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- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...II of Orange|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ... [[1711]], both Sarah and her husband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored thei...
6: Close links with the Royal Family remained. In a move which anticipated ...
8: {{succession box | title=[[Mistress of the Robes]] | before=— | after=[[Elizabeth Seymour... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...not uncontroversial, with some claiming that the proper start of the scientific revolution was the pub...
7: ...cor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differe...
9: ...lear that ''a'' scientific revolution took place around the year [[1600]]. That is, at that time there...
11: ...ence Howard Margolis as part of a larger (and controversial) theory of the causes of the revolution (M...
26: *Laws of hydrostatics - 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
52: ...wood, Frederick D.]], president of the [[Erie Railroad]] [[1901]]–[[1927]]
57: ...rn von Sternberg|Ungern von Sternberg, Roman Fyodorovich]], (1886-1921) [[Russia|Russian]] military co... - 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]]) - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... the [[seventeenth century]], played an important role in the [[scientific revolution]].
4: ...]s' cells. Also in 1665 he gained appointment as Professor of [[Geometry]] at [[Gresham College]].
6: ...reenwich Observatory]] and the infamous [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (which became known as 'Bedlam').
8: ...]] claims one portrait of [[John Ray]] represents Robert Hooke, and a seal used by Hooke displays a ma... - 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: ...n in [[Wrington]], [[Somerset]], about ten miles from [[Bristol]], [[England]], in [[1632]]. His fath...
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. - Nairobi (2690 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nairobi_kenya.jpg|right|thumb|Nairobi skyline]]
2: ...irobi's name comes from the [[Maasai]] ''Enkarenairobi'', meaning "cool waters".
4: ...d occupies around 150 sq km. It is situated about 1660 m (5450 ft) above sea level. The main languages s...
6: ...f the [[British East Africa|British East African Protectorate]] in [[1907]] and the capital of the new...
8: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]] - Banknote (6576 bytes)
5: ... pay someone money. Banknotes were originally a promise to pay the bearer an amount of precious metal...
7: ...y 20th century was "payable in silver on demand" from the Treasury. If a note is payable in demand for...
11: ...al. With the gradual removal of precious metals from the monetary system, banknotes are now simply co...
16: ...n account, and "bills", which were issued with a promise to convert at a later date.
18: ...als. The development of money then comes from the role of agricultural capital and precious metals hav... - 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. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
9: ...e path of the [[International Date Line]], is [[Caroline Island]], [[Kiribati]].
13: ...911 [[metre|m]] (35,797 feet) <!--- Using figure from Mariana Trench article --->below sea level [http...
15: * The point farthest from the Earth's centre is the summit of [[Mount Chim...
16: ...rs would be in the north Atlantic or Pacific, or around the base of the Antarctic continental shelf --...
19: ...at a straight-line distance of 2648 km (1645 mi) from the nearest coastline. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
54: *Sir [[Anthony Caro]] (1924 - ) - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...cussed under [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism]].
6: ...r]]", which came from an old [[root (linguistics)|root]] ''ēlek-'' = "shine".
8: ... is believed by some to have been used for [[electroplating]]. There is no firm documentary evidence t...
10: ...at [[Leiden University]] by [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] in [[1745]]. [[William Watson (scientist)|Wi...
11: ...art provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - 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]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...obbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Po...
6: ...contemporary of [[René „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations....
10: ...Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magd...
12: ...sh, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl...
14: ...t democratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable. - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...id to have come to an end following its ejection from Malta by [[Napoleon]]. The '''Sovereign Military...
5: ...e of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soo...
9: ...h located near [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]]. The property of the Order was divided into [[priories]], ...
15: ... surrendered to the knights. They also gained control a number of neighboring islands, as well as the ... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ...le amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individuals.
9: ...linary limitations to the scientific publication process.
13: ...[[Berlin]] [[1700]]. Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op...
15: ...pe, in a practical sense it has usually centered around wherever it could find the most funding.
17: Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op...
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