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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
7: ...al [[compiler]] work was done. The compiler was known as the A compiler and its first version was [[A...
14: ...in the 1980s by the National Bureau of Standards, now [[NIST]].
18: ...her remarks. She always wore her Navy full dress uniform to these lectures.
20: She was laid to rest with full military honors in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].
22: ...rial park in front of her former residence and is now owned by Arlington County, Virginia. - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
8: ...he [[Medaille de l'Hygiene Publique]] (Medal of honor for Public Health).
13: ...etery]]. [[Columbia University]] awarded her an honorary master of arts. - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...sically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-based music has frequently been compared to that ...
7: ...y the time she reached high school, she was well known in the DC area. During her years at [[Richard M...
10: ...commercial (for which role she beat out a then-unknown [[Sarah Jessica Parker]]). After playing a bar ...
13: ...e rejected on the grounds that the "girl and a piano thing" wasn't going to sell. Extensively re-worke...
16: ...ich featured the vocal contribution of [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]]. The [[Australia]]n ed... - Mary Magdalene (15420 bytes)
2: '''Mary Magdalene''' is described, both in the canonical [[New Testament]] and in the [[New Testament...
6: ...esus said to her, 'Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren...
8: ...ical New Testament regarding Mary of Magdala, who now returned to Jerusalem.
12: ...sen Savior (a designation that dates the original no earlier than the [[Second century | 2nd century]]...
14: ...her discourse with him, which shows [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] influences. - Krystyna Skarbek (11133 bytes)
3: ...s Executive|SOE]] [[agent]] also known by the ''[[nom de guerre]]'', '''Christine Granville'''. She b...
7: ...an Karol Getlich soon ended without rancor. On [[November 2]], [[1938]], at age twenty-three, she mar...
9: ...er]], [[Jan Marusarz]], to escort her across the snow-covered [[Tatra Mountains]] into Poland. Arrivi...
11: ... (It did not hurt her cause that the Gestapo had not been anxious to get on the wrong side of Krystyn...
15: ...ich her accusers might have understood, had they known her better — with which she had managed i... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming that the pro...
3: ...led a [[natural philosophy|natural philosopher]]. Not only were there major theoretical and experiment...
9: ...ere with "other narratives" or alternate ways of knowing, or the like.
15: ...omy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contributions to science.)
20: *Uniform acceleration of falling bodies (Galileo) - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
10: ...go was a significant advancement, leading to more uniform and sophisticated designs.
12: ...ultures. For instance, ancient Greek pottery is renowned for its red and black figure techniques, whil...
30: ... social status. For example, Japanese raku ware, known for its simplistic beauty, is deeply intertwine...
32: ==Modern Ceramics and Innovations==
36: Technological advancements have also influenced ceramic ... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
2: ...e]]". Fine earthenware with a white tin glaze is known as [[faience]].
4: ...ars old but also takes advantage of more modern innovations in the fields of chemistry and electronics...
6: A person who makes pottery is generally known as a potter. The potter's most basic tool is th...
8: ...n pottery are essential for dating the remains of non-literate cultures and help in the dating of some...
14: ...hed by handwork techniques. Slipcast pieces tend not to be, as that negates one of the prime advantag... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the sugar was originally, which ...
20: ...elength of lower than 400 [[nanometre|nm]], also known as [[ultraviolet]] light or UV, to pass. This i...
22: ...2</sub> glass (also called [[fused quartz]]) does not absorb UV light and is used for applications tha...
32: ...because the increased [[refractive index]] causes noticeably more 'sparkles', while [[boron]] may be a...
37: ... compounds. The chemistry involved is complex and not well understood. New colored glasses are frequen... - Personal life (2762 bytes)
2: ... as their [[employment]] career), and is a common notion in modern existence. There are service indust...
4: In the past, before [[abundance]] and [[technology]], a person's life consisted almost entirely ...
6: ...reation are distinct; one is either on the job or not, and the transition is abrupt. Employees have c...
10: ...[[childbirth|birth]] to [[death]] is not always a uniform "daily life". Many people separate their overall ... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...t'' meaning ''little'' to the Italian word ''clarino'' meaning ''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets...
11: ... registers: the chalumeau (low), clarion or clarino (middle), and altissimo (high). Of all the wind i...
15: ...ich is an octave above high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve part...
17: <nowiki>*</nowiki>Kennan, Kent and Grantham, Donald, 1990. ''Th...
22: ... the flute designer [[Theobald Boehm]], but it is not the same as the [[Boehm System]] used on flutes.... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ...iristas move in the ''roda''. The instrument is known for being the subject matter of a popular song ...
26: ...o sound, not to size. The berimbau's quality does not depend on the length of the verga or the size of...
32: *Even beginners will have no difficulty in playing the buzz sound, as one hold...
36: ...rval from C to D). One can press the dobr㯠away enough from the gourd for this only if the bow is abo...
40: ...d opening is. Whether this effect is desirable or not is a matter of controversy. Pressing the dobr㯠... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
8: | preceded=None
14: ...ace of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
16: | party=None
19: ...r of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United States|American]] g...
24: ... on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...e the accretion time of the Earth is not exactly known yet and the predictions from different accretio...
3: == Prescientific notions ==
4: ...lculated from the Bible (augmented by some [[astronomy]] and [[numerology]]) that creation began on [[...
9: ...re scientific basis. The naturalist [[Mikhail Lomonosov]], regarded as the founder of [[Russia]]n scie...
11: Lomonosov's ideas were mostly speculative, but in [[1779... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
1: ...s, the outer [[lithosphere]] and the inner [[asthenosphere]].
3: ...ch]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Ring of Fire...
5: ...e early 20th century, and [[seafloor spreading]], noticed in the 1960s. The theory itself was develope...
8: ... asthenosphere. The relative fluidity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motio...
10: ...ench]]es. The majority of the world's active volcanoes occur along plate boundaries, with the Pacific ... - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
33: ...trusive igneous rocks''' are the result of [[volcano|volcanic eruptions]] and, therefore, solidify in ...
35: ...ough the fractures to the surface, forming a volcano.
37: ...en rock (called [[lava]]) will flow from the volcano and spread out. Because lava cools and crystalliz...
41: ...ck) and may fall nearby, forming part of the volcano itself, or may be spread over great distances by ...
43: ...rocks. All other minerals present are regarded as nonessential (called ''accessory minerals''). - United States (58223 bytes)
2: ...ch of the 50 states has a high level of local autonomy under the [[federation|federal]] system.
12: ...cial_languages = [[Languages in the United States|None at federal level]];<br> [[English language|Engl...
46: footnotes=|
52: ...[political]], [[military]], [[scientific]], [[technological]] and [[cultural]] matters.
60: ...states in rebellion, though full emancipation did not take place until after the end of the war in [[1... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...at the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have arguments...
3: {{editnote | Notice: This overview article is already too long an...
6: ...d north into the [[Arctic Ocean]] as far as the [[North Pole]].
8: ... through the [[British North America Acts|British North America Act of 1867]] and styled the "[[Canada...
15: ...arliament of Canada|Parliament]]. Both the [[Governor General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogati... - Flag of Delaware (1314 bytes)
2: ... The colors of the flag reflect the colors of the uniform of General [[George Washington]].
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