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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... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam power]]...
3: ...hnological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered [[ship]]s, and ...
5: ...hen mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...tion of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]]...
12: ...ther nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls an... - 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 - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...an monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[Wa...
8: ...ce|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him, with 6 daughters (all of whom were named "Marie _____...
12: ...beth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
14: ...line (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Archduchess of Aust...
19: ...nand of Parma|HRH Duke Ferdinand of Parma]] (1751-1802); had issue - Dorothea Dix (5868 bytes)
2: ...]]. Unfortunately for her legacy, these state hospitals grew into enormous "museums of madness" that s...
4: Dix was neither a [[physician]] nor a psychiatrist, beginning ...
6: ...ft of family ties to provide her heart "scope for its affections," she decided to go to the jail to se...
8: ...]], and began her career as a [[teacher]] and [[writer]].
10: ...ailable to a woman of the time as a teacher and writer. In any event, friends arranged to have her sen... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
16: ...icepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]
18: ...veowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[University of Virginia]].
20: ...uisiana Purchase]] and the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].
23: ...is own vision of higher education at the [[University of Virginia]]. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
18: ... Adams]] and First Lady [[Abigail Adams|Abigail Smith]].
22: ...o [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He studied law, then was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston,...
24: ...merchant living abroad. Despite his father's opposition to him having a foreign-born wife, Adams wed L...
26: ... been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist Party. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
14: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van ...
17: ...e United States|Political Party]]:'''</td><td>[[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]</td></tr>
18: <tr><td>'''[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:'''</td><td>[[Richard M...
22: ...first President born after the signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration ...
25: ...th of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], the [[state capital]]. His great-great-great-grandfather Cornelis h... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...entucky]] and the ninth [[Vice President of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Ma...
5: ...he Committee on Claims and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
7: ... vacancy caused by the resignation of [[John J. Crittenden]], and was reelected and served from [[Dece...
9: ...toral College|electors]] due to his relationship with an African-American woman. He served as vice Pre...
13: His brothers [[James Johnson (US politician)|James]] and [[John Telemachus Johnson|John ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...ntion into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded versio...
5: ===[[Paleolithic|Paleolithic Era]]===
36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
62: ...century BC|400s BC]]: [[Catapult]] in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]
99: ...eglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]] - List of people by name: Y (12717 bytes)
5: ...|Yadav, Laloo Prasad]] (born 1948), [[India]]n politician
11: *[[Yakubu Gowon]] (born 1934), military leader of [[Nigeria]]
13: ...ihu Yale|Yale, Elihu]] (1649-1721), [[Yale University]] benefactor
20: ... Minoru]] (1912-1986), [[United States|US]] [[architect]]
21: *[[Tomoyuki Yamashita|Yamashita, Tomoyuki]] (1885-1946), Japanese lieutenant gen... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...ss the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end. Features as small as 35 m across can be see...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...rman|Erman]]<!--- (1806-1877) not to be confused with Adolf Erman (1854-1937), the egyptologist --->.
6: ...suggestion about the composition of the object or its general location in the solar system, and some a...
8: ...ify asteroids is in terms of size. A working definition is that asteroids are larger than 50 m in diam... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ... variable, and how they change in time. The majority of Earth's observed weather is located in the [[...
10: ...menon)|halo]] around the moon, without bothering with explanations.
12: ...th the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[humidity]].
14: ...keep accurate and detailed records of weather conditions on a daily basis, and was one of the first Am...
16: ...ublished in 1835 on the energy yield of machines with rotating parts, such as waterwheels. - History of biology (3053 bytes)
3: ...鯬ogie'', 1802). The word itself appears in the title of Volume 3 of [[Michael Christoph Hanov]]'s ''...
5: ...tless observations of nature, especially the [[habit]]s and [[Abstraction|attributes]] of [[plant]]s a...
7: ...nt scientist that influenced this field was the British scientist [[Charles Darwin]], who was encourag...
9: ... both [[Social effect of evolutionary theory|opposition and support]] from different parts of society.
11: ...genetic material]] for expressing [[life]] in all its forms{{fn|3}}. - 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]]-) - Cloud (9947 bytes)
5: ...sible wavelengths of light equally and are thus white, but they can appear grey or even black if they ...
7: ...er than water, depending on local atmospheric conditions (what gases are present, and the temperature)...
15: ... flows up the side of a [[mountain]] and cools as it rises higher into the atmosphere (orographic upli...
18: ...of keeping small droplets suspended. As well, conditions inside a cloud are not static: water droplets...
20: ...r salt. In [[supersaturation|supersaturated]] conditions, water droplets may act as condensation nucle... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Re...
5: ...Treaty of Amiens|peace concluded at Amiens]] in [[1802]]. The Napoleonic Wars ended on [[20 November]] [...
7: ==Political effects of the wars==
8: [[Image:Napoleon1.jpg|left|frame|Portrait of [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]]]
11: ...ance was no longer a dominant power in Europe, as it had been since the times of [[Louis XIV of France... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ...cience topics]], [[List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]
18: [[16-bit]] --
19: [[16-bit application]] --
27: [[28-bit]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] -- - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...with [[Alexander Hamilton]] and his trial and acquittal on charges of [[treason]].
7: ...[[College of New Jersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esther Edwards was the daughter of...
9: ...d by his brother-in-law, [[Tapping Reeve]], at [[Litchfield, Connecticut]]. His studies were put on ho...
11: ==Military service==
13: ...ce on Washington's staff, but the general never quite trusted Major Burr. However, [[Israel Putnam]] ... - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
2: ... has a long '''[[history]]''', including systems with man or horse power and [[rail tracks|rails]] of ...
9: ...- arguably, the world's first public railway, albeit a horse-drawn one.
11: ...not used for locomotive power until [[Richard Trevithick]] developed the high pressure steam engine in...
14: ...ive talents, Richard Trevithick died in poverty, with his achievement being largely unrecognized.
16: ...vision of what steam railways could become, with cities and towns linked by a network of long distance...
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