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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]] - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ... [[empiricism]] (through observation), and even through [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inh...
7: ...hich includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th centur...
10: ...onia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, who was active around 585 B.C. and left us the opaque dictum, "All i...
12: ...and for teaching people to argue fallaciously to prove whatever conclusions they wished). This whole m...
14: ...influence the [[Athenian Assembly]], and thereby grow wealthy and respected. Since winning debates led... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...neteenth century enabled the manufacture of more production machines for manufacturing in other indust...
3: ...lway]]s, and later in the nineteenth century the growth of the [[internal combustion engine]] and the ...
5: The effects spread throughout [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]], eventually affecting t...
7: The term industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste ...
10: ...tain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]effici... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...pes''' are a class of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[reed (music)|reed]]s. T...
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
12: 6) Bass drone<br>
16: ...[[melody]] is played, and most have at least one drone [[harmony]], although there are relatively many...
18: ...e sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighter sound. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...ity]], the third woman in [[Europe]] to become a professor.
3: ...er father was [[Vasily Vasilievich Kriukovskoi]] (1800-1874), an artillery officer of Belarusian ("''Pol...
5: ...tersburg Academy of Sciences]]) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more...
7: ...eorem]]) and essentially completed the study of [[rotating solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [...
9: ...ed on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her. - Rose (15436 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen| name = Rose}}
2: ...a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Rosaceae]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Rosoideae]]}} - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...Arnold Dolmetsch at the end of the 19th century. From the mid-18th century it principally flourished i...
5: In the clavichord the strings run transversely from an anchorage at the left-hand end to tuning-pegs...
7: Since the string vibrates from the bridge only as far as the tangent, multiple ...
11: ...s son [[Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach]] was a great proponent of the instrument.
13: ..., Martin Kather, Joris Potvleighe, Karin Richter, Ronald Haas, and Thomas Steiner. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
1: ...an Pyramids|Pyramids]] have become a symbol of Cairo internationally]]
2: ...ost populous metropolitan area]] in the world. Cairo is located at 30°2' North, 31°13' East (3...
4: ...y, ''Mişr'' (Arabic, مصر) pronounced ''Maşr'' in the local dialect.
6: ...airo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
7: ...age:EgyptAlQahirah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highlighted... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
1: ...performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band]]
2: ...n register, above the [[tuba]], [[euphonium]], [[trombone]], [[sousaphone]], and [[french horn]]. A pe...
6: ...ng the player to play in all keys. The sound is projected outward by the [[bell]].
8: The [[mouthpiece]] provides a comfortable receiver to allow the lips to ...
11: ...rom earlier non-valved instruments, such as the Baroque trumpet now used by [[original instruments]] e... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
6: Simple metal or wood reed instruments ("Maultrommel", Jews' Harp) were likely precursors.
10: ...rough the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound.
15: *Activation of sound through air ([[Bernoulli effect]])
16: ... tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwind ins...
20: ...d the standard of the contemporary technology to produce reeds, so as technology has changed, so have ... - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
2: ...Fourteenth dynasty of Egypt|Fourteenth dynasty]], roughly between [[1986 BC]] and [[1633 BC]].
5: ...ally dated to when [[Pharaoh]] [[Mentuhotep II]] from [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]] defeated the last king ...
6: ...rovided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...ed, there was a smooth transition into the illusturous Twelfth dynasty. The first Pharaoh of the Twelf...
10: ...encies lasted throughout the Twelfth dynasty and provided great stability. - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...nventional Egyptian chronology]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Eg...
5: ...f an Egyptian chronology a difficult task. As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it...
7: ...I-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0006_egyptianChronolgoy.html]
9: ... 106), has properly called it "the rather fluid chronology of the [[Pharaoh]]s and the [[Hittite]]s," ...
13: ... the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically. - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...a]]. Occasionally, constitutional amendments are proposed to remove or amend this requirement, but non...
16: ...e served two full terms: [[Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]]. Incumbent Pre...
19: ...e person receiving the greatest number of votes (provided that such a number was a majority of elector...
21: ...mendment XII]] in [[1804]] changed the electoral process by directing the electors to use separate bal...
25: ...ess is concerned with winning [[swing state]]s, through frequent visits and [[mass media]] advertising... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
22: ...eration descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in ...
24: ...758]], he was admitted to the [[bar_(law)|bar]]. From an early age he developed the habit of writing d...
28: ...[Samuel Adams]]; instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer. Impetuous...
31: ...which he pronounced the Stamp Act invalid on the ground that Massachusetts, being without representati...
35: ...f a series of committees to study naval matters. From that time onward, Adams championed the establish... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]]; [[George Clinton (politician)|George Cli...
18: ...ulturalist]], [[Horticulture|horticulturist]], [[Property|land owner]], [[architect]], [[Archaeology|a...
23: ...]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virginia]] for sev...
25: ..., [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unani...
27: ...e of his collection (the Library was founded in [[1800]]; Jefferson sold his third library to the Congre... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
10: ...axhaw, North Carolina|Waxhaws area]] of [[North Carolina]]
14: | wife= [[Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson]]
18: ... first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associat...
22: ...rust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favor...
24: ...egan to prosper in the rough-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militi... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2>[[Image:Mar...
25: ...[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a previous marriage.
27: ...1778]]-[[1826]]), an eminent lawyer and later [[Aaron Burr]]'s second in the duel with [[Alexander Ham...
29: ...e a member of the [[Court for the Correction of Errors]], the highest [[Court (judicial)|court]] in Ne...
33: ...a Federalist. He had already, in [[1808]], moved from Kinderhook to [[Hudson, New York|Hudson]], and i... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
4: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2><div style=...
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
20: ...ency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]].
26: ... complement Taylor, a slave-holding military man from the south.
29: ... evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution."
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