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- Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...her own right, did not wield actual power during most of her reign. She did, however, govern the realm...
13: ...k converted to Roman Catholicism in [[1668]] or [[1669]], but Mary and Anne had a [[Protestantism | Pro...
15: ...e William II of Nassau]]. At first, Charles II opposed the alliance with a Dutch ruler — he pref...
20: ...oman Catholic. Some charged that the boy was "suppositions," having been secretly brought in as a subs...
22: ...liam was reluctant; he was jealous of his wife's position as the heiress to the English Crown, and fea... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...c painting is considered by many to be among the most important of the [[art]] forms.
8: ...chre]] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples ...
34: ...rking characteristics of the paint, such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[solubility]], drying tim...
72: *[[Postmodern art|Postmodernism]]
88: A proposed and yet-unrealised development in painting is [... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - Human (48024 bytes)
24: ...[reason]]ing, [[speech]], [[language]], and [[introspection]]. A concept current within the [[scientif...
27: ...essential focus. [[Philosophy]], especially [[philosophy of mind]], attempts to fathom the depths of e...
30: ...reate complex [[sociology|social structures]] composed of many [[co-operation|cooperating]] and [[comp...
37: ...omponent. Materialism holds to [[naturalism (Philosophy)|naturalism]] and rejects [[supernaturalism]]...
39: ...religion|Vedic]] and other forms of [[Eastern philosophy]] have related beliefs. - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...sopher]], and [[alchemist]] who wrote the ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'' (publis...
4: ...also notable for his arguments that light was composed of [[particle]]s (see [[wave-particle duality]]...
6: ...describing the rate of cooling of objects when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entiret...
19: ...versity]] at the age of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss St...
23: ...obtained his degree in [[1665]], the University closed down as a precaution against the [[Great Plague... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...upreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of...
27: | <small>''post''[[42]]/''ante''[[57]] to [[64]]/[[67]](?)</smal...
315: | '''[[Pope Zosimus]]'''<br><small>Saint Zosimus</small>
316: | Papa '''Zosimus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
405: | <small>[[Frosinone]], Southern Latium, Italy</small> - Henry Morgan (5671 bytes)
4: ...d by the Spanish shortly afterwards, Morgan was chosen by the buccaneers as their admiral.
6: ...glish a free hand to attack the Spanish whenever possible. In [[London]] the Admiralty publicly claime...
8: ...ed to ravage the coast of Cuba. In [[January]], [[1669]] the largest of his ships was blown up accidenta...
10: ...5]], [[1670]], and on the [[December 27]] gained possession of the castle of Chagres, killing 300 of t...
12: ...ing to Jamaica the following year to take up the post of Lieutenant Governor. He remained in Jamaica u... - Astronomer (4344 bytes)
1: ...r''' or '''astrophysicist''' is a [[scientist]] whose area of [[research]] is [[astronomy]] or [[astro...
8: Unlike most scientists, astronomers cannot directly interact...
18: |Determined the positions of about 1,000 bright stars, tried to expla...
27: ...med many [[star]]s. His planetary system was the most advanced of his period and was used extensively ...
36: |Published ''Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica'' ([[1687]]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Phosphorus (11557 bytes)
1: ...Elementbox_header | number=15 | symbol=P | name=phosphorus | left=[[silicon]] | right=[[sulfur]] | abo...
34: {{Elementbox_isotopes_begin | isotopesof=phosphorus | color1=#a0ffa0 | color2=black }}
41: ...t is also widely used in [[explosive material|explosive]]s, friction [[match]]es, [[firework]]s, [[pes...
44: ...horus ignites spontaneously in air and burns to phosphorus pentoxide.
47: ...te phosphorus burns on contact with air and on exposure to heat or light. - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
3: ... elements have been known since time immemorial. Most have been discovered in historic times.
28: *[[1669]] - [[Phosphorus]] discovered by [[Hening Brand]]
35: *[[1755]] - [[Magnesium]] discovered by [[Joseph Black]].
39: **[[Oxygen]] discovered by [[Joseph Priestley]]. From the [[Greek language|Greek]...
44: *[[1782]] - [[Tellurium]] discovered by [[Franz-Joseph M?von Reichenstein]]. From [[Latin]] word ''Te... - History of the periodic table (7005 bytes)
4: [[Aristotle]], a philosopher, theorised that everything is made up of a m...
8: ...ined a glowing white substance which he named [[phosphorus]]. He kept his discovery secret, until 1680...
15: After compiling these, D?einer proposed that nature was made of triads of elements. He ...
16: ...ner went on to discover the [[halogen]] triad composed of [[chlorine]], [[bromine]], and [[iodine]] an...
18: ...amily, forming two tetrads; and [[nitrogen]], [[phosphorus]], [[arsenic]], [[antimony]], and [[bismuth... - Lava flow (9578 bytes)
9: ...00�C (1300�F to 2200�F). However, the [[viscosity]] of lava is 100,000 times that of water. Neve...
19: ...is characterized by a rough or rubbly surface composed of broken lava blocks called [[clinker]].
21: ... flows. ‘A‘a is usually of higher viscosity than pāhoehoe (usually spelled just pahoe...
32: ||[[Image:Pahoehoe toe.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Closeup of advancing molten "toe" of Pahoehoe]]
33: ...umb|none|150px|Toes of a pāhoehoe advance across a road in [[Kalapana, Hawaii|Kalapana]] on the e... - Lava (9992 bytes)
9: ...00C to 1200C (1300F to 2200F). However, the [[viscosity]] of lava is 100,000 times that of water. Neve...
19: ...is characterized by a rough or rubbly surface composed of broken lava blocks called [[clinker]].
21: ... flows. ‘A‘a is usually of higher viscosity than pāhoehoe (usually spelled just pahoe...
32: ||[[Image:Pahoehoe toe.jpg|thumb|none|250px|Closeup of advancing molten "toe" of Pahoehoe]]
33: ...umb|none|150px|Toes of a pāhoehoe advance across a road in [[Kalapana, Hawaii|Kalapana]] on the e... - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (32608 bytes)
3: ... estimates showed that Philadelphia's population loss and Phoenix's population growth had both slowed,...
5: ...t that time, it eclipsed [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] and [[New York City]] in political and socia...
32: ... was located where Philadelphia now stands. In [[1669]], Swedish colonists became the first Europeans t...
34: ...religious tolerance, would be a model of this philosophy. During early immigration by Quakers and oth...
41: ...essmen agreed to support Hamilton's financial proposals. Philadelphia served as the temporary capital... - New Sweden (3805 bytes)
12: ...uilt on the present site of [[Philadelphia]] in [[1669]].
14: ...United States was not to emerge until 1870-1910, most notably to [[Minnesota]], with a total of over a...
25: *[[Possessions of Sweden]] - Binocular vision (10230 bytes)
3: ...[[parallax]] provided by the two eye's different positions on the head give precise [[depth perception...
9: ...opposite sides of their heads to give the widest possible field of view. In such animals, the eyes oft...
11: ... eyes move in opposite directions, to an object closer than where the eyes are pointing or farther tha...
13: ...sis. A remarkable example is the [[chameleon]], whose eyes appear to be mounted on [[turret]]s, each m...
23: ...f the first eye is small; when the other eye is closed, the pupil of the first eye is large. - December 9 (7837 bytes)
25: ...oronation Street]]'' first airs on televisions across the [[United Kingdom]].
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66: *[[1927]] - [[Pierre Henry]], composer
71: *[[1933]] - [[Morton Downey Jr.]], talk show host (d. [[2001]])
86: *[[1957]] - [[Donny Osmond]], entertainer
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