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- History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
2: ...ion of particular countries see [[History of rail transport by country]].
6: ...y remained the only practical overland mechanized transport for well over 100 years.
9: ... [[1700s]], the wooden tracks and wheels were beginning to be replaced by iron. In the mid century sys...
14: ...His locomotive had no name, and was used at the Pennydarren ironworks in [[Wales]]. It was not financi...
16: ...ing the time required for personal travel and for transport of goods. Evans specified that there should be se... - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
1: {{transport}}
3: ... ([[Rail gauge|gauge]]) apart. Usually vehicles running on the rails are arranged in a [[train]] (a se...
8: ...is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy.
9: ...y greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly efficient use of space: ...
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
19: ...], Rio de Janeiro became much more useful port to transport out the wealth than farther [[Salvador da Bahia|S...
58: ...an the crowded city center (Centro). The urban planning of the area, made in the late 1960s, resembles...
90: ... World|Seven Wonders of the Natural World]] by [[CNN]]. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...ld be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regio...
5: ...l]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first ...
7: ...ates]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is c...
21: ...rothers, [[Bartolomeo Columbus|Bartolomeo]], Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo, and a sister, Bianchine...
67: ...friendly. He wrote with such awe of the friendly innocence and beauty of these [[Native Americans|Indi... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
26: ==Innovations==
27: ... technologies were introduced. Another important innovation was the organization of human labor in fac...
29: ===Transmission of innovation===
30: Knowledge of new innovation was spread by several means. Workers who w...
32: ... European countries and America engaged in this manner of study-touring; some nations, like Sweden and... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ... Victoria, from birth she was formally [[Style (manner of address)|styled]] ''Her Royal Highness Princ...
33: ...ria appears on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]]
43: ...h sentence was commuted to [[penal transportation|transportation for life]]. Prince Albert felt that the atte...
46: ...was removed from office; he had on that occasion announced the British government's approval for Presi...
48: ...ge, Pate struck her with his cane, crushing her bonnet and bruising her. Pate was later tried; he fail... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
29: ...p in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom general election, 1979|19...
47: ...sman in [[1967]], and was then promoted to shadow Transport and finally Education before the 1970 [[general e...
68: ...s Haughey]] to discuss [[Northern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The futur...
69: ...p for the IRA and is seen as the beginning of [[Sinn Fé©®]]'s electoral rise, as they capitalised on t...
73: ...cs]] of [[Art Laffer|Arthur Laffer]] and [[Jude Wanniski]], which the government of [[Ronald Reagan]] ... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
16: ...th C. Stanton (AP-69)]], a [[World War II]] troop transport, was named for her.
26: * [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stanton/years/years.html ''Eighty Years... - Nancy Harkness Love (1763 bytes)
5: ...]] and [[1938]] she was a [[test pilot]] for [[Gwinn Air Car Company]], testing various aircraft modif...
7: ...nied him to Washington and was hired by the [[Air Transport Command]]'s ferrying division. She then convince... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
16: ...ne ran out of fuel and crashed in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].
20: ...[World War II]], she worked as a ferry pilot with Transport Auxiliary and, on January 5, 1941, whilst flying ... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
8: ...ts. Years later, her husband used his Hollywood connections to get [[Marilyn Monroe]] to endorse her l...
12: ... taking them to England where they joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Following America's entry into the War... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
22: * a majority of species are [[perennial]] [[epiphyte]]s; they are found in [[tropical ...
36: ...on the other hand, have tall, thin leaves. They cannot stand a drop in atmospheric humidity or exposur...
38: ...hose with plicate leaves, shed their aged leaves annually, through an articulation between the [[lamin...
51: All orchids are [[perennial]] herbs.
71: ... in the outer whorl, and three [[petal]]s in the inner whorl. The medial petal is usually modified and... - Apple (20408 bytes)
27: ...mportant food in [[Asia]] and [[Europe]] for millennia, as well as in the [[United States]] since the ...
34: ...lity to disease, or poor tolerance for storage or transport. Few old cultivars are still produced on a large ...
39: ... the beverage a rich flavor that dessert apples cannot.
55: *'[[Granny Smith]]': Australia (1868), [[California]])
56: *'[[Haralson (apple)]]': [[Minnesota]] (1923) - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
23: ...hi]] and [[Alwar]] in [[India]], is the longest-running steam locomotive in regular service in the wor...
29: ...which form part of the public transport system, running to all-year-round timetables retain steam for ...
52: ...uid flywheel" which acts as a "second gear" for running at higher speeds.
54: The inner rotating part of a torque converter is called a...
56: ... to the diesel engine, and the turbine wheel is connected to an [[axle]], which drives the wheels. - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
10: #Transport of [[hormone]]s.
18: ... systems of all [[vertebrate]]s, as well as of [[annelid]]s (for example, [[earthworm]]s) and [[cephal...
25: ...nutrients, water and oxygen without the need of a transport system.
32: ...ulatory system]] which consists of separate but connecting circulations: the [[pulmonary circulation]]...
61: ... they were filled with air and that they were for transport of air. - Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
63: ...food, in the form of a [[bolus]], is pushed. It connects the throat above with the stomach below. At t...
75: ...ce, although food and other tissues of the body cannot.
81: ===Absorption and transport of nutrients===
137: ...ing used in [[racquet|racquets]], such as for [[tennis]]. Today, synthetic strings are much more com... - Artery (6875 bytes)
3: ...he ''adventitia''. This layer is composed of [[connective tissue]].
11: ...uscle which has extensive elastic and inelastic connective tissue and also exhibits muscular contracti...
21: ... together to form larger vessels, each helping to transport wastes, [[oxygen]]-poor red blood cells and surro... - Pulmonary alveolus (8193 bytes)
10: The alveoli have an innate tendency to collapse because of their spherica...
16: ...ant molecules exchanged, other gases will also be transported between the alveoli and blood in relation to th...
18: ...ce of the alveolar walls to gas diffusion. Thus, transport of carbon monoxide is 'diffusion limited'. Gases...
54: ..., a [[transmembrane]] protein responsible for the transport of chloride ions. This causes huge amounts of muc...
60: ... this happens to such a degree that the patient cannot draw enough oxygen from his environment, then h... - Kidney (12846 bytes)
18: ... [[renal capsule]], which is a layer of [[loose connective tissue]].
20: ... cotransport and [[countercurrent exchange|countertransport]] mechanisms. The final solution is then excreted...
24: ...enal corpuscle contains a compact bunch of interconnected capillaries called the "[[glomerulus (kidney...
39: ...have numerous [[mitochondria]], enabling [[active transport]] to take place by the energy supplied by [[adeno...
42: *the [[connecting tubule]] - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
19: ... accessible genetic material and become a compact transport form. Eventually, the two matching [[chromatid]]s... - Cycling (1157 bytes)
1: ...s a [[recreation]], a [[sport]], and a means of [[transport]] across land. It involves riding [[bicycle]]s, [...
5: * [[Bicycle transportation engineering]]
31: * [[Spinning (cycling)|Spin-class]] - Textile (4228 bytes)
5: Many textiles have been in use for millennia, while others use artificial [[fiber]]s and are...
28: *[[Nettle]]: processed in a similar manner to flax.
74: ... [[kite]]s, [[sail]]s, [[parachute]]s and other [[transport]] use. Early [[airplane]]s used cloth as part of ...
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