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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
36: ...ia]]s such as Harris's ''[[Lexicon technicum]]'' (1704) and Dr Abraham Rees's ''[[Cyclopaedia]]'' (1802-...
53: ... makers of clocks and watches, and scientific instrument makers to enable them to batch-produce small ...
59: ...es for cannon boring made and worked by the [[Verbruggans]]. He later worked for [[Joseph Bramah]] on ...
74: ...ingswood coalfield near Bristol, still have adits running to this day, [[as of 2005]], almost a centur...
81: ...y iron goods were [[Sweden]] and [[Russia]], with Russia being able to command increasingly high price... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: '''Anne''' ([[6 February]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became ...
17: ...on to Roman Catholicism became public. On the instructions of Charles II, however, Anne and her sister...
19: ...ffered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]]...
24: ... government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from makin...
35: ... great victory at the [[Battle of Blenheim]] in [[1704]]. The Whigs quickly rose to power; soon, due to ... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
4: ... with the architect, [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh]].
8: ...ess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}} - Hungary (18459 bytes)
57: ...lopment of a great Slavonic power, and Swatopluk, ruler of Great Moravia, sought to establish a perman...
61: ...trengthened Hungary and its government. Under his rule, Hungary (notably the northern parts, some of w...
63: ... by the Ottomans were annexed by [[Austria]] (the rulers of which were Hungarian kings at the same tim...
65: ... Austrians were finally able to prevail only with Russian help.
67: ...tion (the [[Battle of Solferino]], [[1859]]) and Prussia ([[Battle of K?gratz]], [[1866]]), Hungary wo... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
5: ... by [[Indonesia]] and borders the Sultanate of [[Brunei]] on the east, south, and west.
30: | '''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong|Paramount Ruler]]'''
76: ...nd [[Lembah Bujang]] in [[Kedah]], as well as [[Beruas]] and [[Gangga Negara]] in [[Perak]] and [[Pan ...
80: ...w. After the fall of [[Malacca]], three nations struggled for the control of the [[Malacca Strait]]: t...
82: ... were formed. These settlements were collectively ruled from the [[British East India Company]] seat o... - Spain (36498 bytes)
62: ...C the [[Carthaginians]] arrived in Iberia while struggling with the Greeks for control of the Western ...
73: ... to the 15th centuries, the Iberian peninsula was ruled by Muslims who had crossed over from North Afr...
95: ... forces in [[1939]], General [[Francisco Franco]] ruled a nation exhausted politically and economicall...
118: ...constitution that was signed in October 2004. The rules states that if any country rejects the constit...
161: ...] or the [[Sierra Nevada (Spain)|Sierra Nevada]]. Running from these heights are several major rivers ... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Ruth Ann Minner]] |
42: ...d was part of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legi...
46: ...hirteen colonies]] which revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]]. After the Revo...
50: ... Civil War. Delaware ratified the amendment on February 12, 1901--40 years after [[Abraham Lincoln|Lin...
56: The present governor of Delaware is [[Ruth Ann Minner]] (Democrat). The lieutenant govern... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
63: In [[1704]] the "three lower counties" of New Castle, Kent,...
65: ...thirteen colonies]] that revolted against British rule in the [[American Revolution]] of [[1776]]. Pen...
86: ...e Pittsburgh police magistrate court is the only true city-level court in the state.
92: ..., and any case in which the Court of Common Pleas ruled that a state law was unconstitutional. The Su...
96: ...sman)|Tim Murphy]] (R, 18th District); and [[Todd Russell Platts]] (R, 19th District). - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
4: ...ity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[l...
27: ...finite Series''), and later in ''De methodis serierum et fluxionum'' (''On the Methods of Series and F...
36: ...lescope]]s, he was able to produce a superior instrument to the refracting telescope, due primarily to...
40: He once said, in a letter to Hooke dated [[5 February]] [[1676]]:
46: ... reason of it being then unknown; which makes me trust the more to his experiment, though I have not t... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[August 29]] [[1632]]–[[October 28]] [[1704]]) was a [[17th century|17th-century]] [[philosop...
12: ...e advice of several physicians and was likely instrumental in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an ope...
