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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...cle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fict...
28: ...[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast...
30: ...st Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other places
31: *[[Nicolas Baudin]] - [[18th century]] [[France|French]] ex...
38: ... - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ajor party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
5: ...mont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also credited with determining ...
7: ...e, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...declared [[martial law]] in [[Missouri]]. This declaration led to a conflict with [[Abraham Lincoln]] ...
15: ...author abbreviation]] '''Frém.''' is applied to plants he described. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume.''"
6: ...of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary So...
8: ...ugh she was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
12: ...nformation about the African continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missio...
14: ...ation of the [[Zambesi River]]. He returned to England to try to garner support for his ideas, and to ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...r]] than iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon a...
5: ...-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8:
11: ... due to its [[pearl]]-like appearance, or the similar but less beautiful [[bainite]].
13: ...e strength of ferrite. Martensite has a very similar unit cell structure to austenite, and identical ... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
12: ...ward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
14: *[[Achillas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patria...
64: *[[Marcela Acuna|Acuna, Marcela]], (born c. 1979), Argentine world boxing champio... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...olphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
34: ...gail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
44: ..., British author of [[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]
45: ...to Rican who was convicted of drug dealing in the Laura Hernandez case
61: ...[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ... agent for New York state of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]].
13: ...ded in The Revolution were a number of quotes displaying the [[pro-life]] views of Susan B. Anthony. M...
15: She was vice-president-at-large of the [[National Woman's Suffrage Association...
19: In collaboration with Stanton, Mrs. [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]...
21: ... [[1979]] with her appearance on the [[Anthony dollar]]. - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
1: [[Image:clara_s.jpg|right|thumb|Clara Schumann]]
3: '''Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann''' ([[September 13]], ...
7: ...is friendship with Clara lasted until her death. Later that year, she also met violinist [[Joseph Joa...
9: ...orks, but when in [[1856]] she first visited [[England]] the critics received Schumann's music with a ...
11: ...achim, as one of the first executants who really played like composers. Besides being remembered for ... - Dye (6033 bytes)
3: ... the greatest source of dyes has been from the [[plant kingdom]], notably [[root]]s, [[berry|berries]]...
9: ...laced the traditional natural dyes. Dyes are now classified according to how they are used in the dyei...
17: ...yes used for wool, and are especially useful for black and navy shades. The mordant, [[potassium dichr...
23: ...bath is used. The very fine particle size gives a large surface area that aids dissolution to allow up...
32: ...nt)|weld]] and [[old fustic]]. [[Cudbear]] is unclassified. - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ...e saxophone that [[Adolphe Sax]] repeatedly filed lawsuits against Sarrus. It was named after the Fre...
3: ...ayed with a [[double reed]]. Its fingering is similar to a saxophone, and it was made in sizes from so...
5: ...erone]]'' (1924). These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]].
7: ...Mandy, Make Up Your Mind", with the sarrusophone played by [[Sidney Bechet]]. - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: The '''Nile''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: الني ...
8: ...mes from the word ''Neilos'' (Νειλος), a Greek name for the Nile...
12: ... lengths of rivers vary over time (especially in plains, where rivers often change course), and, secon...
14: ...695 km (4160 miles) long. Measuring instead from Lake Victoria gives a length of approximately 5584 k...
20: ...m Ethiopia. Both branches formed on the western flanks of the East African Rift, which is the souther... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
7: ... in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nations with a [[preside...
14: ...States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; ...
19: ...resident, while the individual who was in second place became Vice President.
25: ...ng across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. Much of the modern electoral pro...
35: .... In addition, the president has important [[legislative]] and [[judicial]] powers. - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...f Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his ...
24: ...eal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to wr...
28: ...These qualities were particularly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term ... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
10: ...td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (village), New York|Kinderhook, New York]]</td></tr>
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Kinderhook (town), New Y...
14: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Angelica Van Buren]]
15: <br>(daughter-in-law, widowed)</td></tr>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>Lawyer</td></tr> - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Greenway, Virginia]]</td...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Richmond, Virginia]]</td...
13: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Letitia Christian Tyler]] (1s...
14: [[Priscilla Cooper Tyler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>
16: <tr><td>'''Occupation:'''</td><td>[[lawyer]]</td></tr> - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
1: [[Image:GeorgeDallas.jpg|right|George M. Dallas]]
3: '''George Mifflin Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]...
5: ...ber 21]], [[1828]] to [[April 15]], [[1829]]. Dallas was United States district attorney for the east...
7: Dallas resumed the practice of law. He was attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1...
9: ...The city of [[Dallas, Texas]] and others are [[Dallas (disambiguation)|named in his honor]]. - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
3: <caption><font size="+1">'''Millard Fillmore '''</font></caption>
4: ...r" colspan=2><div style="float:center">[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Summerhill, New York]]</...
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Buffalo, New York]]</td>...
13: ...tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Abigail Fillmore]] (wife) <br... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Millard Fillmore]]
10: | place of birth=[[Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]]
13: | place of death=[[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]]
18: ...d Scott]] by a 50 to 44 percent margin in the popular vote and 254 to 42 in the [[United States Electo...
20: ...e]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [[Confederate States of Ameri... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
25: | '''Place of Birth:'''
31: | '''Place of Death:'''
32: | [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
37: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
38: | [[Harriet Lane]] (niece) - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
21: | '''Place of birth:'''
22: ...ucky]]<br />(site now in [[LaRue County, Kentucky|LaRue County]])
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
28: | '''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''
31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
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