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  1. 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]].
  2. Janis Joplin (8673 bytes)
    6: ...hetamine|speed]] freak" and occasional [[heroin]] user. She also used other [[psychoactive drug|intoxica...
    10: ...[D.A. Pennebaker]] documentary ''Monterey Pop'' captured [[Cass Elliott]] in the crowd silently mouthi...
    30: ...umentary film]] ''[[Festival Express]]'', which captured her at her very best. Janis's scorching vocal...
    32: Although there were some notable exceptions, it can be argued that, prior to Janis, there...
  3. Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
    2: ...lier appeal]] after her death. Her posthumous reception history is a lengthy one: she was revered by t...
    11: [[Image:Jeanne d' Arc (Eugene Thirion).jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Jeanne d' Arc'' by Eugene Thirion...
    12: ...logians at [[Poitiers]] before granting final acceptance. She was then brought to a succession of tow...
    18: ...d Scots. This allowed the Royal army to now attempt a march toward Reims for Charles' coronation.
    22: ...t out from [[Gien-sur-Loire]] on [[June 29]], accepting the neutrality of the Burgundian-held city of ...
  4. Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
    13: ...[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, and lived in...
    15: After ten years, the marriage was dissolved in 2001: there was much media speculation about the reas...
    23: ...eived star turn in a horror film, ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]''. While in Australia filmin...
    26: ...met with a mixed reception. Despite the mixed reception, the film was nominated for the prestigious [[...
    32: Kidman won the [[2003]] [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her per...
  5. Map (10223 bytes)
    7: ...atolia]] (now [[Turkey]]); it dates from about [[6200 BC]].
    37: ...y a map in order to provide a useful tool to that user.
    49: ...es which monitor by satellite the position of the user.
  6. Bassoon (11661 bytes)
    2: ...d and stored. Appearing in its modern form in the 1800s after the model of its precursors, particularly...
    10: ...he capabilities of instruments and players in the 1800s—particularly concert halls requiring loud...
    76: ...hugill/manual/bassoon/index.html The Orchestra: A User's Manual - Bassoons]
    77: : Descriptions of various bassoon techniques with video and ...
  7. Flora (plants) (3124 bytes)
    20: ...ion key|''dichotomous'' keys]]. These require the user to repeatedly examine a plant, and decide which o...
  8. Inca mythology (10365 bytes)
    8: ...ocha]]. In another, he was brought up from the depths of [[Lake Titicaca]] by the sun god [[Inti]]. H...
    10: ...l behavior angered the tribes that they were attempting to rule. (''[[huaca]]'').
    30: ...es onto the doll; this was believed to caused the user to receive what he desired.
    39: ..., earlier worshiped by the [[Ichma]] but later adopted into the creation myth of the Inca.
    40: ...od of [[water]] in pre-Inca mythology that was adopted by the Inca. He was a god of rainstorms and a c...
  9. Sickle (1231 bytes)
    1: [[Image:SickleUser wb.png|thumb|right|300px|Using a sickle]]
    3: ...d. The inside of the curve is sharp, so that the user can swing the blade against the base of the crop,...
  10. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    25: * 6200 BC: [[Map]] in [[ǡtalh?]]
    35: ... BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
    36: * 3500 BC: [[Cuneiform script|Writing]] in [[Sumer]]
    40: * [[Cement]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
    41: ... River [[boat]]s in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
  11. Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
    10: ...e [[Clavecin 鬥ctrique]] by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste de Laborde in [[1761]].
    12: ...ce notes, it had a length of 60ft and a weight of 200 tons; because of a lack of suitable loudspeakers ...
    14: ...e sounds that depended on the interactions of the user with an RF field. This was followed in 1928 by t...
    18: ...yers and continued development until his death in 2002. [[Paul Hindemith]] wrote some compositions for ...
  12. Artemis (11271 bytes)
    1: ...[Image:artemis2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Artemis sculpture.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com...
    46: --[[User:63.28.38.18|63.28.38.18]] 16:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    82: ... in [[Asia Minor]] and turned into stone as she wept, or committed suicide. Her tears formed the rive...
  13. Sundial (16148 bytes)
    14: Sundials are known from ancient Egypt, and were developed further by other cultures, in...
    24: ...f the sundial will not work because sundials (except at the north and south pole) do not have equal ho...
    26: ...time]], because the Earth's orbit is slightly elliptical and its axis is tilted relative to the plane ...
    67: ...assic garden sundial uses the same principle, except the lines of the disk are projected, using [[trig...
    83: === Diptych sundial ===
  14. DNA (29095 bytes)
    10: ...hat this is not necessarily a very accurate description, and that it's only meant as a generic overvie...
    12: ...) is also to be avoided. --[[User:Lexor|Lexor]]|[[User talk:Lexor|Talk]]
    18: --[[User:Gutza|Gutza]] 11:47, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    30: ...the [[DNA sequence|sequence]] itself is the description for genes;
    55: description = Animation of a section of DNA rotating. (1...
  15. Morse code (33777 bytes)
    11: ...length of the Morse characters made it hard to adapt to automated communication, so it was largely rep...
    13: ...tters, was developed in Germany and eventually adopted as the worldwide standard as "International Mor...
    23: ...//www.arsqrp.com/ars/pages/back_issues/2000_text/1200_text/morse.html]. To reflect the sound of Morse c...
    31: ..., for example: many [[Nokia]] cellphones have an option to beep SMS in Morse code when it receives an ...
    38: Until [[2003]] the [[International Telecommunications Union]]...
  16. Finger (2398 bytes)
    3: ... observed on the back of the hand. A notable exception is the [[thumb]], with its [[flexor]] and [[ro...
    19: ...d. [[User:Mr. Billion|Mr. Billion]] 03:33, 10 May 2005 (UTC)--> [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mn...
  17. Abacus (7218 bytes)
    1: ... on wires. It was in use centuries before the adoption of the written [[Arabic numerals]] system and ...
    18: <!-- This image is a 2004 photograph of the Mainz reconstruction of the
    22: [[User:Mfc|mfc]] -->
    55: ... or for fractions). This wire is usually near the user. The Russian abacus is often used vertically, wit...
  18. Compass (8275 bytes)
    11: ...hen Kua in [[1086]] AD contained a detailed description of how geomancer magnetized a needle by rubbin...
    22: ...This may explain in part their relatively late adoption of the compass. Mariners in the relatively sha...
    30: ...ith the magnetic field. It is then labeled so the user can distinguish the north-pointing from the south...
    34: ...tant objects, and a sighting mirror that lets the user see both the compass needle and a distant object ...
  19. Crossword (24761 bytes)
    10: ...merica particularly) is that the grid should have 180-degree rotational [[symmetry]], so that its patte...
    14: ...ly Cox]] and [[Henry Rathvon]], which combines cryptic clues with diabolically ingenious variations on...
    33: ...le, the ''New York Times'' crossword of April 26, 2005 written by Sarah Keller and edited by [[Will Sho...
    52: ... if they have one of the words then they can attempt to guess the phrase. This has also become popular...
    60: ===Cryptic Crosswords===
  20. Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
    4: ...d personal computer to popularize the [[graphical user interface]] (GUI), a revolutionary event in compu...
    7: ...opard", is scheduled to be released at the end of 2006.
    9: ...roduced or popularized a number of innovations adopted later by other PCs and operating systems. ...
    12: * A [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) consisting of [[icon]]s, a [[de...
    24: * The [[PostScript]] [[laser printer]]

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