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- Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...te state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...ylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footno...
44: ...]], [[Pohick]], [[Monacan]], [[Saponi]], and [[Cherokee]].
46: ... Charter was officially ratified on [[May 23]], [[1609]].
48: ...ed by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is no... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
36: ... York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...tionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has long been k...
44: ...hington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont|Roxbury]].
50: ...ion, giving Vermont some of New England's best [[cross-country skiing]] areas.
52: ...articular variant of the tree; it rather results from a number of soil and climate conditions unique t... - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
3: ... Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
9: Capital = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] |
10: LargestCity = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] |
37: ...te of Rhode Island leads some out-of-staters to erroneously believe that the entire state is an island...
42: ...British Monarchs|King]] of [[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on th... - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
9: Motto = Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes) |
38: ... recognized languages in the state. In [[Spain|European]] [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the state's n...
46: ...d near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[1541]]. His maltreatmen...
50: ...w Mexico|Acoma]] revolted against this Spanish encroachment but faced severe suppression.
52: ...iego de Vargas Zapata]] reestablished Spanish control and returned Spanish colonists in [[1692]]. - Santa Fe, New Mexico (9224 bytes)
3: ... in the US. The [[adobe]] walls were constructed around A.D. 1610]]
6: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
7: .... Many contemporary houses in the city are built from lumber, concrete blocks, and other materials but...
9: ...]] line the streets of the city center and Canyon Road.
11: ... continues to face the challenges of continuing drought conditions and a widening divide between loca... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
12: *[[Uda, Emperor of Japan|Uda, emperor of Japan]], (867-931)
26: *[[Charlotte Uhlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist ...
46: *[[Yoshijiro Umezu|Umezu, Yoshijiro]], Japanese general
51: *[[John Underhill|Underhill, John]], (1609-1672), Puritan colonist and soldier in America
52: ...wood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]] - Mayflower (4074 bytes)
2: ...[1620]], leaving Plymouth on [[September 6]] and dropping anchor near [[Cape Cod]] on [[November 11]]....
6: ...rch [[1623]], and it is likely that the ship was broken up for scrap lumber there in the following yea...
8: ... the ship are unknown, but it has been estimated from its load weight and the usual size of 180-ton me...
11: ...mage provded by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]Initially the plan was for the voyage...
15: Before disembarking, the settlers wrote and signed the [[Mayflower Compact]]. - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] ...
5: ...r [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...s of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, i...
15: ... tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
1: '''[[Timeline]] of [[microscope]] [[technology]]'''
3: [[Image:Microscope_08.jpg|thumb|200px]]
5: ...1668) to have invented a [[Microscope|compound microscope]].
6: ...lilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
8: ... [[1633]]) presents, in [[London]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ristotle]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early ex...
7: ...ty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explore...
10: ...ters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primar...
14: ...search into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality ...
16: ==Astronomy== - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...]] also refers to him as the last scientific [[astrologer]].
4: ... to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von Wallenstein|General Wallen...
6: ...ity Linz]] in honor of Johannes Kepler, since he wrote his ''magnum opus'' '''harmonices mundi''' ("Th...
11: ...the other pupils, an outsider. This ostracizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as we...
13: ...ook at it." At age nine, he observed another astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...yist]]. He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount ...
4: ...mplies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of h...
10: ... 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Bacon]].
14: ...ilosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives.
16: ...[Gray's Inn]], and a few months later they went abroad with Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the English ambassad... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
1: ...the unaided eye. In other words, requiring a ''microscope'' to examine.
3: ...aining one or more [[Lens (optics)|lenses]] that produce an enlarged image of an object placed in the ...
5: See also: [[Microscopy]].
7: ==Simple optical microscope==
8: ...n. [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek|Van Leeuwenhoek]]'s microscopes consisted of a single, small, [[convex]] [[... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
12: *[[1609]]-[[Henry Hudson]], hired by the Dutch, explores ...
13: *[[1609]]-The [[United Provinces]] ([[the Netherlands]]) lays claim to the [...
17: ...ed to [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] by [[John Rolfe]]
22: *[[1620]]-[[Pilgrims]] arrive from [[Plymouth]], England, on the ''[[Mayflower (shi... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...e]], and his plays are continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few ...
6: ...ays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of ...
8: ...p://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations from Shakespearean plays], the [[List of titles of wo...
12: ...individual whose life can be clearly mapped out through the study of considerable historical evidence.
14: ... also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England. - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...on-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a legitimate form of...
4: ...y the [[international community]] is facing many problems in bringing pirates to [[justice]].<ref>{{ci...
9: ...rireme.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mosaic of a [[Trireme|Roman Trireme]] in [[Tunisia]].]]
10: ...tolia]]n coast, threatening the commerce of the [[Roman Empire]].
12: ...ained an attitude of superiority and good cheer throughout his captivity. When the pirates decided to ... - Henry Hudson (4760 bytes)
3: ... this point the ship was only 577 nautical miles from the pole, but it was clear there is no way to go...
5: ...hern coast of [[Norway]]. Once again all northern routes were blocked by ice and he ended up reaching ...
7: ...]], [[Maine]], and [[Cape Cod]]–the first Europeans to describe these locations (although [[Giov...
9: ... England had enacted to protect its trade routes from the Dutch. He was soon released.
11: ...f Greenland on June 4, and then managing to turn around the southern tip of Greenland and continue wes... - Carson City, Nevada (3897 bytes)
24: metro pop = n/a|
28: north_coord = 39.1609 |
32: ...ed at 39°9'39" North, 119°45'14" West (39.160949, -119.753877){{GR|1}}.
37: ...om [[race (U.S. census)|other races]], and 2.12% from two or more races. 14.23% of the population are...
41: ....90% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 24.90% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who are 65 years of age or ...
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