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- Virginia (23198 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
33: ISOCode = US-VA |
36: ...al name is the '''Commonwealth of Virginia'''; it is one of four states which use the name [[commonwea...
40: ...rical footnote: both [[William Henry Harrison|Harrison]] and [[Zachary Taylor|Taylor]] died while in o...
42: ==History== - Vermont (39851 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-VT |
36: ...coast]]line along the [[Atlantic Ocean]], Vermont is noted mainly for the [[Green Mountains]] in the w...
38: ...ier, Vermont|Montpelier]], while the largest city is [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]].
41: ...es]], [[Vermont towns|List of Vermont towns]], [[List of mountains in Vermont|Vermont mountains]]
42: ...ses 9249 square miles (23,955 km?) and water comprises 366 square miles (948 km?), making it the 43rd ... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
2: Name = Rhode Island |
3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
4: Flag = Rhode Island state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Rhode Island]] |
6: Seal = Rhode Island state seal.png | - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
14: ...ish language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |
34: ISOCode = US-NM |
38:
40: == History ==
44: ...the New World. The [[Pueblo people]] built a flourishing sedentary culture in the [[1200s]], construct... - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
1: ...2000]] census, it has a population of 62,203. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Santa Fe County, New Mex...
3: ...g|right|thumb|250px|San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest church structure in the US. The [[adob...
5: The elevation of Santa Fe is 2,132 metres (6,996 feet), compared with 1655.4 ...
7: ...aterials but with stucco surfaces reflecting the historic style.
9: ...development. Set at the base of the [[Sangre de Cristo Mountains]], the city's intellectual climate an... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
14: *[[Mo Udall|Udall, Morris King "Mo"]] (1922-1998)
17: ...erzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
6: ...e]] following his death in March [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up for scrap lumb...
11: ...forced to return, to Plymouth. After some reorganisation the voyage was made in the ''Mayflower'' alo...
15: Before disembarking, the settlers wrote and signed the [[May...
21: ... the descendants of these Mayflower Pilgrims in this Mayflower Descendants Chart at http://www.familyf...
27: The Mayflower is the emblem of the English football club [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.]], who are ... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...helion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often ...
5: ... are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phas...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ... solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be ...
11: ...lennia. One very famous old recording of a comet is the appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux ... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...1590]] - Dutch spectacle-makers,Hans Janssen and his son [[Zacharias Janssen]], claimed by later write...
6: * [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'...
7: ...[[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of Sweden|Sigismund III]].
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: ..., founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]''). - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ..., his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of...
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]]...
7: ... time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ligion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...ished French [[History of science and technology|historian of science]] [[Alexandre Koyr靝. The exper... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...as "the first [[theory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him a...
4: ...lenstein]]. Early in his career, Kepler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coin...
6: ...nz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("The Harm...
9: ...o have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brilliant.
11: ...nd, compared to the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...s were connected with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...arried William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth. - Microscope (8708 bytes)
1: ...scopic''' means minute or very small, not easily visible with the unaided eye. In other words, requiri...
3: ...ented—is the '''optical microscope'''. This is an [[optics|optical]] [[measuring instrument|inst...
8: ...ingle, convex lens to magnify objects for viewing is still found in the [[magnifying glass]], the [[ha...
11: ...al aberration]]. In modern microscopes the mirror is replaced by a lamp unit providing stable, control...
34: ... of 100×. The actual power of magnification is the product of the powers of the ocular (usually ... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
10: *[[1608]]-Popham Colony dissolved
11: *[[1608]]-[[France|French]] establish colony at [[Quebec]]
12: *[[1609]]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores ...
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) ... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...allery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...slated into every major living [[language]], and his plays are continually performed all around the wo...
6: ...d to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that h...
8: ...ptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...authorized by their national authorities, until this form of [[commerce raiding]] was outlawed in the ...
4: ...ance |date=2009-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref>
7: ==History==
9: ...0px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]] in [[Tunisia]].]]
10: ...t Rome|Romans]]. The island of [[Lemnos]] long resisted Greek influence and remained a haven for Thrac... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
1: ...er 12]], [[1570]] in England seems likely, and he is presumed to have died in [[1611]] somewhere in [...
3: ...udson discovered what is now known as [[Jan Mayen Island]] before reaching home in September.
5: ...reaching [[Novaya Zemlya]] before turning back. This point had been reached by several crews in the pa...
7: ... a distance up the [[Hudson River]], which bears his name. The Dutch would later claim the area and se...
9: ...vigation Acts]], a set of [[Mercantilism|mercantilist]] laws England had enacted to protect its trade ... - Carson City, Nevada (3897 bytes)
3: ...]] census, its population is 52,457. Carson City is now an [[independent city]], not part of any coun...
5: ...explorer [[Kit Carson]]. The largest nearby city is [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]].
28: north_coord = 39.1609 |
32: ...ed at 39°9'39" North, 119°45'14" West (39.160949, -119.753877){{GR|1}}.
34: ...; (12.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 7.91% water.
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