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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: ...Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
6: ...nk Abagnale|Abagnale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot
62: ...Abeille|Abeille, Louis]], (1765-1832), German composer - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = RI |
37: ...|Portsmouth]] are located. Despite the fact that most of the state is part of the [[mainland]], the sh...
42: ...ed at the tip of [[Narragansett Bay]] near the [[Moshassuck River]]. He called the site Providence an...
52: ...vote. Before the [[Industrial Revolution]], when most people were employed as farmers, this was consid...
56: [[King Philip's War]] occurred during 1675-1676. King Philip ([[Metacomet]]) was the chief ... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...a namesake [[Saint Peter]], one of the twelve [[apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]...
4: ...er, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter's. The...
10: .... [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the old church. This ...
12: The basilica in itself is an artwork composed of many valuable artistic elements. Constructio...
14: ...cus of Nero and the old and new Basilicas superimposed, showing the tomb of Peter] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - 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... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...Hume]] and [[George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
6: ...rriculum of the time. He found reading modern philosophers, such as [[Rene Descartes]], more interesti...
8: ... his time at Oxford, working with such noted virtuosi as [[Robert Boyle]], [[Thomas Willis]], [[Robert...
10: ...ydenham had a major impact on Locke's natural philosophical thinking - an impact that resonated deeply...
12: ...f) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life. - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
111: ...f" colspan="2" | [[celestial body's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] characteristics
113: ! align="left" | [[Atmospheric pressure]]
134: | [[Phosphine]]
140: ...only an average value, however; Saturn's upper atmosphere is less dense and its core is considerably m...
142: ...plain Saturn's heat production. An additional proposed mechanism by which Saturn may generate some of ... - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...n, we find that like-charged objects repel and opposite-charged objects attract one another. The magn...
8: ...for, though. There are other descriptions of supposedly electrical devices on [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptia...
10: ...ypes of electricity that would later be called ''positive'' and ''negative''. The [[Leyden jar]], a t...
12: ... (less frequently) who created the convention of positive and negative electricity.
16: ...rie Amp貥]], and [[Georg Ohm|Georg Simon Ohm]] whose work provided the basis for modern electrical te... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ... [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviath...
6: ... also wrote numerous other books on political philosophy and other matters, providing an account of hu...
14: ...ring the tour in contrast to the [[scholastic philosophy]] which he had learned in Oxford. His scholar...
16: ...enne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...l back into "brutishness and misery". Thus he proposed to unite the separate phenomena of Body, Man an... - 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) - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
6: [[Guru Nanak]] was opposed to the caste system. His followers referred to ...
10: Guru Nanak's doctrinal position is clear, despite the appearance that it is ...
12: ...ch tended to erect "a wall of falsehood" around those who live totally in the mundane world of materia...
24: ...to have Langar. Guru Amar Das also trained 140 apostles of which 52 were women to manage the rapid ex...
28: ...became Guru in [[1665]] and led the Sikhs until [[1675]], when he sacrificed his life to save the [[Kash... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ... ''timpani stick'' or ''timpani mallet''. Unlike most drums, they produce a [[definite pitch]] when st...
18: ...be adjusted by loosening or tightening the rods. Most timpani have six to eight tension rods.
34: By far the most common type of timpani used today are ''pedal ti...
38: ... the timpani head so that the pedal will stay in position and the head will stay at pitch. The balance...
39: ...ayer disengages the clutch, he frees it from the post allowing the pedal to move without restraint. - Massachusetts (31663 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] |
12: PostalAbbreviation = MA |
38: The [[United States Postal Service]] abbreviation for Massachusetts is ''...
44: ... [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]], just south of Boston). Until 1691 when they merged, Massachusetts ... - Fin Whales (8533 bytes)
20: ...s. It was first described by Frederick Martens in 1675 and then again by Paul Dudley in 1725. These desc...
22: The Fin Whale is a close relative of the [[Blue Whale]] taxonomically spe...
27: ...eriod is eleven months to one year. Calves stay close to their mother for about six months.
29: ...eir gigantic size. From this fact only, the only possibilities for confusion when making an identifica...
33: ...ive times on each visit to the surface, staying close to the surface for about one and a half minutes ... - Comedy of manners (2474 bytes)
1: ...by [[stock characters]], such as the [[miles gloriosus]] in ancient times, the fop and the rake during...
3: ...known comedies of manners, however, may well be those of the [[France|French]] playwright [[Moli�re]...
5: ...[William Wycherley]] (''[[The Country Wife]]'', [[1675]]) and [[William Congreve (playwright)|William Co...
7: ...ue was carried on by the Anglo-Irish playwright [[Oscar Wilde]] in ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' ([[18...
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