[1828]] to [[1830]] and mayor of Greeneville from [[1834]] to [[183... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
3: | image name=chester a arthur illustration.3.jpg
18: ... United States|Vice President]] in the administration of [[James Garfield]]. Garfield was shot by [[...
20: ...called "Elegant Arthur" for his commitment to fashionable attire. He kept 80 pairs of pants in his wa...
22: ...mately twenty-four hours after being found unconscious by his [[nurse]]. - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...science]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, and th...
3: ...ch as [[iron]], [[copper]], and [[uranium]]. Additional economic interests include minerals such as [[...
5: [[Astrogeology]] refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the so...
10: ...[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ot overturned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the othe... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...ween several millions up to about one hundred million years, the exact age of the Earth is difficult t...
3: == Prescientific notions ==
4: ...nism]] (see [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v24/i1/belief.asp Old-earth or young-earth belie...
11: ...a small globe that resembled the Earth in composition and then measured its rate of cooling. This led ...
13: ...layering of rock and earth, gave them an appreciation that the Earth had been through many changes dur... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
1: ...Republic of Algeria''', or '''Algeria''', is a nation in [[north Africa]], and the second largest coun...
15: ...ll>''[[National motto]] (translation): The Revolution by the people and for the people''</small>
17: | align="center" colspan=2 | [[image:LocationAlgeria.png]]
21: ...French unofficial but commonly used in administration]]
23: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br><br> - Population:<br> - [[Coordinates]]:||[[Algiers]] &... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ... a [[parliamentary democracy]] under a [[constitutional monarch]], located in northwestern [[Europe]]....
11: image_map = LocationNetherlands.png |
12: national_motto = ''Je Maintiendrai''<br>([[French langu...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Wilhelmus van Nassouwe]]'' |
18: government_type= [[Democracy|Dem.]] [[Constitution|const.]] [[monarchy]] | - Belgium (31774 bytes)
3: ...tic diversity is reflected in its complex institutions and [[Politics of Belgium|political history]].
13: ...acht maakt macht; [[French language|French]]: L'union fait la force; [[German language|German]]: Einig...
15: ...ound:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationBelgium.png|Location of Belgium]]
30: ...<br> - Total ([[2002]]) <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
31: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 77th]] <br>10,309,725<br>338/km² - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: ...in the north-west of the continental [[European Union]], bordered by [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Bel...
11: | align=center colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Mir w묬e bleiwe wat mir sinn<br>([[L...
13: ...d:#f9f9f9;" | [[image:LocationLuxembourg.png|Location of Luxembourg]]
28: ...<br> - Total ([[2004]]) <br> - [[Population density|Density]]
29: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 162nd]] <br>442,972<br>171/km² - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Constitution State |
12: PostalAbbreviation = CT |
36: ...ted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]].
43: ...was adopted in [[1965]]. The traditional abbreviation of the state's name is "Conn."
47: ...ght of which provide additional services to a section of town. One, [[Naugatuck]], is a merged town-b... - 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]] - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...corporated into planets during the system's formation. Some asteroids have [[Asteroid moon|moon]]s. Th...
3: == Definition ==
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...
16: ... visible to the naked eye (in some very rare occasions, a near-Earth asteroid may be visible without t... - 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]])
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