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- Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...ilon;οπάτρα θεά φιλοπά&tau...
6: ...ncient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named pred...
21: ...of the lavish dinners she shared with Antony, she playfully bet him that she could spend ten million [...
35: *[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/13*.html Cleopatra... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ... and other ceramic materials. This article will explore the history, techniques, cultural significance...
21: ...ured into molds, making it easier to produce multiple copies of a design.
23: *Glazing and Firing: Glazing involves applying a coating that will turn to glass when the po...
30: ...raku ware, known for its simplistic beauty, is deeply intertwined with the Japanese tea ceremony and Z...
46: ...age|Greek]] word Κεραμεικος (the name of a sub... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
25: ... historical stages of the Greek language that are placed prior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet...
36: ...Italian]] is to [[Latin language|Latin]], for example. It is claimed that an "educated" speaker of the...
44: Greek is spoken by about 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in ...
52: ... reflects features of the older language. The examples below are intended to represent Attic Greek in ...
56: The short e (ε in Greek orthography) is shown in the table as m... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ... as the '''[[Almagest]]''' (in Greek ''Η μεγάλη Σύντ...
7: ...ers and navigators, until the time of the great explorations. They were also adopted in the Arab world...
11: ...grand scheme. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew, in a grid th...
13: ...:Ptolemys_system.jpg|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart....
16: ...300, after the text was rediscovered by [[Maximus Planudes]]. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...d to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing h...
4: ...omicron;υσικη (τεχνη)) by way of the Latin ''musica''. ...
8: ...nomy]] and [[musica]]. The concept of musica was split into three major kinds: [[musica universalis]],...
10: ...rceived as a form of music, without necessarily implying that any [[sound]] would be heard - music ref...
14: ...mathematical proportions in sound - be it sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization o... - Geography (8541 bytes)
2: ...alpha;'' ("Earth") and ''γραφειν'' ("to write," as in "to describe").
11: ... Mapping by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]]s as they explored new lands added new techniques. During the [...
13: ...eography had become recognized as a discrete discipline and became part of a typical universitycurricu...
15: ...antity of knowledge and the number of tools has exploded. There are strong links between geography and...
22: ...graphical knowledge into categories that can be explored globally - Nile (13738 bytes)
8: ... word "Nile" comes from the word ''Neilos'' (Νειλος), a Greek name fo...
12: ...e lengths of rivers vary over time (especially in plains, where rivers often change course), and, seco...
30: ...ummer, when the great rains fall on the Ethiopian Plateau; the rest of the year the great rivers drain...
42: ...nean Sea]]; a side channel, the [[Bahr Yussef]], splits from the main channel downriver from the city ...
50: ...James Augustus Grant]] in 1860-1863 for further explorations around Lake Victoria and traced the Nile ... - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...ssilia]] (today Marseille). He made a voyage of exploration to northwestern [[Europe]] around 325 [[Co...
4: ...e could never have funded. His story is, however, plausible. The trip may have been underwritten by a ...
6: ...le in succession to Bordeaux, Nantes, Land's End, Plymouth, Isle of Man, Outer Hebrides, Orkneys, Icel...
8: ...porary lapse in the blockade, known to have taken place around the time he travelled.
10: ...ni'' or ''Priteni'', 'Painted?' or 'Tattooed?' people, a term Romans Latinised as ''Picti'' ([[Picts]]... - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...le]]s (e.g. [[electron]]s / [[proton]]s) which couples to [[electromagnetic fields]] and causes attrac...
3: ...e [[quantity of electricity]] or charge. For example, "''Q'' = 0.5 C" means "the quantity of electric...
8: ...s believed by some to have been used for [[electroplating]]. There is no firm documentary evidence to ...
10: ...rn Latin word ''electricus'' from ''ηλεκτρον'' (''elektron''), ...
22: ...and other effects (some have been duplicated or explained; and others which have not). Nikola Tesla, i... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Tampico, Illinois]]
13: | place of death=[[Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California | ...
25: ...n was [[baptism|baptized]] in his mother's [[Disciples of Christ]] church in Dixon, and in [[1924]] he...
29: ...for the next seven years, reportedly saving 77 people from drowning. Reagan would later joke that none...
31: ...d. Reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both teams fouled off pitc... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...age|Greek]] word ''khumeia'' (χυμεία) meaning "cast together", "pour tog...
11: ...context of their times. They were attempting to explore and investigate nature before many of the most...
13: ...sical insight would have been as partial and incomplete as a metaphysics devoid of physical manifestat...
23: ...of 1989. None of those claims could be reliably duplicated. In either case, the required conditions w...
25: ...e [[New Age]] movement. Even some physicists have played with alchemical ideas in books such as ''[[Th... - 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... - Argon (6952 bytes)
32: ...|syn]] | hl=35 [[day|d]] | dm=[[Electron capture|ε]] | de=? | pn=37 | ps=[[chlorine|Cl]] }}
48: == Applications ==
54: *Argon-39 has been used for a number of applications, primarily [[ice core|ice coring]]. It ha...
63: ...tan (moon)|Titan]], the largest moon of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]] [http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMHB881Y...
71: ... result of subsurface [[nuclear testing|nuclear explosions]]. It has a half-life of 35 days. - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
111: | [[electron capture|ε]]<br />
121: | ε<br />
145: == Applications ==
148: ...leaching from in-situ timbers (such as children's playground equipment) into surrounding soil, the mos...
170: ...ar and chalk and eaten by women to improve the complexion of their faces. - Astatine (5377 bytes)
99: | [[electron capture|Epsilon]]<br />[[alpha decay|Alpha]] - Barium (8466 bytes)
112: | [[electron capture|epsilon]] || 0.517
139: == Applications ==
140: Barium is primarily used in [[sparkplug]]s, [[vacuum tube]]s, [[fireworks]], and in [[f...
167: ...ecause it does not dissolve, and is eliminated completely from the digestive tract. - Berkelium (5697 bytes)
58: | [[electron capture|ε]]<br />[[alpha emission|α]]
63: | α<br />ε || 6.070<br />1.350
85: ...t has no known uses outside of basic research and plays no biological role. - Beryllium (15119 bytes)
120: | [[electron capture|ε]] <br />
143: == Applications ==
144: ...th good corrosion and fatigue resistance. These applications include the making of: [[spot-welding]] e...
150: * [[Beryllium oxide]] is useful for many applications that require an excellent heat conductor,...
158: ... Currently, most production of this metal is accomplished by reducing [[beryllium fluoride]] with [[ma... - Bismuth (9188 bytes)
131: | [[electron capture|ε]] || 2.399
135: | ε || 2.880 || <sup>208</sup>Pb
153: ...and years, would lose mass more rapidly than a sample of bismuth decays.
155: == Applications ==
163: *Also used as a [[thermocouple]] material. - Cadmium (10755 bytes)
124: | [[electron capture|ε]]
168: ... respects to [[zinc]] but lends itself to more complex compounds.
170: ...idation state]] of cadmium is +2, though rare examples of +1 can be found.
172: == Applications ==
173: ...], coatings and plating, and as stabilizers for [[plastic]]s. Other uses;
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