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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ... the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]...
10: ...ious coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensur...
12: ...ho led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...r close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the fu...
17: ...however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...ho became the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histories usually know the joint reign as that of "[[...
11: ...s bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] survived into a...
13: ... her father married again in [[1673]], taking as his second wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also...
15: ...marriage, falsely assuming that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins...
17: ... Dutch people, but her husband neglected or even mistreated her. William long maintained an affair wit... - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = '''Magnoliophyta'''}}
7: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = [[Class ...
12: ...ant]]s are called [[gymnosperm]]s; here the ovule is not enclosed at pollination.
15: ==History==
16: ...er [[Robert Brown]] had established in 1827 the existence of truly naked ovules in the [[Cycadophyta|C... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...nd chamber music literature. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of charac...
4: ==History and development==
6: ...le piece of wood rather than sections, it too consisted of a conical bore that doubled back on itself ...
8: ...ble reed, the word began to be used to refer to this instrument in particular.
10: ... further refinement of the bassoon. Increased sophistication both in manufacturing techniques and acou... - Arizona (24367 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] Only [[State]] |
14: ... language|English]] 74.1%, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] 19.5%, [[Navajo]] 1.9% |
37: ISOCode = US-AZ ([[FIPS state code|FIPS Code...
50: Fish = [[Trout|Arizona Trout]] |
60: Gemstone = [[Turquoise]] | - 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 ... - Texas (39610 bytes)
13: ...ish language|English]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] are de facto. |
33: ISOCode = US-TX |
38: ...nds'' or ''allies''; [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers mistakenly applied the word to the people and their l...
41: ...wer]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
42: * [[List of U.S. state mottos | state motto]] — "Fr... - 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 - 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. - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
6: ...olor="#c0ffff" colspan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] J2000)
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50: ...bgcolor="#c0ffff" colspan="2" | Physical characteristics
108: ...elestial body's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] characteristics
138: ...Jove). The [[astronomical symbol]] for the planet is a stylized representation of the god's lightning ... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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15: ...color="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]]) - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...opulation 680,000) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of [[Sicily]...
5: ==History==
6: ...st conquered city in the world, as the following history will show.
8: ...ve calm, Palermo coming under the provincial administration in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. When the ...
10: ...of prosperity and tolerance, as [[Christianity|Christians]] and [[Jew]]s were allowed to live in peace... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
6: ...ropeller or paddlewheel. The term '''steamboat''' is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered bo...
8: ... have the prefix "'''PS'''". The term ''steamer'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel...
15: ...whether it was full-size and steam-powered or not is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the thre...
17: ...ned of Watt's engine on a visit to England, made his own engine and in [[1763]] attempted to put it in...
19: In [[France]], by [[1774]] the Marquis [[Claude de Jouffroy]] and colleagues had made a ... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a ...
9: ...to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...ne Child at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half...
17: ...d the following children: John ([[December 7]], [[1690]]), Peter ([[November 22]], [[1692]]), Mary ([[Se...
21: ...rentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Courant''. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - Faience (4113 bytes)
1: ...s the conventional name in [[English language|English]] for fine tin-glazed [[earthenware]] on a delic...
3: ==History of faience==
4: ... 1000[[Celsius|� C ]] was required to achieve this result (see [[pottery]]).
6: ...is type of Spanish pottery owed much to its [[Moorish]] inheritance.
8: ... [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n3_v154/ai_21146424]. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...f Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
3: == Foundation and early history ==
5: ...ptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [...
7: ... His successor, Raymond du Puy of Provence, established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary ne...
9: ...igious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ... is now southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 ...
5: ...y thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of Iran]].
8: ...a'' to ''e'' indicates this word was borrowed prehistorically). Additionally, the Haltamti were known ...
10: ...dern provincial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā''...
13: ...cted by some theorists with the [[Harappan]] civilisation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the Ea...
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