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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ...edicine]] and [[theology]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]. While working in [[London]], he became attrac...
19: ...luding Livingstone's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae]], an engineer) either died... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
8: == First concepts ==
23: ...he physicist [[Lord Kelvin|William Thomson]] of [[Glasgow]] published calculations that fixed the age of th...
25: ...h a short age for the Earth. Biologists could accept that the Earth might have a finite age, but even ...
27: ...mates would prove far too short. Thomson had attempted to root the debate in one set of facts; the geo...
37: ...ident of himself, and the fact that multiple attempts to determine the age of the Earth seemed to show... - Malawi (22306 bytes)
51: .... In [[1878]], a number of traders, mostly from [[Glasgow]], formed the [[African Lakes Company]] to supply...
53: ... marked by a number of unsuccessful Malawian attempts to obtain independence. A growing [[Europe]]an a...
59: ... [[July 6]], [[1964]]. Two years later, Malawi adopted a new constitution and became a [[one-party sta...
67: ...ces with the UDF, particularly over his anti-corruption campaign.
72: ...lected with the president. The president has the option of appointing a second vice president, who mus... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
62: ...es and Scotland (''i.e.'', the United Kingdom except for Northern Ireland). This political usage of "G...
64: ...o Britain (''i.e.'' the United Kingdom)", a description out of date in the Irish case since 1922. An a...
71: ... of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'' being adopted.
76: ...ven the German economic difficulties following adoption of the Euro, would seem to be possible in the ...
113: ...regions." [[Northern Ireland]]'s most recent attempt at home rule, with a directly elected power-shari... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: ...rument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgow]]
11: * [[1765]]: While wandering through the [[Glasgow Green]]'s ''"Golf Course"'', comes upon the idea ...
18: * [[1788]]: Adapted [[centrifugal governor]] for use on steam engin...
22: Watt adopted the [[centrifugal governor]] to regulate the sp... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
46: ... "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, declaring itself to be ...
54: Delaware's fourth and current constitution was adopted in [[1897]] and provides for executive, judicia...
104: ...hodist]] (27% of the total state population), [[Baptist]] (9%), [[Pentecostal]] & [[Presbyterian]] & [...
118: * [[Glasgow, Delaware | Glasgow]]
181: ...etween [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]], and emptying into [[Delaware Bay]], which separates New Je... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
41: ...nd [[1792]]. In [[1790]], Kentucky delegates accepted Virginia's terms for separation and the state c...
43: ...ke the side of the [[United States|Union]] on [[September 3]] when [[Confederate States of America|Con...
98: *[[Baptist]] (43% of the total state population)
123: *[[Glasgow, Kentucky|Glasgow]]
186: *[[Clear Creek Baptist Bible College]] - Virginia (23198 bytes)
48: ...n]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that established Virginia as a c...
88: ...ncil-manager]] form of government. There are exceptions, notably [[Richmond, Virginia]], which has a ...
127: ...g military installations concentrated in the [[Hampton Roads]] area, tobacco and peanut farming all th...
137: ...abeth River (Virginia)|Elizabeth River]] at [[Hampton Roads]], the [[James River (Virginia)|James Riv...
150: ...largest Protestant denominations in Virginia: [[Baptist]] (31% of the total state population), [[Metho... - Montana (14119 bytes)
101: ***[[Baptist]] — 5%
124: *[[Glasgow, Montana|Glasgow]] - List of themed timelines (11300 bytes)
66: ** [[Timeline of electromagnetism and classical optics]]
130: * Egypt
131: ** [[Conventional Egyptian chronology]]
233: * [[Timeline of Glasgow history]]
241: * [[Timeline of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack]] - Plant (12870 bytes)
17: ** [[fern|Pteridophyta]] - "true" ferns
21: ** †[[Pteridospermatophyta]] - seed ferns
31: ...concept unrelated to the presumed phylogenic concepts on which modern [[taxonomy]] is based.
42: ...erent land environments. They have a number of adaptations that allowed them to overcome the limitatio...
44: ... with respect to the seed plants, with [[fern]]s (Pteridophyta) more closely allied to seed plants tha... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the [[papacy]].
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
31: *[[1935]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]] goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lin...
34: *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: [[Manila]] is captured by [[Japan]]ese forces.
42: ...|Celtic]] [[Football (soccer)|football]] match, [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. See [[Ibrox disaster]]. - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
9: ...ging the car to cable speed too quickly and unacceptably jarring the [[passenger]]s.
16: Though there may have been earlier attempts to pull cars by endless ropes, the first cable c...
21: ... car. Both of these innovations were generally adopted by other cities, including San Francisco.
29: ...e, though, among which was the [[Glasgow Subway | Glasgow District Subway]], the first underground cable ca...
65: * [[Glasgow]] ([[1896]]–[[1935]]) - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
15: ...powered or not is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the threat to their trade, and smashed it u...
17: ...England, made his own engine and in [[1763]] attempted to put it in a boat. The boat sank, and while h...
23: ...0 miles) along the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]] to [[Glasgow]]. This vessel, the first tow boat, has been call...
27: ...teamboat service on the [[River Clyde]] between [[Glasgow]] and [[Greenock]]. This was the first commercial...
44: ...s in the Solent"'' offering outings from [[Southampton]], [[England]] with views of the two triple exp... - Richmond, Virginia (20197 bytes)
46: ...ed in [[1607]] by [[Christopher Newport]] and [[Captain John Smith]], who navigated up the [[James Riv...
89: *[[Hampton, Virginia]] 73 miles
180: * [[Ellen Glasgow]], a novelist who was born and lived there.
197: * Richmond's city-adopted slogan is "One City, our City" - Kelvin (3722 bytes)
20: ...h runs through the grounds of the [[University of Glasgow]].
53: *[http://www1.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-1/2-1-1/kelvin.html BIPM brochure on the kel... - Irish Terrier (2201 bytes)
55: ...and the breed was displayed for the first time in Glasgow in [[1920]]. - Culture of Scotland (11420 bytes)
23: ...ued by any of the four banks meet with common acceptance. See [[British banknotes]].
29: ...me. His model for the Ruthwell Parish Bank was adopted by well-to-do sponsors throughout the world, wi...
43: ...nburgh]]. ''The Herald'', formerly known as the ''Glasgow Herald'', changed its name to promote a national ...
45: ...h as news and current affairs programmes, and the Glasgow-based soap opera, ''River City'', are intended fo...
47: ...England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the exception of news and current affairs, sport, cultural a... - Spinning mule (12067 bytes)
2: ...ning mule''' was invented in 1779 by [[Samuel Crompton]]. It spins textile fibres into yarn by an inte...
17: In 1779 [[Samuel Crompton]] invented the '''spinning mule''' or '''mule j...
19: Crompton built his mule from wood. Although he used Harg...
22: Samuel Crompton could not afford to [[patent]] his invention. ...
30: *Kelly of Glasgow - a method of using power to assist the draw stro... - Aspirin (9960 bytes)
6: ... aspirin is no longer used to control flu-like symptoms in children.
34: ...mentioned in texts from ancient [[Sumeria]], [[Egypt]] and [[Assyria]]. Native American Indians used i...
40: ...ciences at the University of [[Strathclyde]] in [[Glasgow]] re-examined the case and came to the conclusion...
81: ...ychiatric evaluation as with any [[suicide]] attempt.
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