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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
32: ...[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer
39: *[[James Bruce]]
40: *[[William S. Bruce]], (1867-1921) Scottish explorer of Antarctica
41: *[[Cornelis de Bruijn]], (1652-1727), Dutch traveler and artist
77: *[[Simon Dezhnev|Semyon Dezhnev]], [[Russians|Russian]] explorer, first European who sailed throug... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...ledge]], [[meaning]], [[value]], [[being]] and [[truth]]. Each culture, [[prehistoric]], [[ancient]], ...
7: ...ilosophers such as [[Plato]]. The Medieval period runs until roughly the late [[1400s]] and the [[Rena...
12: ...ecame known (perhaps unjustly) for claiming that truth was no more than opinion and for teaching peopl...
16: ...about important matters like justice, beauty and truth. He wrote nothing, but inspired many disciples....
20: ... as the reason for them being more appropriate in running society. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
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...
83: ...ed in his footsteps, and iron became a major construction material. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: '''Bagpipes''' are a class of [[musical instrument]], [[aerophone]]s using enclosed [[reed (musi...
16: ...more recent times many other materials, such as [[rubber]] and [[Gore-Tex]] have become popular amongs...
23: ... [[Jacobite Rising|'45 Rising]]. This claim is untrue; there is no mention of the bagpipe in the [[Act...
25: ...aid to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [[Bannockburn]] in [[1314...
40: ...section, the bombarde and latterly almost any instruments, from model elephants,to small jazz orchestr... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
41: *[[Russ Abbott|Abbott, Russ]], (born 1947), British comedian
44: *[[Abd-ar-rahman I]], (died 788), Muslim Spain ruler
47: *[[Abd-ar-rahman IV]], (circa 1017), Muslim Spain ruler
48: *[[Abd-ar-rahman V]], (1023-1024), Muslim Spain ruler
86: *[[Abgarus of Edessa|Abgar V Ukkama bar Ma'nu]], (fl. early... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ... of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] on [[6 February]] [[1952]]. She is the longest serving current...
15: Elizabeth was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 Apri...
20: ...]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury...
46: ...]] (Andrew Albert Christian Edward) (born [[19 February]] [[1960]]), married ([[23 July]] [[1986]]) an...
55: ...he first British monarch since the [[Act of Union 1800|Act of Union]] in 1801 to be out of the country a... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...[[1850]]–[[February 10]], [[1891]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]] and a student of [[Karl...
3: ...rname to [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary|Korvin]]-Krukovsky.
9: Kovalevskaya had a crush on [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] and practiced his favo...
11: ...es instead. Sofia spent many hours of childhood scrutinising the strange scribbles. Something of it se...
13: She adored her uncle [[Pyotr Vasilievich Krukovsky]], a self-taught eccentric with especial fo... - Rose (15436 bytes)
18: ...nus]] '''''Rosa''''' and the [[flower]] of this shrub.
21: ... The species form a group of generally thorny [[shrub]]s or [[liana|climbers]], and sometimes trailing...
27: ... fruit-eating [[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrushes]] and [[waxwing]]s, which then disperse the s...
29: ...when growing over it. Some species such as ''Rosa rugosa'' and ''R. pimpinellifolia'' though have dens...
31: ...ium tuberculatum''), a species of [[Rust (fungus)|Rust fungus]], which can defoliate the plant. More c... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ...1/3 feet and four octaves in range), the last instruments built were up to seven feet long with a six ...
5: In the clavichord the strings run transversely from an anchorage at the left-hand ...
7: ... required, but it limits the abilities of the instrument, since only one note can be played at a time ...
9: Instruments were built with one or two manuals and pedal...
11: ... Emmanuel Bach]] was a great proponent of the instrument. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...sewhere by troops sent from Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
25: ...Cairo has the largest concentration of medi涡l structures in the world.]]
26: ...o the south of the modern city's location are the ruins of [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], which was the c...
34: ...ors expanded the city further, including the construction of its massive citadel.
38: ...man Empire]] under [[Selim]] in [[1517]], but the ruling [[Mameluks]] quickly returned to power as nom... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
1: [[Image:USAFE Band trumpeter.jpg|frame|right|Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Force...
2: ...e trumpet is called a ''trumpeter'' or simply, ''trumpet player''.
