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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
5: ...v|Afanasyev, Viktor M.]], (born 1948), Russian astronaut
7: *[[Ron Affif|Affif, Ron]], (born 1965), musician
15: ...Alphonso VI of Portugal|Afonso VI of Portugal]], (1643-1683), king in 1656
17: ...Afranius (poet)|Lucius Afranius]], (died 60 BCE), Roman [[poet]] - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
6: ...powers on his death. Their four-year-old son was crowned King Louis XIV of France. Anne assumed the re...
12: ...emoirs were published in 1662 by [[Fran篩s de la Rochefoucauld]]. Many view her as a brilliant and cu... - Chromosome (12667 bytes)
1: ... where the two chromatids touch, and where the microtubules attach. (3) Short arm. (4) Long arm.]]
2: ...In [[1910]], [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]] proved that chromosomes are the carriers of genes.
4: == Chromosomes in eukaryotes ==
5: ...ation begins at many different locations on the chromosome.
7: ==Chromosomes in bacteria== - 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... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...ocono Mountains]] and the [[Delaware Water Gap]] provide popular recreational activities.
42: ...es, while others are virtually indistinguishable from non-Amish or Mennonites.
44: ...The term "Dutch" is a misnomer, as none of these groups are of Dutch origin; the German adjective for ...
51: ...e]] (also known as Lenni Lenape), Susquehanna, [[Iroquois]], Eriez, [[Shawnee]] and other [[Native Ame...
53: ... Philadelphia, was settled by [[Sweden]], but control later passed to the [[Netherlands]], and then to... - 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]] - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ... of Earth's observed weather is located in the [[troposphere]].
5: Meteorology, [[climatology]], [[atmospheric physics]], [[...
7: ==History of meteorology==
8: {{seemain|timeline of meteorology}}
10: ...na, such as a [[Halo (optical phenomenon)|halo]] around the moon, without bothering with explanations. - 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== - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...wton's laws of motion|laws of motion]], laid the groundwork for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also s...
4: ...n the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
19: .... As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else....
25: ...ater life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
29: ...thod" were superior, and were generally adopted throughout the English-speaking world. (Curiously, in ... - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''1600 to 1699'''.
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...
25: ...chusetts Bay Colony]] founded, led by [[John Winthrop]] - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ... Virginia|Jamestown]], and the [[convict]]s of [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]] each came to the new co...
4: ...features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different ...
8: ===Europe===
9: ...ring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...lear that the first nation to find a direct trade route to the [[East Indies|"Indies"]] would benefit ... - Ernest William Brown (1403 bytes)
1: ... – [[July 22]] [[1938]]) was a British [[astronomer]].
3: ...s. He also calculated the orbits of [[Trojan asteroid]]s.
5: He won the [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] in [[1907]], the [[Bruce Medal]]...
7: ...s named after him, as is the [[asteroid]] [[1643 Brown]].
11: ...[http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Brown/index.html Bruce Medal page] - March 19 (9902 bytes)
7: *[[1687]] - Explorer [[Robert Cavelier de La Salle]], searching for the mou...
8: ...f New York]] becomes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 tak...
10: ... forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
14: ...U.S. Congress]] establishes [[time zone]]s and approves [[daylight saving time]].
17: *[[1942]] - The [[Thoroughbred Racing Association]] is established in [[C... - 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]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...to his writings, which have been closely studied from his time down to the present day. Descartes was...
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
4: ...gustine]]. In his natural philosophy, he differs from the [[Scholasticism|Schools]] on two major point...
6: ... [[Turing test]] and [[John Searle]]'s "[[Chinese room]]" argument.
11: ...e [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Prytanee|Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand]] at [[La Flèche]]. After grad... - Robert Abbot (2381 bytes)
2: ...misunderstanding probably stems from a passage in Robert Abbot's work ''A Hand of Fellowship to Helpe ...
4: Robert Abbot received his education at [[University ...
5: ...1658]], and in [[1662]], Abbot appears to vanish from record, and his activities are unknown.
7: ...ariety. In addition to those mentioned above he wrote ''Triall of our Church-Forsakers'' (1639), ''Mi...
9: Authorities.--.Brook's Puritans, iii. 182, 3; Walker's Sufferings, i... - New Sweden (3805 bytes)
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2: ...nsylvania]] and [[Maryland]]. The colony existed from [[March 29]], [[1638]], to [[September]] [[1655]...
6: ...he verge of becoming one of the great powers of Europe. Sweden then included [[Swedish Finland|Finland...
8: ...Swedish expedition to North America was launched from the port of [[Gothenburg]] in late [[1637]]. [[S...
10: ...n [[1643]], the company expanded along the river from Fort Christina; and established [[Fort Nya Elfsb...
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