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- Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...rn canon]]. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce ...
5: ...n elder sister, Cassandra, to whom she was very close. The only undisputed portrait of Jane Austen is ...
7: ...[Gothic novel]]s of [[Ann Radcliffe]], Austen is most famous for her later works, which took the form ...
10: ...d characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with''.
12: ...e story, without a word of formal moralising. Almost every scene in her novels features women, purpor... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...Washington is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many o...
24: ...February 11]], [[1731]]<!-- Please do not remove: 1731 is correct - Old Style New Year's Day was Mar 25 ...
26: ...enandoah Valley]] in Virginia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]...
31: ...ting party, killing ten, including its leader, [[Joseph Coulon de Jumonville|Ensign Jumonville]]. Wash...
37: ... colonies' wealthiest men. In that year, he was chosen as a [[delegate]] from Virginia to the First [[... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ...ve their northwestern territories (consisting of most of modern-day [[Ohio]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tenne...
23: ...ith a [[bicameral legislature]]. When the issue arose of how states would be represented in the new Co...
27: ... essays that comprise the Federalist Papers. His most famous passage comes in Federalist No. 51:
31: ...s home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully proposed the first ten [[amendment]]s to the Constitutio...
40: ... party, who were considered traitors when they opposed the war. - Vermont (39851 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = VT |
38: ...t was claimed by [[France]] but became a British possession after France's defeat in the [[French and ...
46: ...lain Valley]]. In the south of the valley is [[Bomoseen Lake]].
50: ...on, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: In the autumn, Vermont's hills experience an explosion of red, orange and gold foliage caused by the ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
135: * [[1731]]: [[Sextant]]: [[John Hadley]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
79: *[[Marcello Bacciarelli]] ([[1731]]-[[1818]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-) - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist - Benjamin Banneker (3034 bytes)
1: ...Banna Ka''', or '''Bannakay''' ([[November 9]], [[1731]] – [[October 9]], [[1806]]) was an [[Afric...
3: Benjamin Banneker's mother was Mary Banneky, whose mother, Molly Welsh, was accused of stealing mil...
5: ...ated]] the family [[farm]], where Banneker lived most of his life. Banneker was taught to read and do ...
9: ...me a watch and clock builder. One customer was [[Joseph Ellicott]], a [[surveying|surveyor]], who need...
13: ...91]], he was hired to assist brothers Andrew and Joseph Ellicott to work with [[France|French]] archit... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
53: *[[Agostino Carlini]] (1718 - 1790)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
60: *[[Cosimo Cenni]]
66: *[[Rossella Cosentino]]
72: *[[Cameron Cross]] (1963- ) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
4: ...]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [[bifocals]].
9: Franklin's father, Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northampton...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at Ecton; and over th...
13: ...), and Joseph ([[June 30]], [[1689]]) (the first Joseph having died soon after birth). - 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]] - )
176: *[[John Craig]] (Scotland, [[1663]] - [[1731]]) - 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...
64: *[[Benjamin Banneker]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1731]] – [[1806]]) - 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) - Martha Washington (3111 bytes)
3: ..., but fulfilled her duties as the official state hostess nonetheless.
10: ...was the first woman to be commemorated by a U.S. postal stamp. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
11: * [[1731]]: [[Sextant]]: [[John Hadley]]
18: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - Cricket (27178 bytes)
2: ...adesh]] and [[Sri Lanka]], cricket is by far the most popular sport. Cricket is also a major sport in...
4: ...inology]] are notable aspects which can confuse those not familiar with the sport. For its fans, the s...
10: ...e ''[[run (cricket)|runs]]'' (points) than the opposing team.
15: ...runs scored by the batting team and to get the opposition players ''[[Dismissal (cricket)|out]]'', an ...
17: ...o an end. A team's innings may also be declared closed by the batting team's captain. - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
27: | [[Postal code]]: || 190000-199406
38: ...t city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.
40: St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with over one million people. ...
50: ...s the "[[white night]]s." The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the nine ...
56: ...[[Summer Garden]] (1710–1714). Much more imposing are the [[baroque]] [[residence]]s of his asso... - Temperature (22519 bytes)
8: ...nds to a loss of heat from the system. On the microscopic scale this heat corresponds to the random mo...
13: Temperature plays an important role in almost all fields of science, including physics, chemis...
21: ...aterial that varies with temperature. One of the most common devices for measuring temperature is the ...
34: ...aw of black body radiation]]. For example, the [[cosmic microwave background]] temperature has been me...
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