16: ...ishing took place after his return. He died in [[1704]] after a prolonged decline in health, and is bur...
24: ...lieved, the national church could serve as an instrument for social harmony.
31: ... diversity. Locke also distinguishes between the truly existing ''primary qualities'' of bodies, like ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
14: ...xioms, reached its height with [[Baruch Spinoza|Baruch (Benedictus de) Spinoza]]'s Ethics, which expou...
18: ...y, where belief is that human beings apprehend a truth that is more provisional, but in that era it wa...
22: ...uman terms. The quest for the expression of this truth would lead to a series of philosophical works w...
24: The focus on law, involving the separation of rules from the particulars of behavior or experience...
39: ...For [[Voltaire]] « ''Écrasez l'infâme!'' » ("Crush Infamy!") would be a battle cry for the ideal o... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
7: ...he pirates then raided Spanish settlements in [[Peru]] before returning to the Caribbean.
9: ...an and 36 others behind, the rest of the pirates cruised to [[Manila]], [[Pulo Condore]], [[China]], t...
20: ...'' foundered near [[Ascension Island]] on [[21 February]] [[1701]] and the crew were marooned there fo...
24: ... his return Dampier was [[court-martial]]led for cruelty. On the outward voyage Dampier had crewman Ge...
32: ... sailing master of ''Cinque Ports''. In October [[1704]] the expedition had stopped at the uninhabietd [... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
12: *[[1845]] - The [[rubber band]] is invented
22: ... and the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Agreement.
53: *[[1912]] - [[Bayard Rustin]], civil rights activist (d. [[1987]])
65: *[[1938]] - [[Rudolf Nureyev]], dancer and choreographer (d. [[199...
76: *[[1951]] - [[Kurt Russell]], actor - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
13: ...at follow from the assumptions according to exact rules of [[logic]]. That, however, is the finished ...
17: ...ticians are not motivated by monetary greed; the fruits of labor are not usually patentable and in man...
21: ...ext of the human mind; the idea that "2+2=4 is a true statement" is assumed to exist without requiring...
23: ...l exists [[experimental mathematics]], where the truth of conjectures is probed by testing them on a n...
27: ...s rich enough to hire [[Johann Bernoulli]] to instruct him in the new calculus that was then sweeping ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
12: ...braham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
62: ...igory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - ) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
120: *[[Averroes]] (or ''Ibn Rushd''), (1126-1198){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
158: *[[Bruno Bauer]], (1809-1882){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
231: *[[Rudjer Boscovich]], (1711-1787){{fn|C}}
257: *[[Constantin Brunner]], (1862-1937)
258: *[[Emil Brunner]], (1889-1966){{fn|R}} - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
11: ... Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ...n Christoph Bach]], who was the organist of [[Ohrdruf]]. While in his brother's house, Bach continued ...
17: ... practical experience with the innards of the instrument would provide a unique counterpoint to his un...
19: ...He was also influenced by the work of [[Nicholas Bruhns]]. Shortly after graduation (Bach completed La...
22: ...h; available to keyboard musicians when their instruments are tuned according to [[Andreas Werckmeiste... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...historical movements, the "long" 18th century may run from the [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[1688]] to ...
15: ...he [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Balt...
22: ...unded by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]]. [[Russia]]n [[Capital (political)|capital]] until [[19...
24: * [[1704]]: End of Japan's [[Genroku]] period. - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
2: ...al Revolution]]. It was patented by [[John Kay]] (1704 - 1764) in 1733.
8: ...ide to side, forming a track on which the shuttle runs. At each end of the race, there is a box which ...
10: In manual operation, a cord runs to each box from a handle held by the operator.... - Social justice (17329 bytes)
9: ... as farmers for food, soldiers for protection and rulers for resource management) and a willingness of...
11: ...nsate adequately for any loss of freedom. Hence, true social justice is attained only through the harm...
17: ... natural goodness and beauty, and so, in the long run, if individuals rationally pursue their private ...
24: ... that all citizens are [[reasonable]]. Rawls constructed an argument for a two-stage process to determ...
25: ...ses; to that extent, X holds these powers as a [[trustee]] for the citizen;
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