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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: ... (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
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 - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ellafitzgerald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940...
2: ...urity of tone and "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
4: She was born in [[Newport News, Virginia]], [[United States|USA]] and raised in [[Yonkers, New York]...
6: ...You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was her version of the [[nursery rhyme]], "[[A Ti...
8: ...band continued touring under the new name, "Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra." - Billie Holiday (6766 bytes)
7: ...r mother. This preceded her move to [[New York]] with her mother sometime in the early [[1930s]].
9: ...ISBN 0306811367). Clarence Holiday accepted paternity, but was hardly a responsible father. In the rar...
14: ...irst). Hammond arranged several sessions for her with [[Benny Goodman]]; her first-ever recording was ...
16: ... Theater]] to glowing reviews. The performance, with pianist (and then-lover) [[Bobby Henderson]], di...
18: ... than compensated for this shortcoming, however, with impecable timing, nuanced phrasing, and emotiona... - Mahalia Jackson (2345 bytes)
1: ... moved to [[Chicago]] in [[1927]] where she sang with [[The Johnson Brothers]], one of the earliest pr...
3: ... had watered down her sound for popular accessibility.
5: ...rn in her popular success. She ended her career with a concert in [[Germany]] in [[1971]]; when she r... - Basalt (2961 bytes)
2: ...alt, but rocks of this composition with a [[phaneritic]] groundmass should generally be referred to as...
4: ...ized species of [[zeolite]]s, [[quartz]] or [[calcite]] are frequently found.
8: ...[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] used the word basalt and it is said to have had an [[Ethiopia]]n origin, mean...
12: ...teau. [[Pyroxene]], [[plagioclase]], and [[magnetite]] are common minerals.
14: ...ional basalt''' has an intermediate composition. It is often rich in the minerals [[plagioclase]] and... - Africa (35389 bytes)
1: ...atellite orthographic.jpg|thumb|A satellite composite image of Africa]]
3: ...er 800 million human inhabitants in 54 countries, it accounts for about one seventh of the [[world hum...
8: ...frica (province)|province of Africa]] with its capital [[Carthage]], corresponding to modern-day [[Tun...
10: The origin of ''Afer'' may either come from:
13: ...Greek language|Greek]] word ''aphrike'', meaning without cold; - Kansas (21369 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] |
21: DensityRank = 40<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 32.9/mi²; 12.7 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 34<sup>th</sup> | - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
6: ...pre-Socratic]]s, grace smells one can say little with confidence about his life and teachings. Pythag...
9: ...and of [[Babylon]] before going west; but such visits feature stereotypically in the biographies of ma...
11: ...ing the citizens to follow virtue and form an [[elite]] circle of followers around himself. Very stri...
13: ...o cure illness of the soul or body; [[poetry]] recitations occurred before and after sleep to aid the ...
17: ...rnation]]. His other teachings appear framed in pithy sayings, or ''sumbola'', often in question-and-... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...[[consumer]] [[demand]] and aspirations, coupled with significant changes in the [[lifestyle]]; and a ...
3: ... economic transformation accelerated as [[Great Britain]] was wholly supplanted as Canada's main econo...
5: ...ills were shed in favor of practicality, in [[architecture]] as well as in daily life. At the same tim...
8: ...dustry aligned to mass production, and a society with a culture of [[consumerism]]. In Europe, the eco...
11: ...many new products on the market on which to spend it. At first, the cessation of wartime production ca... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
1: ...arth]] and its [[earth's atmosphere|atmosphere]]. It studies the [[Cosmology|origins]], [[Galaxy forma...
3: ...the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles (93 km).]]
5: ... the two fields share a common origin, they are quite different; astronomers embrace the [[scientific ...
8: ..., and modern astronomy concerns itself much more with trying to observe and understand the actual phys...
10: ...ations of different models, and involves working with computer or analytic models. - Solar system (21174 bytes)
1: ...eneric term for [[star]]s and the objects that orbit around them.
8: ...]]s of the Solar System are those nine bodies traditionally labelled as such:
13: **[[Jupiter|Jupiter]] (♃)
20: ...the Solar System, accompanied by their main satellites, profiled against the limb of the Sun]]
22: ...ects that orbit these planets are [[Natural satellite|moon]]s. For a complete listing, see that articl... - Sun (20830 bytes)
13: ! align="left" | [[Apparent magnitude|Visual brightness]] (''V'')
16: ! align="left" | [[Absolute magnitude]]
19: ...or="#ffffc0" colspan="2" align="center" | '''[[Orbit]]al characteristics'''
27: ! align="left" | Velocity
48: ! align="left" | Density - 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... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
3: It includes listings or tabular information for quic...
7: ...vely, instead of copying the link, you could drag it into your bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to...
10: Please use the new section editing feature if your browser
17: ...es/List_of_et|9,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_hospitals|10,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_mis|11,]] [[S...
28: ...t of subnational entities|Lists of subnational entities]] - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...on the moon in the [[space race]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].
4: ...that would be done. During the [[20th century]], with the development of adequate propulsion technolog...
6: ...cury]] space capsule trainers, and the original [[Apollo 16]] space capsule.
8: ...lue Marble]], a [[1972]] image taken during the [[Apollo program]]
10: ==Orbiting and reaching space== - Astronaut (7339 bytes)
1: ...ruce McCandless II]] using a manned maneuvering unit. Picture courtesy NASA]]
3: ...from at least [[Timeline of astronauts by nationality|32 countries]] have gone into space.
7: ...d by the [[Russian Aviation and Space Agency]] or its [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] predecessor is called a ...
9: ...dictated by political reasons. However in the United States, the term "astronaut" is typically appli...
11: ... the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, the United States of America. - 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]]"). - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...ation]] is 28.3?). Mercury has no [[natural satellite]]s. The only [[spacecraft]] to approach Mercury ...
3: ...e greek sun god [[Helios]]. [[Pythagoras]] is credited for pointing out that they were one and the sam...
10: ...t on Mercury's surface is 6.5 times as intense as it is on Earth, a total [[irradiance]] of 9.13 ...
12: ...[[Impact crater|crater]]s, where it has been deposited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising from ...
16: ...med when lava flows buried earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, r... - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...m raids by the [[Mongol]]s and [[Turkic]] tribes. It was preceded by several walls built since the [[3...
3: ...ss]] on the [[Bohai Gulf]] in the east, at the limit between China proper and [[Manchuria]], to [[Lop ...
5: ...not cross with their [[horses]] or return easily with stolen property.
16: ...l_china2.jpg|thumb|250px|The Great Wall of China. It remains the world's longest manmade structure.]]
18: ...located in northwest [[Gansu]] Province at the limit of the [[Gobi Desert]] and the oases of the [[Sil... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...ol planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving your entire...
9: ...er_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: ...er_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]]
15: ...iderable amount of interpretation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mi...
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