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  1. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
    20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
    25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
    37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
    41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
  2. Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
    1: ...ttle of L?(1632)|Battle of L?] ([[November 6]], [[1632]]) during Sweden's intervention in Germany in the...
    5: ...ef; colspan=2 align=center>[[Image:Swedish queen Drottning Kristina portrait by S颡stien Bourdon stor...
    6: ...r valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1632]]-[[June 5]], [[1654]]
    8: <tr valign=top><td>'''Coronation'''<td>[[October 20]], [[1650]]
    9: <tr valign=top><td>'''Royal motto'''
  3. Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
    2: ...r 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
    4: ...r at an early age. In 1632 her father was exiled from France after a duel, and when her mother died te...
    6: ...was really only an aspect of the clear idea that drove her actions: she was determined to remain unmar...
    8: ... a nine-year old named [[Voltaire|Fran篩s Marie Arouet]] so he could buy books.
    10: ...former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ninon's behalf and a...
  4. Maryland (22654 bytes)
    11: Governor = [[Robert L. Ehrlich]] |
    41: ...Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], on [[June 20]], [[1632]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henri...
    45: ..., and the [[William Penn|Penn family]], which controlled Pennsylvania, engaged two surveyors, [[Charle...
    47: ...d until 1658 when the Calvert family regained control and re-enacted the Toleration Act.
    51: In 1708 the seat of government was moved to Providence, renamed Annapolis in honor of [[Anne of G...
  5. St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
    2: ...[[Bishop of Antioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below ...
    4: ...throne of the basilica's namesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These ar...
    8: ...ry. After [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Emperor Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity...
    10: ...t. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the old church. This...
    12: ...ons were officially called). [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], who served as main architect fo...
  6. 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]])
  7. Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
    3: ...re composed of one or more cells; all cells come from preexisting cells; all vital functions of an org...
    5: ... between [[cork (material)|cork]] cells and small rooms.
    8: ===Properties of cells===
    9: ...ach individual cell is about 10 [[micrometre]]s across.]]
    11: ...o energy, carry out specialized functions, and reproduce as necessary. Each cell stores its own set o...
  8. 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==
  9. 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]], ...
  10. 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]] [[...
  11. John Locke (14749 bytes)
    2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    3: ...lightenment]] period. Locke has been placed in a group called the [[British Empiricists]], which inclu...
    6: ...out ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His father, a lawyer, served as a captain of ...
    8: ...irtuosi as [[Robert Boyle]], [[Thomas Willis]], [[Robert Hooke]] and [[Richard Lower]]. In [[1666]], ...
    12: ...lf) to remove the cyst. Shaftesbury survived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life.
  12. History of California (38344 bytes)
    1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
    3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
    5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
    11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
    13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to...
  13. Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
    3: ...'' refers to the [[18th century]] in [[Europe | European philosophy]], and is often thought of
    4: ...h of [[socialism]]. It is matched by the high [[baroque]] and classical eras in music, and the [[neo-c...
    6: ...losophers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing inst...
    10: ...t is thought of as a long period). Furthermore, [[Romanticism]] followed the Enlightenment.
    14: ...became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jefferson.
  14. March 22 (9294 bytes)
    5: ...his son [[Gordian II]] are proclaimed [[Roman emperors]].
    7: ...]] Indians kill 347 [[England|English]] settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony...
    9: *[[1638]] - [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious disse...
    10: ...ct 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies.
    11: ...den|Gustav IV Adolf]] to the [[Sweden|Swedish]] throne.
  15. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
    18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
    21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
    24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
    25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
  16. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
    11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
    16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
    22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902)
  17. Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
    7: ...nd, on his return to France on [[September 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages...
    9: ...[Bay of Fundy]] to found the [[Habitation at Port-Royal]] (which had been located with Champlain's ass...
    19: ...e Champlain]]. Having had no encounters with the Iroquois at this point many of the men headed back, l...
    21: ...ed and fled. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
    23: ...warehouse for their fur trade and, in return, the Rouen merchants would support the settlement. Champl...
  18. Cell (29541 bytes)
    3: ...re composed of one or more cells; all cells come from preexisting cells; all vital functions of an org...
    5: ... between [[cork (material)|cork]] cells and small rooms.
    8: ===Properties of cells===
    9: ...ach individual cell is about 10 [[micrometre]]s across.]]
    11: ...o energy, carry out specialized functions, and reproduce as necessary. Each cell stores its own set o...
  19. Aluminium (26079 bytes)
    1: ...eft=[[magnesium]] | right=[[silicon]] | above=[[boron|B]] | below=[[gallium|Ga]] | color1=#cccccc | co...
    3: {{Elementbox_groupperiodblock | group=13 | period=3 | block=p }}
    8: {{Elementbox_section_physicalprop | color1=#cccccc | color2=black }}
    17: {{Elementbox_vaporpressure_katpa | 1482 | 1632 | 1817 | 2054 | 2364 | 2790 | comment= }}
    18: {{Elementbox_section_atomicprop | color1=#cccccc | color2=black }}
  20. Anton van Leeuwenhoek (4111 bytes)
    1: ...art provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
    3: ...ent of [[cell biology]]. Using his handcrafted microscope he was the first to observe and describe [[m...
    5: ...e'' in Delft. ''Van Leeuwenhoek'' translates as "from lion's corner".
    7: ... able to view his best microscopes or recreate microscopes as great as his for over one hundred years ...
    9: ...ater...''" - Stated after his discovery of the microscopic world over three centuries ago.

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