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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
18: *[[Ian Adam|Adam, Ian]], (born 1937), Canadian writer
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
26: ...[[Valdas Adamkus|Adamkus, Valdas]], (born 1926), Lithuanian president
34: ...ms, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
37: ...drew Adams|Adams, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...entricities and policies, including an obsession with neighboring and enemy country Prussia, alienated...
9: ... the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more conserva...
11: ...es full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored...
13: ...ine the Great instituted several drastic reforms within the Russian society. First, she established th...
16: ...reat's coronation coach is exhibited in the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...erties, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth science]]s.
3: ...s]], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[quartz]], and [[sili...
7: ...rd was first used by [[Richard de Bury]]. He used it to distinguish between earthly and [[Theology|the...
10: ... [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...turned until after the [[Scientific Revolution]]. It was translated into [[Latin]] and the other langu... - Australia (39438 bytes)
9: capital =[[Canberra]]|
11: largest_city =[[Sydney]]|
12: government_type=[[Constitutional monarchy|Const. monarchy]]|
13: leader_titles = [[Queen of Australia|Queen]]<br>[[Governor-G...
14: leader_names = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]]<b... - United States (58223 bytes)
1: ... of America'''—also referred to as the '''United States''', '''the USA''', '''the U.S.''', '''Am...
2: ...ited States also has a collection of overseas territories and possessions around the world. Each of th...
5: native_name = United States of America |
6: common_name = the United States |
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English l... - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
20: | '''[[Capital]]'''
29: ...al ([[2003]])<br> - [[Population density|Density]]
53: ...[England|English]] captain [[John Marshall]] in [[1788]]; the islands owe their name to him.
57: ...[[1944]]), and they were added to the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] (including several mo...
61: ...stablished and a [[Compact of Free Association]] with the U.S. government was signed, becoming effecti... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
14: ...s in [[Soho, Birmingham|Soho]], near Birmingham, with [[Matthew Boulton]] to manufacture his improved ...
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on st...
22: ...ghout the working cycle of the engine, so showing its efficiency.
26: ...her engineers until his patents expired in 1800. With his partner Matthew Boulton he battled against r...
28: ...wer output of steam engines, his version of the unit is equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second (abou... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Constitution State |
9: Capital = [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]] |
21: DensityRank = 4<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 271.40 | - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] |
21: DensityRank = 18<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 54.59 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 4<sup>th</sup> | - Maryland (22654 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] |
21: DensityRank = 5<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 165 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 7<sup>th</sup> | - Virginia (23198 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Virginia Beach, Virginia|Virginia Beach]...
21: DensityRank = 14<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 69.03 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 10<sup>th</sup> | - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] |
11: ...[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
21: DensityRank = 19<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 53.29 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 16<sup>th</sup> | - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]...
11: LargestCity = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]] |
21: DensityRank = 21<sup>st</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 51.45 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 8<sup>th</sup> | - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Granite State |
9: Capital = [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]] |
21: DensityRank = 20<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 53.20 | - Anacharsis (4399 bytes)
2: ..., those who were skillful in a thing vie in competition; those who have ''no'' skill, judge"'' —...
8: ...at he was in Solon's country, it would be quite suitable.
10: ...n Sages of Athens]], and it is said that he was initiated into the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] of the Gre...
12: ...thians with the laws of the Greeks has been lost. It was he who compared laws to spiders' webs, which ...
14: ...on his statues: 'Restrain your tongues, your appetites, your passions.' (Compare the philosophy of [[E... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...erifiable [[empirical knowledge]], a global community of [[scholar]]s, and a set of [[technique]]s for...
4: ...any place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...conception). [[Technology]] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects a...
11: ...''is'', how it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. The [[sociology...
15: ...ommunity and those in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]"). - 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]]-) - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ...e oldest paper manufactures include [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opene...
12: ...use of European watercolor painting is by [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] painter [[Raffaello Santi]...
16: ...]]-[[1641]]), [[Thomas Gainsborough]] ([[1727]]-[[1788]]), and [[John Constable]] ([[1776]]-[[1837]]).
18: ...1725]]–[[1809]]) was called the father of British watercolor.
23: ...e term ''watercolor'' most often to refers to traditional transparent watercolor or [[gouache]] (an op...
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