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- Stone tool (3233 bytes)
1: [[Image:DSC_9745w.jpg|thumb|right|Ancient stone tools|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com C...
3: ...pendent [[culture]]s exist even today, most stone tools are associated with [[prehistoric]] societies th...
5: ...ound stone]]. A person who makes chipped stone implements is called a [[flintknapper]].
6: [[Image:DSC 9743w.jpg|thumb|right|Ancient stone tools|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com C...
8: ...asily manufactured, the [[tool stone]] is usually plentiful, and they are easy to transport and sharpe... - Flint tool (1281 bytes)
1: ... tools.jpg|thumb|right|Ancient [[Stone tool|stone tools]] ]]
2: ...lades had become a highly skilled industry (see [[Tool stone]]). The blades were polished to a fine leve...
4: ...lithic times highly polished blades were valuable tools which were routinely resharpened by careful flak... - Tool (5792 bytes)
1: ...evices known as "tools", for other meanings see [[Tool (disambiguation)]]''
5: ...provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task.
6: ...r a combination of them. For example, a hammer simply functions as a [[lever]] with the [[fulcrum]] (p...
8: ...an increase in intelligence (aiding in the use of tools).
10: ...eople can use weapons, such as [[explosive]]s, as tools.
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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...acturing]]). The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth centu...
10: ...the surplus population who could no longer find employment in [[agriculture]] into the cities to seek ...
12: ... other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls ...
14: ...to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Amer... - Steel (28384 bytes)
5: ...n-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
8:
15: ... to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation into martensite, by contr...
23: ...dification process, and to produce shapes such as plate, sheet, wire, etc. It is then heat-treated to...
26: ...recovered from meteorite falls allowed ancient peoples to manufacture small numbers of iron artifacts. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
11: ...f fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter...
13: ...ternal grandfather of [[Henry II of England|Henry Plantagent]] (Fulk's son of previous marriage, [[Geo...
19: ...tween husband and wife was a convenient political tool that Fulk used in [[1134]] when he accused [[Hugh...
25: Melisende's victory was complete. Again she is seen in the historical record gr...
29: ... the Holy Sepulchre, our Lady of Josaphat, the Templum Domini, the order of the Hospital, the leper ho... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
11: ! Place of Birth:
59: ...'goongi gudiya'' ([[Hindi]] for dumb doll), as people thought that she would be a puppet in the hands ...
63: As Prime Minister, Indira carefully used every tool available at her disposal to expand her power and...
65: ...t Congress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[Indian National Congress...
67: ...ash; after campaigning fiercely on her well-known platform, with the famous ''Garibi hatao'' slogan &n... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
9: ...d [[popular music|pop]] sound of the record and implored the label to allow her to start anew; they ag...
21: ...re still sexy. Whether a statement or a marketing tool, ''C'mon, C'mon'' spawned hits in "Soak Up the Su...
23: ... Morning America]]'' and posting an open letter explaining her opposition on her website. [http://www.... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
7: ...gan studying at [[Montgomery College]] and began playing at piano bars, many of them gay, chaperoned ...
10: ...playing by ear at Peabody and her difficulty with playing from sheet music – with Caton, [[Matt ...
20: ...center. In [[1995]], Amos, duetting with [[Robert Plant]], contributed the song "Down by the Seaside"...
30: ..., Amos' first with a full band, was known as the "Plugged '98" tour. Another tour followed in 1999, th...
33: Next, Amos planned to release a live album. She decided to writ... - Apple (20408 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightblue | name = [[Apple]]}}
2: ...i apple.jpg|200px|Fuji apple]] | caption = Fuji apple}}
3: {{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightblue}}
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}} - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ...ed [[ceramics]], where the glaze and body fuse completely, are generally referred to as "products of c...
6: ...erally known as a potter. The potter's most basic tool is the [[potter's wheel]].
19: ...ic motor. Oftentimes a disk of plastic, wood, or plaster is affixed to the wheel head and the ball of...
21: ...illed potter can produce many virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its natu...
25: ... mature at a variety of temperatures. Once the [[plaster]] has absorbed most of the liquid from the o... - Engraving (3556 bytes)
1: ...ay provide an [[intaglio (printmaking)|intaglio]] plate, when [[copper]] is engraved, or a [[relief pr...
3: ...gravers.jpg|thumb|An assortment of hand engraving tools]]
5: ...haped and used for cutting straight lines. Other tools such as mezzotint rockers, roulets and burnisher...
