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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
13: ... created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to p...
21: ...ignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to t...
23: ...ex, Richmond and Hunsdon were among her principal places of residence.
39: ...il|Privy Counsellors]] had been implicated in the plot to put the Lady Jane Grey on the Throne. She c... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
27: ...g [[Philip II of Spain]], she worried that the people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the throne...
31: ...er, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...lish service. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He ...
37: ... were removed from the ecclesiastical bench and replaced by appointees who would submit to the Queen'... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: ...], but Elizabeth insisted on marriage, which took place secretly (from the public but not from their f...
12: ...and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-in-law Sir Ant...
20: ...Henry VII of England|Henry VII]]), if he could supplant Richard. Following Henry's accession in [[148...
28: * Mary Plantagenet (1467-1482), buried in [[St. George's Ch...
29: * Cecily Plantagenet (1469-1507), Viscountess Welles - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...n descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1...
28: ...ly manifested at a later period—as, for example, during his term as president.
39: ...ore this question had been disposed of, Adams was placed at the head of the Board of War and Ordinance... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...ak savanah territory of the Cross Timbers, to the plains and semi-arid regions of Western Oklahoma and...
56: ... (Northwestern Oklahoma and The Panhandle), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Cou...
60: ... plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Central [[Great Plains]],
111: ... [[Caddo]] and [[Osage]]. Descendants of these peoples still live in the state.
113: In the [[16th century]] [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers became the first Europeans to visit the area... - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
3: ...]] events, such as [[mass extinction]]s. For example, the boundary between the [[Cretaceous]] period ...
9: ... [[trilobita|trilobites]]. The same timespan is split into [[Tommotian]], [[Atdabanian]] and [[Botomi...
13: ...ere simple; applying them to real rocks proved complex. Over the course of the 18th century geologist...
15: ...cale that could be applied anywhere on Earth took place in the late 18th century. The most influentia...
19: ...of [[Devon]], and the name "Carboniferous" was simply an adaptation of "the Coal Measures," the old Br... - Cattle (12844 bytes)
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15: ... and as [[draught animal]]s (pulling [[cart]]s, [[plow]]s and the like). In some countries, such as [[...
17: ...etic testing of the Dwarf Lulu breed, the only humpless "''Bos taurus''-type" cattle in Nepal, found t...
21: ...oximately) is called a '''cow'''. The adjective applying to cattle is '''bovine'''. - Surfing (15219 bytes)
3: ...ry:board|board]]s. [[Wood]]en and [[foam]] (see [[plastic]]) boards ("foamies") are also used. [[Kayak...
5: ...e by the new boards. The sport has spread to most places where waves of sufficient size and the right ...
11: ...fully differs from the sport in reality. Most people only see the pros riding; most of surfing has to...
13: ...ted a certain amount of time to ride waves and display their prowess and mastery of the craft. Competi...
52: **Bay of Plenty and East Coast, [[Mount Maunganui]] - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: Francis Drake was born in [[Tavistock]], [[Devon]], the son of Edmund Drake and his wife, [[Protes...
9: ...orld]] under the sails of the Hawkins family of [[Plymouth]], in company with his cousin, Sir [[John H...
12: ...im an outlaw [[pirate]], but to England he was simply a sailor and [[privateer]]. On his second such v...
13: ...was unable to officially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake'...
16: ...e Pacific coast of the Americas. He set sail from Plymouth, England, in December aboard the ''Pelican'... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...'s original plans, a [[Difference Engine]] was completed, and functioned perfectly. It was built to to...
5: ...on Estate in [[Teignmouth]]. His mother was Betsy Plumleigh Babbage. In [[1808]] the Babbage family mo...
8: ...to King Edward VI Grammar School in Totnes, South Devon, a thriving comprehensive school still extant tod...
16: ...le lived happily at 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London. They had eight children, but only thr...
29: ...Gottfried Leibniz]]. He first discussed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir [[Hu... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...] [[1940]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[explorer]] and [[medical doctor|physician]], noted for...
13: .... A fellow crew-member was [[Norway|Norwegian]] explorer [[Roald Amundsen]], with whom he established ...
17: ===The Arctic Club and The Explorers Club===
19: ...1908 Cook served as the second President of The Explorers Club.
24: ...map's accuracy, even his camp trash — though samples of all such evidences are found short of the Ga... - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
3: ...uburbs or rural areas often call Oklahoma City simply "The City."
5: ..., and is the largest city in population of the 5 "plains states" ([[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Nebraska...
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40: ...the second largest city in the nation still in compliance with the [[Clean Air Act]] (after [[Jacksonv...
61: ...nsus]]{{GR|2}} of [[2000]], there were 506,132 people, 204,434 households, and 129,406 families residi... - French language (40201 bytes)
19: ...in the world, being spoken by about 77 million people (called [[Francophones]]) as a [[mother tongue]]...
25: ...bited largely by a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] people that the Romans referred to as [[Gaul|Gauls]], a...
27: ...in Latin were imported into Latin — for example, clothing items such as ''les braies''. Latin q...
46: ... southwestern Britain ([[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], [[Devon]]) traveled across the [[English Channel]], both ...
54: The [[Arab]] peoples also supplied many words to French around this time period, ... - White Pelican (1934 bytes)
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17: ...n]] by its pure white, rather than greyish-white, plumage, a bare pink facial patch around the eye and... - Early history of Ireland (30651 bytes)
5: ...thology|myth]], and [[archaeology]]. During the [[Pleistocene]] [[ice age]], Ireland was extensively g...
9: ...ey constructed by stretching animal skins over simple wooden frames. They had outdoor hearths for cook...
14: ...and pottery, and the use of more advanced stone implements. It was once thought that these innovations...
20: ...onuments. The largest of these tombs were clearly places of religious and ceremonial importance to the...
32: ...t have been the result of colonisation: it may simply have been the natural consequence of the introdu... - Lead (8244 bytes)
3: ...the symbol '''Pb''' ([[Latin (language)|L.]] '''''Plumbum''''') and [[atomic number]] 82. A soft, [[he...
8: == Applications ==
11: *Lead was used for [[plumbing]] in [[Ancient Rome]], and lead sticks were...
15: ...its [[Latin]] name ''plumbum''. The English word "plumbing" also derives from this Latin root.
17: ...shift was a result of the U.S. lead consumers' compliance with environmental regulations that signific... - Tin (12094 bytes)
183: ...ines directly with [[chlorine]] and oxygen and displaces [[hydrogen]] from dilute acids. Tin is mallea...
188: == Applications ==
189: ... zinc and [[steel]] to prevent [[corrosion]]. Tin-plated [[steel]] containers are widely used for [[fo...
195: ... other metals in these applications is rapidly supplanting the use of the previously common lead&ndash...
196: ...mmon wrapping material for foods and drugs; now replaced by the use of [[aluminum]] foil, which is com... - New Year's Eve (4555 bytes)
17: ...e London Eye|London Eye]]. [[Bideford]] in North Devon is also famous for its New Years celebrations.
23: ...ary 1. It is sometimes referred to as "the big apple" like the city itself; the custom derives from t... - Bird of prey (2997 bytes)
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38: ... of birds of prey, both by specialists and lay people, in ways that vary a good deal.
44: ...at Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, North Devon, England]] - Donkeys (8731 bytes)
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21: ...much more intense; thus, a stallion will often simply not mate with a jenny because he is taking more ...
28: ...pear to be quite intelligent, cautious, friendly, playful, and eager to learn. Once you have earned t...
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