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- Jane Austen (5805 bytes)
3: ...6]], [[1775]]–[[July 18]], [[1817]]) was a prominent [[English literature|English novelist]] wh...
5: ...to seek medical attendance, but so rapid was the progress of her malady that she died there two months...
7: ...took the form of socially conscious comedies of errors. These, especially ''[[Emma]]'', are often cit...
12: ...ich people's chief concern is obtaining socially prominent marriages, to be unliberated and disquietin...
14: ... she began and completed her novels is different from that of their publication. They are: - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...blic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...February 11]], [[1731]]<!-- Please do not remove: 1731 is correct - Old Style New Year's Day was Mar 25 ...
26: ...nia. He visited [[Barbados]], with his sick half-brother Lawrence in [[1751]], and survived an attack ...
31: ...eventually became the [[Seven Years' War]] in [[Europe]].
33: ...tion]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]]. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
8: | succeeded=[[James Monroe]]
21: ...Thomas Jefferson]]. In this capacity he became a prominent figure in [[Virginia]] state politics, help...
23: ...ted in the new Congress, Madison was one of the strongest advocates of state representation depending ...
25: ...the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu]].
27: Madison wrote thirty of the eighty-five essays that comprise ... - 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... - 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 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]]) - 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
30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist - Benjamin Banneker (3034 bytes)
1: ...r 9]], [[1806]]) was an [[African-American]] [[astronomer]], [[clock|clockmaker]], and [[publisher]], ...
3: ...lly Welsh, was accused of stealing milk and sent from [[England]] to America as punishment. She became...
5: Benjamin's father, Robert Bannakay, built a series of [[dam]]s and wate...
7: ...Banneker saw a neighbor's patent pocket watch, borrowed it, took it apart to draw all its pieces, then...
9: ...rk and lent him books on [[mathematics]] and [[astronomy]]. - 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 - ) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
2: ... Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the fi...
4: ...theter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]], and possibly [...
11: In around [[1677]], Josiah married a one Anne Child at E...
21: ...e became an [[apprenticeship|apprentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New Engl... - 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]]) - 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) - Martha Washington (3111 bytes)
3: ...st [[President of the United States|President]], from [[1789]] to [[1797]]. Born near [[Williamsburg, ...
8: ...sum of $150,000 for the purchase of the property from the Lee Family. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
4: ...[[Seed drill]]: [[Jethro Tull (agriculturist)|Jethro Tull]]
11: * [[1731]]: [[Sextant]]: [[John Hadley]]
15: * [[1752]]: [[Lightning rod]]: [[Benjamin Franklin]]
16: * [[1762]]: [[Iron smelting process]]: [[Jared Eliot]]
24: * [[1779]]: [[Spinning mule]]: [[Samuel Crompton]] - Cricket (27178 bytes)
2: ...ricket''' is a [[team sport]] played between two groups of eleven players each. It originated in its m...
4: ...nse rivalries between the top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment that has occasionall...
6: ... the [[cricket pitch]]. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the [[umpire (cricket)|...
33: ...he second team to bat are used up. In this case, provided the number of runs made by the first team ar...
35: ...tinuing the play, because of bad weather, unruly crowd or any such unlikely event or situation, the re... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
4: ...ng="1" align="right" style="margin-left:1em; background:#e3e3e3;"
36: ...́д, [[1924]]–[[1991]]) and '''Petrograd''' (Петрог...
38: ...est city, Europe's fourth largest city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russia...
40: ...1094;а). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: -->
48: ...st spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought-iron fences, monumental and decorative sculptures. T... - Temperature (22519 bytes)
1: '''Temperature''' is the [[physics|physical]] property of a system which underlies the common notio...
4: The formal properties of temperature are studied in [[thermodyna...
6: ...re difference does exist, heat will tend to move from the ''higher'' temperature system to the ''lower...
8: ...onds to a loss of heat from the system. On the microscopic scale this heat corresponds to the random m...
10: ...nd [[volume]] are [[extrinsic property|extrinsic properties]], and depend on the amount of material in...
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