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- Heat wave (1223 bytes)
1: ...weather variations and to extraordinary spells of heat which may only occur once a century.
3: Some regions of the globe are more susceptible to heat waves than others, such [[Mediterranean]]-type cl...
5: ...panied by [[drought]] which dries out vegetation, heat waves can lead to [[wildfire]]s.
7: To remain safe during heat waves, see [http://chicago.about.com/library/blan...
9: ==Major Heat Waves==
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- Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
3: ... colonies to use stoves rather than fireplaces to heat their homes. Many streets were paved, and many pe...
5: ...nd [[whiskey]], which was made out of corn, rye, wheat, and barley. The whiskey was often mixed with sp...
13: ... other wild animals would come to the towns. The theatre and plays were enjoyed as well. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...bon acts as a hardening agent, preventing iron atoms, which are naturally arranged in a [[lattice]], f...
11: ...chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</sub>C. Cementite forms in regions of higher carbon content while other a...
15: ...els involves heating the alloy until austenite forms, then '''[[quenching]]''' the hot metal in [[wate...
19: ...but very brittle. Often, steel undergoes further heat treatment at a lower temperature to destroy some ...
21: ...s steel]] so that a hard [[passivation|oxide]] forms on the metal surface, to inhibit corrosion. [[Tu... - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
10: ...town of Greenwich, giving them recreation for the heat of New York City summers. - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
17: The 12th century was also the time of schisms and religious foment, when someone preaching any ...
26: ..., and earth-with their complementary qualities of heat, dryness, moisture, and cold, and the correspondi...
28: ...cluding popular author [[Oliver Sacks]]) as symptoms of [[migraine]]; however others have seen in them...
32: ...the seed has fallen into its place, that vehement heat descending from her brain draws the seed to itsel... - Begonia (2934 bytes)
21: ...onias root freely in [[sand]]y soil, if placed in heat at any season when moderately firm; as soon as ro... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
24: ...te, A. Ghislain de Busbeq, in the 1560s. A few corms were forwarded to [[Charles de L'Ecluse|Carolus C...
30: ... crocus bloom with the fall rains, after summer's heat and drought, '''Autumn Crocus''' is a common name... - Actinium (7046 bytes)
63: | [[Heat of vaporization]] || n/a [[kilojoule per mole|kJ/...
65: | [[Heat of fusion]] || 62 kJ/mol
76: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
156: ...lor="red">extremely radioactive</font>, and in terms of its potential for radiation induced health eff... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
9: ...network systems among natural and fabricated systems found on earth.
13: ...t consumes about 60%.) This generates a lot of [[heat]], which must be removed to prevent [[brain damag...
27: ...irth, the human skull is rather soft, and it deforms somewhat during its passage through the birth can...
38: ...sciousness]] from interaction among numerous systems within the brain. Executive decision-making funct...
40: ...ating arousal of the cortex and of autonomic systems. - Skin (8340 bytes)
29: ...in is present on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hands. It has a larger stratum corneum wit...
37: #Heat regulation: The skin contains [[sebaceous glands]...
40: ... skin favors the development of pathogenic organisms. The constantly peeling off dead cells of the epi... - Oil painting (1776 bytes)
7: ...non-drying synthetic oily liquid, imbedded with a heat sensitive curing agent"), the paintings rese... - Hair (11457 bytes)
6: ...ered manly for men to have hair on their faces, arms, chests and legs, but the hair growing from the t...
17: ...er body hair than others. Overall coverage in terms of number of folicles is relatively constant.
19: ...it from hot winds, and thus another mechanism for heat loss is not required. Another problem is that bip...
25: ...x, comprising spindle-shaped cells, and an outer sheath, called the cuticle. Within each cortical cell a...
28: ...r more permanent styling, chemical treatments (perms) break and re-form the disulphide links within th... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
19: ...lar for making bowls, vases, and other rounded forms.
46: ... strictest sense refers to [[clay]] in all its forms. However, modern usage of the term broadens the ...
48: ...a large extent of methods to mitigate these problems, and accentuate the strengths of the materials, a...
54: ...]] to [[carbon]] and takes on similar physical forms: a [[graphite]]-like one used as a lubricant, and...
55: ...ese materials can give rise to PTC behavior for [[heating element]]s. - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ...ic technology." Ceramic technology is used for items such as electronic parts and [[Space Shuttle]] ti...
16: ... suitable for making precisely matched sets of items e.g. dinnerware. Doing handwork enables the potte...
21: ...heel work can only be used to initially create items with radial symmetry on a vertical axis. These p...
32: ...en be joined without significant structural problems. Members of commercial clay "families" often hav...
42: ...ze as a decorative technique. With all glazed items, a small part of the item (usually on the base of... - Glass (26176 bytes)
9: ...tirely, with the addition of other compounds or [[heat treatment]].
24: ...e smooth and electrically neutral interface it forms with [[silicon]].
32: ...n glass that absorbs [[infrared]] energy, such as heat absorbing filters for movie projectors, while [[c...
37: ...our)|orange]]-red to yellow. The way the glass is heated and cooled can significantly affect the colors ...
42: ...t hues of red, green, and blue - the colors of gemstones. When gemcutters learned to cut glass, they ... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ... to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
39: *Heat-set oils
74: == Common painting idioms ==
76: Painting idioms include: - Blast furnace (4721 bytes)
9: ...hich would normally burn only on the surface. Pre-heated air was blown into the middle, thus the "blast"...
25: ...ix, and use fairly complex systems to extract the heat from the hot carbon dioxide when it escapes from ... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
19: ...n incorporate animal heraldry and the [[coat of arms]] of the maker. Production continued through the...
21: ...inster rugs. Steam power was applied to these looms in 1884. Although production continued until the...
24: ...en on a [[loom]]. Both vertical and horizontal looms have been used in the production of European and ...
54: ...spired by [[Cesare Ripa]]'s Iconologie) with emblems of Louis XIV's royal power. [[Pierre-Josse Perro...
57: ...ssoms. All but one are dated or bear a coat of arms. Like the French, English weavers used the symme... - Shofar (6586 bytes)
11: ...ther side. On those occasions the shofarot were rams' horns curved in shape and ornamented with silver...
17: ... flattened and given a turned up bell by applying heat to soften it. A hole is made from the tip of the ... - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
122: ...is the harp solo on 'On the road again' by Canned Heat, on which the harmonicist gets the minor 3rd cros...
205: ...ass, vocals, etc. The original [[Sonny Boy Williamson]] is the most important harmonicist of this era...
215: ... hear some good harp parts on records by [[Canned Heat]], The [[Rolling Stones]] and [[Cream]], but ther... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
23: In 1862, the physicist [[Lord Kelvin|William Thomson]] of [[Glasgow]] published calculations that fi...
25: ...roposed his theory of the [[evolution]] of organisms by [[natural selection]], a semi-random process t...
27: ...Thomson's estimates would prove far too short. Thomson had attempted to root the debate in one set of ...
29: ...ey assumed that the Sun was only glowing from the heat of its [[gravitational contraction]]. They knew o...
31: ...th its current 24-hour day, and concluded that Thomson was on the right track.
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