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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: ...e [[1400s]] and the [[Renaissance]]. The "Modern" is a word with more varied use, which includes every...
10: ...Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
12: ...sly to prove whatever conclusions they wished). This whole movement gradually became more concentrated... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, but it covers roughly [[1760]]-[[1830]...
5: ...ct of this change on [[society]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], w...
7: ...' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19t...
10: ...conomics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]] of the 17th century...
14: ...se, which is because there was recovery from the disorder in the early medieval times, and there was d... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ... using enclosed [[reed (music)|reed]]s. The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, althou...
6: ...age:annotated_stand.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
16: ...he Middle east, and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and alum.
18: ...a, and cylindrical bores for the Musette and Scottish Small Pipes). In general, chanters with a cylin...
20: ... overblown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produce... - 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 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|Unite...
9: ...he Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state ...
11: ...is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...yon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named a... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
3: ...rticular; in [[1858]] he was permitted to change his surname to [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary|Korvin]...
9: ...t his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her.
11: ...stead. Sofia spent many hours of childhood scrutinising the strange scribbles. Something of it seems t...
15: ...ivate mathematical study, calling her "a new [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]" in the process.
17: She died of [[tuberculosis]] in [[Stockholm]] and is interred there in the [[Norra begravningsplatsen]... - Rose (15436 bytes)
2: ...e:4-11-07_10a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
12: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = Species}}
15: ...du/plantbio/260/Rosaceae/Slide17.html U. of Illinois] 2002-05-29</small> - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...ry. From the mid-18th century it principally flourished in German-speaking lands, Scandinavia and Iber...
5: ...he force of the tangent against the string, which is known as ''[[bebung]]'', and can be used to give ...
7: ...rd]]). This is called a ''fretted clavichord''. This technique simplifies the construction since fewer...
9: ...e the invention of the electric blower, and there is speculation that some practice [[etude]]s labelle...
11: ...1800 can be played on the clavichord; however, it is too quiet to use in any but the smallest ensemble... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ... populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (30.0...
4: ...the official name of the city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the countr...
6: ...irat Al Adaa" meaning "subduer of the enemies". This title was given to the city as many armies were d...
11: ...ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the capital city of Cairo, Egypt, se...
14: Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the [[Nile|Nile River]] in the north of E... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
2: ...d [[french horn]]. A person who plays the trumpet is called a ''trumpeter'' or simply, ''trumpet playe...
6: ...lowing the player to play in all keys. The sound is projected outward by the [[bell]].
8: ...ces are used to ease playing of extremely high register passages. Mouthpieces also vary with regard t...
11: ... which like another relative, the [[flugelhorn]], is more [[cone|conical]] rather than [[cylinder|cyli...
15: ...and A trumpets are also available. The C trumpet is most common in orchestral playing because it ofte... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: An '''accordion''' is a small portable [[free reed instrument|free-reed...
4: ...ments. It has been suggested that they may have existed in ancient Egypt.
8: ==Characteristics==
10: ... reed is fitted inside a holder plate, and as air is drawn through the hole in the holder, the reed vi...
16: *Reed tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resona... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
1: {{Egyptian Dynasty list}}
2: ...ry of [[ancient Egypt]] stretching from the establishment of the [[Eleventh dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh ...
5: ...sty of Egypt|Tenth dynasty]] in the 14th year of his reign to reunite Egypt, bringing an end to the [[...
8: ...Upper Egypt), under the reign of Mentuhotep IV. This explains the smooth transition of power as a pala...
10: ...ed useful experienced by the time he would start his sole reign. The co-regencies lasted throughout th... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...nasties. The [[conventional Egyptian chronology]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by...
5: ...e various profound problems that exist with no satisfactory solution. Scholars consider the creation ...
7: ...u/users/rhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0006_egyptianChronolgoy.html]
9: ...logist]]s to 1304, 1290-92, or 1279 BCE. Archeologists may suggest solutions to ultimately settle many...
13: ... stretch or shrink anywhere, by arbitrarily established lengths of co-regencies between rulers and eve... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
3: ...s Constitution|U.S. Constitution]], the President is also the [[head of government|chief executive]] o...
5: ... as "the leader of the free world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
7: ...of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations wit...
9: The current President of the United States is [[George W. Bush]].
12: ...ution|Article II]] of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to bec... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
15: | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]]
18: ...sh;[[1801]]) [[President of the United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth Preside...
22: ...gland]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...t, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
26: ...[1818]]), the daughter of a [[Congregational]] minister at [[Weymouth]], Massachusetts. Their son, Joh... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[James Madison]]
18: ...d owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founde...
20: ...y include the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...[Flat Hat Club]] — before founding his own vision of higher education at the [[University of Vir...
27: ... convenient devices invented by Jefferson. Nearby is the University of Virginia, the original architec... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ... Jackson became the symbol of an era in American history — sometimes called the "'''Age of Jacks...
22: ...on Bonaparte]] for his willingness to contest British military supremacy.
24: ...came a colonel in the state militia, which began his military career.
26: ...f New Orleans]] on [[January 8]], [[1815]], made his national reputation and he advanced in rank to Ma...
28: His subsequent political rise was rapid. He was elected to both houses of [[Co... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
8: ...d>'''Succeeded by:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr>
17: <tr><td>'''[[List of political parties in the United States|Politi...
22: ...[[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ...1817]]), a farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]&...
27: ...the acquaintance of Burr, but did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
16: <tr><td>'''[[List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States |Polit...
20: ... term and was never elected to the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[U...
26: ...e served in the New York legislature. He worked his way up through the Whig party, eventually being s...
29: ... we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution."
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