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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - 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 - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...[[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the [[seventeenth century]], played an impor...
4: ...'[[cell (biology)|cell]]'' -- so called because his observations of plant cells reminded him of [[mon...
6: ...also achieved fame as the chief assistant of [[Christopher Wren]], helping to rebuild London after the...
8: ...gued portrays Hooke. Both these claims remain in dispute, however.
12: ... have invented the [[balance spring]] before [[Christiaan Huygens]]. Devices known as escapements regu... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...nt of differential [[calculus]]. While they both discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their w...
4: ...nherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th cen...
10: {{IsaacNewtonSegments}}
12: ... early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life and achievements]].''
14: ... her new husband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...des [[David Hume]] and [[George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbe...
6: ...ere, he obtained admission to the college of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. The dean of the college at the...
8: ...sed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...he household physician. In London, Locke resumed his medical studies, under the tutelage of [[Thomas S...
12: ...vived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...in, and scientific observer. He was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of [[New Holland (Aus...
7: ...oast of that isthmus; the pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the ...
9: ...anila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], the [[Spice Islands]], and [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland...
11: ...e of Good Hope]], penniless but in possession of his journals.
16: ...and of [[HMS Roebuck|HMS ''Roebuck'']] with a commission to explore Australia and New Guinea. - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
25: ..., New Jersey|Mercer County]]. The City of Trenton is governed under the [[Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)...
27: ... and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton.
29: This city is an anchor city for the [[Delaware Valley]] [[metr...
31: == History ==
32: ... America provided the perfect opportunity to exercise their religious freedom. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...losophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviathan]]'' ([[1651]]...
10: ...ree children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the ...
12: ...m Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devons...
14: ...nslation of that work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of t...
16: ...was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472) - Steam engine (17867 bytes)
1: ... use of the [[Energy#Heat|thermal energy]] that exists in [[steam]], converting it to [[mechanical wor...
3: ...eds, etc. The steam expands and pushes against a piston or turbine, whose motion does the work to turn...
7: ...ro of Alexandria|Heron of Alexandria]], a [[Hellenism|Greek]], in the [[1st century]] AD, but used onl...
9: ...s [[pressure cooking|pressure cooker]] in about [[1679]]. Sir [[Samuel Morland]] also developed ideas fo...
15: ...s of the operating rod are transferred to a pump piston that moves the water, through check valves, to...
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