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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for...
46: Columbus accepted the calculations of [[Pierre d'Ailly]], that th...
54: ... of lobbying at the Spanish court, where he was kept on a salary to prevent him from taking his ideas ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: ... As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an ...
26: ...he first signs of iron use come from [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Sumer]], where around [[4000 BC]] small i...
32: ...lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]] (see [[Iron#History|Iron: H...
34: ... [[sword]] bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] as well as a [[battle axe]] with an iron blad...
36: ...e remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]]. - Politics (7193 bytes)
30: ...ion of power in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles.
51: *[[Political corruption]]
86: [[he:פוליטיקה]]
98: - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... [[anatomist]], [[inventor]], [[engineer]], [[sculptor]], [[geometer]], and [[painter]]. He has been d...
16: ...e time afterwards, Leonardo and the others were kept under observation by Florence's [[Officers of the...
20: Leonardo kept his private life particularly secret, and there i...
22: ...of a [[Lombard]] aristocrat. Salai eventually accepted Melzi's continued presence and the three undert...
29: ...w) were cast into weapons for the Duke in an attempt to save [[Milan]] from the [[France|French]] unde... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...efly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s claim...
5: ...father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
41: ...nry's marriage to Catherine. In [[1531]] he attempted to resign after being forced to take an oath de...
44: ...nd. Shortly thereafter More was charged with accepting [[bribe]]s, but the charges had to be dismisse...
46: ... Act of Succession|Act of Succession]]. More accepted Parliament's right to declare Anne the legitima... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: '''Hernando de Soto''' (born [[1496]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Ext...
15: ... one out of four survivors of the disastrous attempt of [[Pᮦilo de Narv]] to conquer Florida. (In...
36: ...ition to slaves and guides, the Spaniards often captured the tribes' chieftains in order to gain safe ...
38: ... ordered Ortiz to be roasted alive. He survived captivity and torture, and joined, at the first opport...
81: ...icas. They are, de facto, the only European description of North American native habits before the nat... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
7: ... even have been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
11: ...[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. However, after secretly sailing a ship east...
24: ... the contract, Magellan and Faleiro, as joint [[captain]]s-general, would receive one-twentieth of all...
28: ...agellan's [[flagship]], and besides Faleiro the captains for the other four were Juan de Cartegena, Go...
34: ...lmost prevented Magellan from sailing, but on [[September 20]], Magellan set sail from Sanl?de Barrame... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
20: ...[May 20]], [[1497]] (he had also made a voyage in 1496, but got no further than [[Iceland]]). He sailed ...
24: ... made for an Irish port, because of distress. Except for one ship, John Cabot and his expedition were ... - Fashion (7767 bytes)
10: Although that concept frequently applies to [[clothes]] and other aspec...
20: ...] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]] make her t...
39: ...e at a third. The global village has reduced the options of exotic novelty in more recent times.
44: ... show off [[wealth]] (compare [[conspicuous consumption]]). Adherence to fashion trends can thus form ... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[September 15]], [[1857]]
18: '''William Howard Taft''' ([[September 15]], [[1857]]–[[March 8]], [[1930]]) ...
25: ...y his father. He was also a member of the Beta chapter of the [[Psi Upsilon]] [[Fraternities and soror...
29: ...bathtub in the [[White House]] several times, prompting the installation of a new bathtub capable of h...
39: ...alanced against these achievements was Taft's acceptance of a tariff with protective schedules that ou... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: '''Hernando De Soto''' (c.1496/1497 - 1542) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] exp...
7: ...les of the Americas|native villages]] for their captured chiefs became de Soto's hallmark during the [...
12: ...e three groups of mounted soldiers. The Spanish captured Atahualpa, and the next day de Soto was again...
14: ...d and silver objects to ransom him. During this captivity, de Soto became friendly with Atahualpa, tea...
29: ...eir belief on similarities with the written descriptions in the journals of the de Soto Expedition and... - Flight (3194 bytes)
9: [[Pterosaur]]s were a group of flying [[vertebrate]]s ...
15: ...odo]]s, while the non-flying [[penguin]]s have adapted their wings for use under water. Most small fli...
26: ...|Mechanical '''flight''': Robinson R22 Beta helicopter]]
29: ...e [[aircraft]], including [[aeroplane]]s, [[helicopter]]s, [[airship]]s and [[balloon]]s, and spacecr...
49: * [[Ornithopter]] - Temperature (22519 bytes)
3: ==General description==
161: ...g to a formal definition, let's consider the concept of [[thermal equilibrium]]. If two closed systems...
186: ...magnetic waves. Conversely, the system can [[absorption|absorb]] energy from the vacuum if it contains...
236: [[he:טמפרטורה]]
242: [[pt:Temperatura]]
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