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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - 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 - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...nion|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck...
29: ...hip]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]. Thatcher also dispa...
31: ...also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour market that would creat...
33: ...in and she was forced to resign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and cam...
38: ...[[British Xylonite]] and then [[J. Lyons and Co.|Joseph Lyons & Company]], where she helped develop me... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
5: She escaped to [[Canada]] in [[1827]]; after [[New York]] state abolished slavery, sh...
8: ...[[women's rights]] movement. Perhaps one of her most famous speeches was "[[Ain't I a Woman?]]," a sh... - 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... - Ellen G. White (5403 bytes)
3: ...th-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventism]]. Most of her life she lived and worked in the [[United...
5: ...male writer in the history of literature and the most translated American author of either gender. Her...
11: ...stian unity to be from Satan and one of the big apostasies of the last days.
19: ...lso describes moments of pure bliss while having positive religious experiences. Eventually, the assoc...
27: ... to the city (heaven). This vision was taken by those around her as an encouraging sign considering th... - Pansy (10101 bytes)
20: ...gger, bolder pansies. As a result of extensive cross-breeding in the [[1820s]] and [[1830s]], named v...
22: ...arge part to the availability of affordable, low cost [[steel]]) the bold flowers familiar to modern g...
34: ...d afterwards die like [[Annual plant|annual]]s. Most gardeners buy biennials as packs of young plants...
42: ...the middle of season. The foliage will flag and lose color. Flowers will fade and shrivel prematurel...
44: The plant is probably a total loss unless tufted. - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Haw2_242_rose.jpg|250px]] | caption = Magnolia [[flower]]}}
12: ...called [[gymnosperm]]s; here the ovule is not enclosed at pollination.
16: ... as dicotyledonous flowering plants, the term Angiosperm was used antithetically by botanical writers,...
18: ... the whole of the flowering plants other than Gymnosperms, and as including therefore the classes of D...
22: ... in the other subdivision of seed-plants, the Gymnosperms. - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...] lattice to form. A simple example is when [[Sucrose|table sugar]] is melted and cooled rapidly by du...
13: '''Common glass''' is mostly amorphous [[silicon dioxide]] ([[Silicon|Si]][...
20: One of the most obvious characteristics of ordinary glass is tha...
32: Most common glass has other ingredients added to chan...
42: ...ewelry items. As time passed, it was discovered (most likely by a potter) that if glass is heated unti... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... of non-[[England|Anglo descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|En...
35: ... politics of New York and powerfully influenced those of the nation, and which did more than any other...
39: ..., then gradually abandoned the [[protectionist]] position.
43: ...rnal improvements and declined to support the proposal for a Panama Congress. As chairman of the judic...
45: ...Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in the spring of [[1827]] won support for Jackson from Crawford. - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
25: ..., and followed his father as governor ([[1825]]-[[1827]]) after a stint in the House of Representatives....
27: ...er" and "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the pres...
41: *Alice Tyler ([[March 23]], [[1827]] - [[June 8]], [[1854]]).
54: ... or after him. His youngest child, Pearl, died almost exactly 100 years after the death of his eldest ...
58: ...tates Whig Party|Whig Party]] policies and work closely with Whig leaders, particularly [[Henry Clay]]... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...s so successful he turned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a...
20: ...ivil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...s and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men in New Hampshire, polite and thought...
31: ...ord, New Hampshire|Concord]], New Hampshire, in [[1827]].
40: ...in [[1806]] and died on [[1863]], was Pierce's opposite. She came from a aristocratic Whig family, and... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
7: ...|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
19: ...interpreted this as an omen that the city would prosper, particularly in grain. Other authors make the...
23: ...y one possible site, behind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Ni...
29: ... number-theorist [[Euclid]]. From this division arose much of the later turbulence which began to mani...
34: ...is example was followed by [[Marc Antony]], for whose favor the city paid dear to [[Octavian]], who pl... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...e [[science]] and study of the [[Earth]], its composition, structure, physical properties, history, an...
3: ... such as [[asbestos]], [[perlite]], [[mica]], [[phosphates]], [[zeolites]], [[clay]], [[pumice]], [[qu...
10: ...he [[mountain]]s and by [[Deposition (geology)|deposition]] of [[silt]].
12: ...ve for millennia. However, its interpretation of fossils was not overturned until after the [[Scientif...
18: ...dering [[rock strata]] (layers) by examining the fossils contained in them. - Peru (12264 bytes)
24: ... of Peru|Prime Minister]]''' || [[Carlos Ferrero Costa]]
36: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || "[[Somos libres, se᭯slo siempre]]" "We are free, may we ...
48: ...ar of the Pacific]]. After the war (and with the loss of the province of [[Tarapaca]]), political stab...
53: ... are subdivided into [[province]]s, which are composed of [[district]]s. There are 180 provinces and 1...
57: ...was divided into 24 [[department]]s (''departamentos''), and many people still use this term when refe... - Equatorial Guinea (13387 bytes)
1: ...o]] (formerly [[Santa Isabel]]), is located. Its post-independence name is suggestive of its being sit...
36: ... ([http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ek.html July 2004])
42: | '''[[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]]''' (PPP)
59: | ''[[Caminemos pisando la senda]]''
72: ...orces and minister of defense, and he maintains close supervision of the military activity. The Prime ... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = KS |
37: ...state|state]] in the [[United States]]. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''KS'''.
44: ...th]] was the first community in the area around [[1827]]. To travellers enroute to [[Utah]], [[Californi...
82: ...th America is located in [[Osborne County, Kansas|Osborne County]]. This spot is used as the central r...
89: ... in Kansas at 680 feet), and the [[Neosho River|Neosho]], the southern drainage system of the state. ... - 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]]
142: * [[1767]]: [[Carbonated water]]: [[Joseph Priestley]] - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...ntific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of ...
6: ... [[theory|theories]] on established [[fact]], philosophy also enquires about other areas of knowledge,...
11: ...d on the ways in which scientists work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "const...
13: ...nature of ''theory change'' in science. Three philosophers in particular who represent the primary pol...
15: ... lines of those in the scientific community and those in the social sciences or humanities (for exampl... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
155: *[[William Blake]] ([[1757]]-[[1827]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
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