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- Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...netary orbit|orbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]], Venus's orbit is the closest to [[circle|circular]], wi...
3: ...uring the daytime, making it one of only two heavenly bodies that can be seen both day and night (the ...
5: ...ymbol is a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross undern...
7: The adjective ''Venusian'' is commonly used for Venus, but it is etymologically incorrect. The true ad...
14: ...nds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
4: ...t valuable and famous statues in the world. The [[Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
21: ...|The portrait of Elizabeth as [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], painted in the 1710s for the Grand [[Peterhof]...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o...
29: ...eden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
20: ... Pierantonio had four sons and one daughter. But only the daughter, Prudenzia, survived to adulthood &...
34: ... father Orazio departed for [[Genoa]]. It is commonly believed that Artemisia followed her father (and...
42: ...in Rome); the "Venere Dormiente" (''"The Sleeping Venus"''), today at [[Princeton]]; the [[Ester e Assuer...
46: ...ated to [[Naples]] and stayed there - except for only a brief trip to [[London]] and some other journe...
52: ...t, and it was not possible to refuse. Orazio suddenly died in [[1639]]. Charles I was a fanatical coll... - Josephine Baker (5957 bytes)
3: ...actress and singer, sometimes known as "The Black Venus." She became a [[France|French]] [[citizen]] in [...
7: ...s. Already a star, she performed in a skirt made only of [[banana]]s, often accompanied by her pet [[l...
17: ...enormous staff in a castle in France. (Baker had only one child of her own, stillborn in 1941, an inci... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
10: ..., who played guitars on her albums through ''[[To Venus and Back]]'' (1999). In 1985, Amos formed [[Y Kan...
32: ===''To Venus And Back''===
33: ...which was released in 1999 under the title ''[[To Venus and Back]]''. The album included a live disc as w...
36: ...For Pele'', ''From The Choirgirl Hotel'' and ''To Venus and Back'' material.
41: ... Aucoin]], a friend of Amos'. A contest was held online to create a music video for the song, and it r... - Ava Gardner (4142 bytes)
6: ...tar. She married [[Mickey Rooney]] when she was only 19 years old in 1941, then divorced in 1943, to ...
46: * [[One Touch of Venus]] (1948) - Sophia Loren (9622 bytes)
75: *''[[The Sign of Venus]]'' (1955) - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
31: *the seeds can, under natural circumstances, only germinate in [[symbiosis]] with specialized fung...
36: ...p in atmospheric humidity or exposure to direct sunlight. Between these two extremes, there is a whole...
67: ...ile Asian orchids are multicolored. Some orchids only grow one flower, others sometimes more than a hu...
71: ...als forming a triangle. But in ''Paphiopedilum'' (Venus Slippers) the lower two sepals are concrescent (f...
94: ...fungus is very small. Of all the seeds released, only a minute fraction grows into a new orchid. This ... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
3: ... [[natural philosophy|natural philosopher]]. Not only were there major theoretical and experimental de...
9: ... and historically sudden changes in science, not only in its content but in its practice and theory. S...
25: ...ies: moons of Jupiter, lunar mountains, phases of Venus, etc. (Galileo)
31: ...ening period. Margolis reports that the most commonly suggested candidate for filling the gap is [[Alh...
40: ...contemporaries preposterous. It contradicted not only the virtually unquestioned Aristotelian [[philos... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
48: The [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice]] is the oldest known ceramic ...
57: ...used as a susceptor in microwave furnaces, a commonly used abrasive, and as a refractory material.
112: ...r]]s, etc. The specialized formulations most commonly used in electronics are detailed in the book "Ta...
127: ...aliber [[rifle]] fire. Such plates are known commonly as [[small-arms protective insert]]s (SAPI). Ver... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ..."earthenware" and "stoneware" are generally used only for relatively easily constructed utensils such ...
21: ... in a day. Because of its nature, wheel work can only be used to initially create items with radial sy...
25: ...ly), and allowed to air-dry. This method is commonly used for smaller decorative pieces, such as figu...
32: ...sal or decorative item. This method is most commonly used for handbuilt pieces. Coloured clay can al...
48: ...cal into the kiln's interior. [[Sulfur]] is commonly used, as are various [[salts]] or [[ashes]]. Su... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...e been found mainly in central [[Europe]]. The [[Venus of Willendorf]] (30,000 - 25,000 BC), from the ar...
6: ... stones were used for high quality sculpture and inlays. [[Clay]] was used for pottery and terra cott...
8: ...mong them are a wooden harp with gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
22: These are only a few of the many sculptures produced in ancient...
29: The Minoan culture developed mainly on [[Crete]], especially at [[Knossos]] and [[Ph... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
5: [[Image:VenusWillendorf.jpg|thumb|130px|Venus of Willendorf]]
7: ...and its counterpart in [[Morocco]], the [[Tan-Tan Venus]], from 800,000 and 220,000 BC, may be the earlie...
42: ...ure in the upper Paleolithic. One of the oldest [[Venus figurines]] found is from Africa. This and other ... - Earth (30908 bytes)
7: ...olar system]]'s [[terrestrial planet]]s, and the only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms ...
14: ...Earth (the summit of [[Mount Everest]], which is only 8,850 m) and the lowest (the bottom of the [[Mar...
55: ...he heat flow from the interior to the surface is only 1/20,000 as great as the energy received from th...
68: ...Since the average density of surface material is only around 3000 kg/m<sup>3</sup>, we must conclude t...
80: ...geodyn/poster2.html]. Thus, the upper mantle can only flow very slowly. - Volcano (27295 bytes)
47: ...nct volcanoes are those that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again. Whether a volcano is truly e...
84: ...ic forms of volcanism not present on Earth. Other Venusian phenomena, such as changes in the planet's atm...
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... - Mountain (4538 bytes)
27: *[[List of mountains on Venus]] - Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
18: ...h have overlapping responsibilities and domains. Unless otherwise noted, it can safely be assumed thes...
25: ...s the goddess of [[dawn]] and [[twilight]], and [[Venus]]. She protected [[virgin]] girls.
27: ...e first coca plant, the leaves of which men were only allowed to chew (to bring health and happiness) ...
58: ...'' ("higher world") was the Heavenly underworld. Only [[righteous]] people could enter it (much like [... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
311: ...ormer]]: [[William Stanley (physicist)|William Stanley]]
321: ... [[1888]]: [[Pneumatic tube tire]]: [[John Boyd Dunlop]]
394: * [[1914]]: [[Tank]], military: [[Ernest Dunlop Swinton]] - Solar system (21174 bytes)
10: **[[Venus (planet)|Venus]] (♀)
23: ...rtificial [[satellite]]s orbiting the planets, mainly Earth, as well as probes heading into [[deep spa...
39: ...ing mass, then Uranus and Neptune, then Earth and Venus (see also below).
45: ...the only planetary system known, and so theories only had to explain one system to be plausible. The ...
61: ... reached, with probes landing on [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] in 1965, [[Mars]] in 1976, the asteroid [[433 E... - Planet (8450 bytes)
14: # [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] (♀)
28: ...ely composed of [[Rock (geology)|rock]]: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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