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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
4: ... its meetings. In [[1665]] he published a book entitled ''[[Micrographia]]'', which contained a number...
6: ...bservatory]] and the infamous [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (which became known as 'Bedlam').
8: ...h the historian [[Lisa Jardine]] claims one portrait of [[John Ray]] represents Robert Hooke, and a se...
12: ...iece. It coils and uncoils with a natural periodicity, allowing for fine adjustment of the period of t...
14: ...x magnification, which far outstripped the capabilities of any previous instruments. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...classical mechanics]]. Newton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] ...
4: ...ht]] passed through a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Baco...
6: ... when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of ...
14: ...on was two years of age, his mother went to live with her new husband, leaving her son in the care of ...
19: ...ance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else. It is said he kept a warm memory of this love, but N... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: [[Image:Locke-John-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|400px|thumb|John Locke Image...
3: ...rkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
6: ... than the classical material taught at the University.
8: ...ment for a liver infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his reti...
10: ...ng - an impact that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
4: ...t]] and went to sea at the age of 16. He served with [[Edward Sprague]] in the [[Third Anglo-Dutch Wa...
7: ...y]]. This led to his first circumnavigation: in [[1679]] he accompanied a raid across the [[Darié® Provi...
9: ...This expedition collected buccaneers and ships as it went along, at one time having a fleet of ten ves...
11: ...ar Islands]]. They built a small craft and sailed it to [[Acheen]] in [[Sumatra]]. After further adven...
13: ==The ''Roebuck'' expedition== - Trenton, New Jersey (12026 bytes)
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18: density = 4,304.7| - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
4: ...lish (people)|English]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[L...
6: ...] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...The principal of Magdalen was the aggressive [[Puritan]] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] a...
12: ...f Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with that family. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Steam engine (17867 bytes)
1: ...mal energy]] that exists in [[steam]], converting it to [[mechanical work]]. Steam engines were used i...
9: ...s [[pressure cooking|pressure cooker]] in about [[1679]]. Sir [[Samuel Morland]] also developed ideas fo...
15: ...mber. Atmospheric pressure, operating on the opposite side of a piston, pushes the piston to the top o...
17: ...perated valves with valves operated by the engine itself.
19: ... pressure. Reliable and safe operation came only with a great deal of experience and codification of c...
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