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- Wind instrument (2214 bytes)
1: ... a member of a family of [[musical instrument]]s. Wind instruments consist of a tube containing a column...
11: Wind instruments fall into one of the following catego...
14: * [[Woodwind instrument]]s
16: ...instruments were originally made of brass and woodwind instruments have traditionally been made of wood,...
17: ...ypically made of brass but is classified as a woodwind instrument due to the fact that it has a reed, wh... - Wind chill (4476 bytes)
1: ... wind speed slower than that would result in the "wind chill factor" indeed being higher than the air te...
3: ...or "feel" this increased rate of heat transfer as wind chill.
5: ...at high altitude, at high speeds, or in very high winds. It is of great importance to the survival of h...
7: ... inanimate bodies behave differently, and because wind chill reports have a major impact on winter [[tou...
9: ...y, or even more specifically for the human face. Wind chill also affects animals, and wet, inanimate ob... - Wind power (27669 bytes)
1: ...with the intricacies of large-scale deployment of wind turbines to generate [[electric power|electricity...
3: ...S_wind_power_map.gif|thumb|300px|Map of available wind power over the United States. This type of undeta...
5: == Wind energy ==
7: ''Main article: [[Wind]]''
9: ...er 160 km/h (100 mph) are common. Eventually, the wind energy is converted through friction into diffuse... - Wind (17871 bytes)
2: ...urfaces and lasting tens of minutes to [[global]] winds resulting from [[solar heating]] of the [[Earth]...
4: ...rometric]] [[pressure]] between two air masses, a wind will arise between the two which tends to flow fr...
6: ...est scale are the winds which blow on a scale of only tens to hundreds of metres and are essentially u...
8: Winds can also shape landforms, via a variety of [[eol...
10: ==Winds by spatial scale==
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- Plateau (3062 bytes)
2: ...tonic]] activity and then [[erosion|eroded]] by [[wind]] or [[water]]. Flat-topped, sheer-sided plateaus... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
13: ...[[Fremont, Nebraska]]. [[Fremont Peak]] in the [[Wind River Mountains]] is also named for the explorer. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...t without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not ...
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
35: ...ariner received all of Perestello's charts of the winds and currents of the [[Portuguese possessions]] o...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y [[coal]]) and powered [[machine|machinery]] (mainly in [[textile]] [[manufacturing]]). The developme...
34: ...f Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]] or, more commonly, [[Society of Arts]] published an illustrated vo...
65: ...g needed, and thus goods in these materials made only a small proportion of the output.
83: ... the scientific reasons for the improvement were only discovered later. His family followed in his foo...
92: ...but for all of it many industries still relied on wind and water power as well as horse and man-power fo... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
16: ...ed either by a blowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] whi...
20: ...lown. Sometimes the term is also somewhat mistakenly used to describe the general sound produced by a...
33: ...l known are the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s (commonly abbreviated GHBs), which were developed in [[Sco...
50: ...t lacks drones, and allows a student to practice "winding" the pipe with the proper mix of breath and ba... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...Princess of Wales''' (Diana Frances [[Mountbatten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]–[[3...
22: ...tess Spencer|Raine, Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartl...
36: ...ince Harry of Wales|Prince Henry of Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]...
38: ... suicide attempts did take place, there was certainly a significant risk she would [[miscarriage|misca...
85: ...o needle as it was [[digital]]. The car was certainly travelling much faster than the legal [[speed li... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
26: ... of the Soul'' poem by Marina Tsvetaeva for large wind orchestra and mezzo-soprano/contralto (1974), for...
65: *''Galgenlider ࠳'' fifteen pieces for mezzo-soprano, percu...
66: *''Galgenlider ࠵'' fourteen pieces for mezzo-soprano, flut... - Tallulah Bankhead (6331 bytes)
16: ...ht otherwise. Her screen test for [[Gone with the Wind]] put her out of the running for good -- Selznick...
28: She was married only once, to actor [[John Emery]] from 1937-1941.
42: ... live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
9: ...ard]] she claimed to have named the "Oscar", but only served from October to December [[1941]], when s...