4: ==Construction==
5: ...arge-01.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A standard B♭ trumpet]]
6: ...e pitch of the instrument. Three valves make the trumpet fully [[chromatic]], allowing the player to p... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...ortable [[free reed instrument|free-reed wind instrument]] with a [[musical keyboard|keyboard]], the s...
4: ...sible that some ancient civilisation had reed instruments. It has been suggested that they may have ex...
6: Simple metal or wood reed instruments ("Maultrommel", Jews' Harp) were likely prec...
10: ... is held at one end and free at the other, like a ruler on the edge of a table top. The reed is fitted...
12: Modern free-reed instruments have several aspects in common: - Middle Kingdom of Egypt (5374 bytes)
10: ...f the government. This proved the worth of the co-rulership as the new king would have acquired useful...
20: ...floods began to fail and his son [[Amenemhat IV]] ruled 10 years ([[1773 BC]] - [[1763 BC]]) before dy...
22: ... Amenemhat IV briefly reigned as Queen [[Sobekneferu]] ([[1763 BC]] - [[1759 BC]]). As she apparently ...
24: ...most fabulous of [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[papyrus|papyri]]:
26: ...[1800 BC]] - [[Timeline of mathematics|Berlin Papyrus]] - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
13: ...arily established lengths of co-regencies between rulers and even overlapping dynasties. The possibili...
15: ...observed that Theon explicitly stated, and [[Al-Biruni]] supported him, that the beginning of the next...
23: ...: 114), "...dating to perhaps 2100-2200 BCE (1700-1800 BCE in [[radiocarbon year]]s)." In the same book ...
27: ...epted chronology of the Ancient [[Near East]]. We run a very real danger of debating about millimeters...
29: ...]] and his [[Book of Sothis]]. They confirm John Brug's observation that 26 BCE was the beginning of a... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
25: ... to unite behind; the nominee in turn selects a [[running mate]] to join him on the ticket as the Vice...
53: ...01 marked the first year of the 19th century, not 1800.
138: | 19 || [[Rutherford B. Hayes|Rutherford Birchard Hayes]]
192: ...Garner]] and [[Henry A. Wallace]] and [[Harry S. Truman]]
194: | 33 || [[Harry S. Truman]] - John Adams (18716 bytes)
24: ...ength, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ...to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authority...
46: ...dertake nothing in the negotiations for peace or truce without their knowledge or concurrence; and ult...
48: ...United States and foreign powers after that of February 1778 with France.
54: ...ll.jpg|thumb|right|John Adams portrait by [[John Trumbull]].]] - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
23: ...;[[August 17]], [[1757]]) and Jane Randolph ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), ...
27: ...e of his collection (the Library was founded in [[1800]]; Jefferson sold his third library to the Congre...
39: ...dential election, 1800]]. It was resolved on [[February 17]], [[1801]] when Jefferson was elected Pres...
123: ...erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a very ruddy complexion, sandy hair and hazel-flecked, grey...
147: ...clergy unresponsive to the people and leads to corruption within religion. Erecting the 'wall of separ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
22: ...This [[anglophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming fro...
24: ... family. He came to [[Tennessee]] shortly after [[1800]], as a young lawyer. Since he was not of a disti...
32: ...d the man of the people had been robbed by the corrupt aristocrats of the East. He won a solid victory...
43: ...ms caused by the War of 1812. Both Banks were instrumental in the growth of the U.S. economy, but Jack...
51: ...xpense of farmers and laborers. After a titanic struggle, Jackson succeeded in destroying the Bank by ... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
25: ... Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[February 16]], [[1817]]) who also had children from a p...
29: ...entrance into politics. New York politics after [[1800]], the year of the election of [[Thomas Jefferson...
39: In February [[1821]] he was elected to the [[United States...
43: ...rt, but voted for the measure in obedience to instructions from the New York [[State legislature|legis...
45: ...by an examination of his senatorial career. In February [[1827]], he was re-elected to the Senate by a... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: ...><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td></tr>
20: '''Millard Fillmore''' ([[January 7]], [[1800]] – [[March 8]], [[1874]]) was the thirteent...
26: ...eventually being selected as [[Zachary Taylor]]'s running mate. During that time he served in the Hous...
37: ...lmore to the Presidency in July 1850 brought an abrupt political shift in the administration. Taylor'...
59: ...roversy, it served rather as an uneasy sectional truce.
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