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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... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...idate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georg...
4: ...marker for site where two of Frémont's men were lost in Colorado]]
5: ...d States. In [[1838]] and [[1839]] he assisted [[Joseph Nicollet]] in exploring the lands between the ...
7: ...e, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...ia]]), but lost several battles and resigned his post. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ... by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[Lond...
8: ...oads into [[South Africa]] because of [[Boer]] opposition. It was during this time that Livingstone m...
12: ...a transcontinental journey across Africa. The purpose of his journey was to open trade routes, whilst ...
25: He was taken ill, and completely lost contact with the outside world for six years. On... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: '''Steel''' is a [[metal]] [[alloy]] whose major component is [[iron]], with [[carbon]] bei...
8: ...a]] and their excretion of [[oxygen]] into the atmosphere, iron can be found in the crust only in comb...
11: ... making quality steel. At room temperature, the most stable form of iron is the [[body-centered cubic...
13: ...tructure to austenite, and identical chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little ther...
15: ...formation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower activation energy. - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: *[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
10: ...rd|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
12: ...ward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
44: *[[Rosemarie Ackermann|Ackermann, Rosemarie]] (born 1952)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...es Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
24: *[[Bojan Adamic|Adamic, Bojan]], (born 1912), composer and conductor.
55: ...ge Adams|Adams, John Coolidge]], (born 1947), composer
57: ...ther Adams|Adams, John Luther]], (born 1953), composer
87: *[[Joseph Addison|Addison, Joseph]], (1672-1719), English poet - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ... temperance society in America, and becoming in [[1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American ...
9: ..., and became recognized as one of the ablest and most zealous advocates of the complete legal equality...
13: ...procedure endangered women's health and lives, opposed [[abortion]] on practical and moral grounds and...
19: ...1887]]). Susan B. Anthony was also a friend of [[Josephine Brawley Hughes]], an advocate of women's ri... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ... [[Romantic music|Romantic era]] as well as a composer.
7: ...those of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven as well as those of Robert Schumann and Brahms.
9: ...och Conservatorium]] at [[Frankfurt am Main]], a post which she held until [[1892]], and in which she ...
11: ... than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and of some charming music, main...
14: ... Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed them for King George V o... - Dye (6033 bytes)
9: ...d by [[William Perkin|William Henry Perkin]] in [[1856]]. Many thousands of dyes have since been prepare...
11: ...e fibre. Acid dyes are not substantive to [[cellulosic]] fibres.
17: ...iterature base describing dyeing techniques. The most important mordant dyes are the synthetic mordant...
23: ...re originally developed for the dyeing of [[cellulose acetate]], and are substantially water insoluble...
35: These include [[eosin]] and [[iron buff]]. - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ...trument]] invented by [[Pierre-Louis Gautrot]] in 1856 to compete with the [[saxophone]] as a replacemen... - Nile (13738 bytes)
8: ...ile. Another Greek name for the Nile was ''Aigyptos'' (Αιγυπτ&omicron...
12: ...ins the subject of much debate. This is, for the most part, due to two reasons: first, the lengths of ...
30: ...ue Nile and White Nile join to form "the Nile." Most of the water carried by the Nile originates from...
32: ...trans.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Composite image|Composite]] satellite image of the Nile (see also the [[...
40: ...Great Bend of the Nile in Sudan, looking north across the Sahara Desert towards Lake Nasser and Egypt.... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...ee world," a phrase that is still invoked today, mostly by Americans.
14: .... Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but none h...
21: ... majority, the President and Vice President are chosen by the [[United States House of Representatives...
25: ...(United States)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to ...
29: ...[[Franklin Pierce]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] have chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is tradit... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
31: ...and Feudal Law''), in which he argued that the opposition of the colonies to the Stamp Act was a part ...
33: ...of the officer who commanded the detachment, and most of the soldiers; but two soldiers were found gui...
35: ...my]]. His influence in Congress was great, and almost from the beginning he was impatient for a separa...
39: ...n its adoption. Before this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board o...
41: ...John Adams, as depicted on a two-cent American [[postage stamp]].]] - 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...
49: ...e appointment of [[Samuel Swartwout]] ([[1783]]-[[1856]]), who was later a defaulter to a large amount a... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
27: ...er" and "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" are among the most famous in American politics. He assumed the pres...
51: *Robert Fitzwalter Tyler ([[March 12]], [[1856]] - [[December 31]], [[1927]]).
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]]...
69: ...f them will be willing to set an example, in the bosom of this Union, of such frightful disorder, such... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
9: ...Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, ...
14: ...ion box|title=[[Mayor of Philadelphia]]|before=[[Joseph Watson]]|after=[[Benjamin W. Richards]]|years=...
21: ... Buchanan]]|after=[[Charles Francis Adams]]|years=1856-1861}} - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
29: ...ree states, while Fillmore supported slavery in those states in order to appease the South. In his own...
31: ...ublic comment on the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's deat...
43: ...that all land gained by the Mexican War must be closed to slavery.
50: *Place Federal officers at the disposal of slaveholders seeking fugitives.
62: ...ughout the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] he opposed [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln]] and durin... - 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...
40: ...in [[1806]] and died on [[1863]], was Pierce's opposite. She came from a aristocratic Whig family, and...
45: ...the nominee, a [[party platform]] was adopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slavery issue... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
55: ...]. Rumors and speculation that the two had a [[homosexual]] relationship began at the time and have pe...
61: ... help to draft the [[Ostend Manifesto]] which proposed the purchase of Cuba under the threat of force.
64: ...ited States in [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1857]], to [[Mar...
76: ...e memories of the caning of [[Charles Sumner]] in 1856 by a Southern Democrat still burned.
78: Sectional strife rose to such a pitch in [[1860]] that the Democratic ... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: Lincoln staunchly opposed the expansion of [[slavery]] into federal terri...
48: ...ing the [[Homestead Act]] (1862). However, he is most famous for his role in ending [[slavery]] in the...
59: ...poor areas along and near the river to grow and prosper. <!--Vidal _United States_ c1993 p704 quoting ...
61: ...the state of Illinois, and became steadily more prosperous. Lincoln served four successive terms in th...
63: Abraham Lincoln shared a bed with [[Joshua Fry Speed]] from [[1837]] to [[1841]] in Sprin...
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