11: ...ward|Oscar]] nomination. The film, which was the only time that Davis and Crawford ever worked togethe...
17: Davis's only natural-born daughter was by her third husband, ... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
19: ... [[Great Neck, New York]]. The producer had suddenly fired the play's original leading lady and asked...
42: ... role of [[Scarlett O'Hara]] in ''[[Gone With the Wind]]''. It was around this time that a publication b...
50: ... working-class machismo. Tracy seemed to be the only one Hepburn would allow to tame her. When [[Jos...
70: ...Mrs. Venable in [[Tennessee Williams]]'s ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' (1959) and as Mary Tyrone in the...
149: * ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' ([[1959]])—[[Academy Award... - Vivien Leigh (4286 bytes)
7: ... in ''[[Gone With the Wind#The Film|Gone With the Wind]]'' ([[1939 in film|1939]]), for which she won an...
28: *''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' ([[1939]]) - Marilyn Monroe (30186 bytes)
6: ...y candidate for a while seemed to be [[Charles Stanley Gifford]], a [[salesman]] for the studio where ...
16: ...e that Marilyn Monroe has. Her [[face]] was certainly her fortune and to this very day - over 40 years...
44: By [[1958]], Monroe was supporting them. Not only did she pay alimony to Miller's first wife, he r...
59: ...roses delivered three times a week to her crypt. Unlike the other men who knew her intimately (or had ...
67: ...death signalled the end of a human being, it was only the beginning of an [[icon]]. Despite (or becaus... - Anemone (3447 bytes)
17: ... hairy styles which aid their distribution by the wind. - Apple (20408 bytes)
25: ...g in climates unsuitable for ''M. domestica'', mainly for increased cold tolerance.
91: ...cks are generally more susceptible to damage from wind and cold. Full dwarf trees are often supported of...
100: ... levels. They do require some protection from the wind and should not be planted in low areas that are p...
107: ...arry the pollen. [[Honeybee]] hives are most commonly used, and arrangements may be made with a commer... - Maple (3638 bytes)
14: ...arry the [[seed]]s a considerable distance on the wind. The name 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (... - Rose (15436 bytes)
25: ...xception of ''[[Rosa sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species y...
29: ...vily browsed by [[deer]]. A few species of roses only have vestigial thorns that have no points.
67: The [[rose hip|hips]] are sometimes eaten, mainly for their vitamin C content. They are usually pr...
114: Roses are commonly portrayed by [[artist]]s. The [[France|French]] ...
125: ...f production is in the [[Rose Valley]] near [[Kazanluk]] in [[Bulgaria]], with some production in [[Qa... - Diaphragm (anatomy) (1536 bytes)
2: ...uscles between the ribs also participate in this enlargement.) When the diaphragm relaxes, air is exh...
7: ...lt. This is called "being winded" or "having the wind knocked out of you". In some [[martial art]]s, p... - Ovary (3278 bytes)
7: ...us]] to [[testes]] in males. Most [[bird]]s have only one functioning ovary; [[snake]]s have two, one ...
21: ...ruit, while the ovule(s) become the seed(s). Some wind pollinated flowers have much reduced and modified... - Pollen (5420 bytes)
5: ... (see photomicrograph at right). Most, but certainly not all, are spherical. Pollen grains of pines, ...
9: ...ant is described as '''anemophilous''' (literally wind-loving). Anemophilous plants typically produce g...
15: ... Since this pollen does not become airborne, the only way to get goldenrod pollen on the nasal passage...
21: ... generally have very low real value to bees. Some windblown pollen is likely to be inadvertantly collect... - Music (16462 bytes)
9: *[[Wind instruments]]
16: ...ding [[structure]], texture and style. Other commonly included aspects include the spatial location or...
18: ...on the primary aspect of music because it is the only aspect common to both "sound" and "silence."
20: ...h music is made. By 'music-making,' I intend not only actual performance but also how music is heard, ...
43: ...sic is often preserved in memory and performance only, handed down [[oral history|orally]], or aurally...
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