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- Ionic order (6526 bytes)
4: ... of the great Ionic temples, though it stood for only a decade before an earthquake levelled it, was t...
6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s norma...
10: ...tect [[John Russell Pope]] wanted to convey the manly stamina combined with intellect of [[Theodore Ro...
12: ... a cornice bult up with dentils (like the closely-spaced ends of joists), with a corona ("crown") and cyma...
14: ...k his hints, to interpret the Ionic Order as matronly in comparison to the Doric Order, though not as ... - Minuscule (2323 bytes)
1: ...ely in [[majuscule]] (capital) letters which were spaced between well-defined upper and lower bounds. Whe...
10: ... every sentence seems to be imported (and is commonly not used when printing Ancient Greek materials e... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
6: ... flared slightly at the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
18: ...lf and by closing the distance between the widely-spaced holes with a complex system of keywork, which ext...
20: ...difficult opening solo in [[The Rite of Spring]] only ascending to the D. Low A at the bottom of the r...
30: ...ment. The very tip of a reed blade is frequently only 0.1 mm thick. - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
5: ...o required, as the primary finger keys are widely spaced.
14: ...ing instrument, which came in four parts and had only three keys, was built in 1714. It was around tha... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
47: ...nct volcanoes are those that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again. Whether a volcano is truly e...
109: ...noes. For example, [[Mount St. Helens]] is found inland from the margin between the oceanic [[Juan de ...
126: ...face expression. The large majority of these are only known about at surface because of earthquakes as... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
16: ...; both have diameters of ~500 km. 4 Vesta is the only main belt asteroid that is sometimes visible to ...
21: ...details of the [[visible spectrum|spectrum]] of sunlight they reflect.
30: ...'s surface material. Originally, they classified only three types of asteroids:
64: ...overed up to that point. Still, a century later, only a few thousand asteroids were identified, number...
69: ... constitute asteroid discovery: the observer has only found an [[apparition]], which gets a [[provisio... - Tree (23723 bytes)
11: ...rous]] Period; tree ferns still survive, but the only surviving horsetails are not of tree form. Later...
13: ... [[ecozone]]s). A landscape of trees scattered or spaced across grassland (usually grazed or burned over p...
16: ...wig]]s and [[leaf|leaves]]. Tree stems consist mainly of support and transport tissues ([[xylem]] and ...
18: ... immediately under the bark. Endogenous trees, mainly in the [[monocotyledon]]s (e.g. [[palm tree|palm...
20: ...th ring]]s. In temperate climates, these are commonly visible due to changes in the rate of growth wit... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
13: ...nal [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years.
71: ...re locked in a cycle of [[debt]], from which the only hope of escape was increased planting. This led ...
80: ... four-year span. To make matters worse, the [[McKinley Tariff of 1890]] was one of the highest the cou...
86: ... of work and destroying the industrial economy. Only the gold standard, they said, offered stability.
91: ...the election -- to the Republican's [[William McKinley]]. - Cloud (9947 bytes)
5: ...r even black if they are so thick or dense that sunlight cannot pass through.
93: ...s sufficiently large, and the droplets within are spaced far enough apart, it may be that very little ligh...
97: ...s. A greenish tinge to a cloud is produced when sunlight is scattered by ice. A cumulonimbus cloud whi...
101: ...y reflecting the long (and unscattered) rays of sunlight which are predominant at those hours. The eff... - Meditation (26064 bytes)
32: ...ows the practitioner to tap into the healing and enlightening energy coming from the life-giving womb ...
34: ...ple words, but invariably the deeper meaning can only be understood through regular practice.
39: ...nd is instead trained to be acutely aware of not only breathing, but all things that one comes to expe...
47: The Buddha achieved [[Bodhi|enlightenment]] while meditating under a [[Bodhi tree...
85: ...ut squashing or denying the emotion (which would only cause additional frustration). The trick is th... - Compass (8275 bytes)
30: ...ng or striking it. However, this method produces only a weak magnet so other methods are preferred. Th...
54: ...s compass card is divided into thirty-two equally spaced points. Four of these - [[east]], [[west]], [[no... - Archery (18991 bytes)
25: Targets are marked with 10 evenly spaced concentric rings, which have score values from 1 ...
63: Flight Archery can only take place where space permits since archers com...
72: ... that certain types of game, often [[deer]], may only be taken with a bow. In other localities, specia... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...dship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[Berga...
12: ...ist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the m...
14: ...self. The ''[[Cavalieri di San Marco]]'' was the only order of [[chivalry]] ever instituted in Venice,...
35: Early in the [[15th century]], as new mainland territories were expanded, the first standing ...
37: ... often experienced. A civilian commissioner (not unlike a [[commissar]]) accompanied each army to keep... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
54: ...s can be clearly distinguished) would be limited only by [[diffraction]], rather than by the turbulenc...
88: ...quately withstand frequent passages from direct sunlight into the darkness of Earth's [[shadow]] which...
117: ... meant that images from the Space Telescope were only marginally better than the best images obtainabl...
124: ... scale. The null corrector had then been wrongly spaced by 1.3 mm.
163: ... old, more rigid arrays entered and left direct sunlight. - Guitar (36953 bytes)
44: ...ctly before the finger). Fretboards are most commonly made of [[rosewood]], [[ebony]], and [[maple]].
46: ...ng lengths to produce different pitches- each one spaced a half-step apart on the 12 tone scale. For more ...
48: ...d both forward and backward (most truss rods can only be loosened so much, beyond which the bolt will ...
50: ...th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 21st frets, and double inlays on the 12th, sometimes 7th, and (if present) 2...
57: ...rengthened with internal bracing, decorated with inlays and purfling, and subjected to a lot of abuse. - Axon (1894 bytes)
3: ...ath known as [[nodes of Ranvier]] occur at evenly spaced intervals, enabling an especially rapid mode of e... - Neutron (7687 bytes)
28: ... [[hydrogen]], which consists of a single proton only) consists of protons and neutrons.
36: ...er, is unaffected by such forces; it is affected only by the very short-range [[strong nuclear force|s...
40: ...disintegrations; there is no natural supply. The only means we have of controlling free neutrons is to... - Owl (5168 bytes)
14: ...h's land except for [[Antarctica]], most of [[Greenland]], and some remote islands.
22: ...nd of [[rodent]]s to their ears, which are widely spaced. In some species, they are placed asymmetrically,...
34: ...long, have a 32-cm (12.6-in) wingspan, and weigh only 50 g (1.76 oz). The largest owls are the [[eagle... - Broad-Winged Hawks (1821 bytes)
17: ...ort broad wings, dark brown upperparts and evenly-spaced black and white bands on the tail. There are two ...
25: ... also sometimes flying in search of prey. They mainly eat small mammals, [[Amphibia|amphibians]], [[re... - Owls (4823 bytes)
13: ...h's land except for [[Antarctica]], most of [[Greenland]], and some remote islands.
21: ...nd of [[rodent]]s to their ears, which are widely spaced. In some species, they are placed asymmetrically,...
33: ...long, have a 32-cm (12.6-in) wingspan, and weigh only 50 g (1.76 oz). The largest owls are the [[eagle...
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