13: ...used to reproduce other forms of [[art]], for example [[painting]]s. Engravings continued to be commo...
18: [[Image:All32.jpg|thumb| An example of an ornately-engraved Conn tenor saxophone by ... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...regular [[crystal]] lattice to form. A simple example is when [[Sucrose|table sugar]] is melted and co...
22: ... doped with [[Erbium]], which [[Fiber_amplifier|amplify]] transmitted signals by [[laser]] emission fr...
26: ...s]]), but the same toolmaking techniques can be applied to industrially-made glass.
30: ...substances are always added to common glass to simplify processing. One is soda ([[sodium carbonate]] ...
37: ... by these compounds. The chemistry involved is complex and not well understood. New colored glasses ar... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
7: ...ns may have developed a sophisticated and more complicated artistic tradition.
9: ...[geological]] processes with a minimum of human [[tool]]-work, but the piece bears evidence of having be...
12: The Mesolithic period has some examples of portable art, like painted pebbles ([[Azilie...
15: ... to the [[11th millennium BC]]. The Jōmon people were making clay figures and vessels decorated w...
20: ...ther the elaborate pottery decoration of, for example, the [[Želiesovce]] and painted [[Lengyel]]... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...0px|Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bi...
4: ... more general terms, called [[palaeography]]. Examples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest t...
14: ...ide, hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In the hands...
54: ...ters have been affected by seal carving, since simplification of characters has often been practiced.
75: * [[Eight Principles of Yong]] - Metalworking (1231 bytes)
1: ...es skill and the use of many different types of [[tool]]s, including:
3: * Hand Tools
16: ** [[Pliers]]
22: * Machine Tools
39: ** [[Draw plate]] - Goldsmith (585 bytes)
3: ...rally composed of three main parts, being [[file (tool)|filing]], [[soldering]] and [[polishing]] of the... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: '''Painting''' is the practice of applying [[pigment]] suspended in a carrier (or [[medi...
4: ...n a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface.
8: ...ceros, lions, buffalo, and mammoth. There are examples of [[cave painting]] all over the world.
20: *[[Pointillism]] (aka divisionism, 'stippling')
36: Examples include: - Weaving (6924 bytes)
1: ...]]. This cloth can be plain (in one color or a simple pattern), or it can be woven in decorative or ar...
3: ... weave all of their fabrics, regardless of the complexity of the design.
9: ...in weave, through [[twill]]s and [[satin]]s to complex computer-generated interlacing.
11: ...pestry. In tapestry, the image is created by only placing [[weft]] in certain areas, rather than in th...
14: ...has only been attested since the [[Bronze Age]]. Plain weaves and tabbies predominate. - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...bach-Schmieden]] in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]....
11: .... The metal used by the Egyptians for woodworking tools was probably bronze or even copper, as ironworki...
13: ...d to have brought the plane, chalkline, and other tools to China. His teachings are supposedly left behi...
19: ...ely and then applied, rather than being worked in place
22: * burl: wood with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on ... - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: ...ntries as more civilized than others, and some people as more cultured than others. Thus some cultural...
8: ... the indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ...different culture"; but class as "uncultured". People lacking "culture" often seemed more "natural", a...
12: ... (philosophy)|authentic]] unblemished lives, uncomplicated and uncorrupted by the highly-stratified [[...
14: ...ties produced for, and consumed by, non-élite people or the [[proletariat|masses]]. (Note that some c... - Map (10223 bytes)
3: A '''map''' is a simplified depiction of a [[space]], a navigational aid...
9: ...ate. Even today, maps can be powerful rhetorical tools beyond their purely practical value, and this ha...
33: ...ring a larger map to show the same area. For example, maps designed for the hiker are often scaled at...
35: ...ectional [[road sign|road signs]] are further examples of this kind.
37: ...ce depicted by a map in order to provide a useful tool to that user. - Science (19868 bytes)
10: ... than to literally predicting the future. For example, to say, "a paleontologist may make predictions ...
15: ... accumulation of facts, as the empiricist model implies.
21: ...er-intuitive]]. [[Atomic theory]], for example, implies that a granite boulder which appears a heavy, ...
28: ...deas that allows a scientist to explain why the apple fell and make predictions about other falling ob...
30: ...theless conceivable that they will some day be supplanted. Younger theories such as [[string theory]] ...
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