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  1. Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
    19: ...y became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Nightingale's pioneering wo...
    35: ...accident. Following this episode she used a solid Russian-built carriage, with waterproof hood and cur...
    37: ...ed 2,000 patients herself. She also contracted [[Brucellosis|Crimean Fever]]. She is remembered today ...
    45: ...from [[bipolar disorder]] [http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=63468] or [[myalgic enc...
    47: ...included detailed statistical reports and was instrumental in the implementation of its recommendation...
  2. Suzanne Lenglen (11495 bytes)
    10: ...14]] French Championships. (The tournament, a forerunner of the [[French Open]], was only open to memb...
    24: ... Open]] championships. That year, to raise reconstruction funds for the regions of France that had bee...
    26: ...uch that she entered the tournament despite being run down and suffering from what later was diagnosed...
    34: ... consider to be her most memorable match. In a February [[1926 in sports|1926]] tournament at the Carl...
    36: ...er ticket prices went through the roof. Roofs and windows of nearby buildings were also crowded with specta...
  3. Glass (26176 bytes)
    37: ...l concentrations (around 0.001%), produces a rich ruby-colored glass, while lower concentrations produ...
    42: ...d of the mediterranean, a new invention caused a true revolution in the glass industry. This was the d...
    69: ...ainted, although many glassblowers consider this crude. A significant exception is the collection of p...
    71: ...|lampworked]] by [[Leopold Blaschka]] and his son Rudolph, who never revealed the method he used to ma...
    73: ...story; many churches have beautiful stained-glass windows.
  4. Stained glass (3937 bytes)
    7: ...typically in the golden haloes depicted in church windows. In general usage, stained glass refers to glass ...
    11: ...re then [[Soldering|soldered]] together to create windows, panels, and/or lampshades incorporating colorful...
    15: ... glass was the restoration of thousands of church windows throughout Europe, destroyed by [[World War II]]....
    17: ...mpleted the world's largest secular stained-glass windows installed at [http://craft.fsu.edu/featured_windo...
    30: * Stained glass windows
  5. Iconography (7643 bytes)
    4: ...f change, the flower of new life, the fire of destruction, etc.). The many heads, eyes, feet, and arms...
    8: ...[[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox]], [[icon]]s serve as windows into [[heaven]]. The interiors of [[Eastern Ortho...
    11: ... [[icon]] of [[John the Baptist|St John]] the forerunner are all examples of the [[symbolism]] found i...
    15: As a general rule, the figures in [[icon]]s are shown with serene...
  6. 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...
    138: | 19 || [[Rutherford B. Hayes|Rutherford Birchard Hayes]]
    192: ...Garner]] and [[Henry A. Wallace]] and [[Harry S. Truman]]
    194: | 33 || [[Harry S. Truman]]
    195: || [[Image:Harry-truman.jpg|50px]]
  7. Astronomy (13970 bytes)
    10: ...data, which involves building and maintaining instruments and processing the resulting information; th...
    25: *[[Galactic astronomy]]: the study of the structure and components of our galaxy and of other ga...
    52: ...given by the region of the [[electromagnetic spectrum]] observed:
    56: ...common tool is the [[telescope]] but with the instrument optimized for infrared. [[Space telescope]]s ...
    66: ...[UV astronomy]] and (except for a few wavelength "windows") [[Far infrared astronomy]], so observations
  8. Dictionary (22415 bytes)
    35: ...s providing conservative continuity. In the long run, however, usage primarily determines the meaning...
    47: ...]. It is known by the title "De Significatu Verborum" ("On the meaning of words") and was originally ...
    49: The first true English dictionary was the ''[[Table Alphabetica...
    129: #*[http://www.americana.ru Americana English-Russian Dictionary] - the first bilingual dictionary...
    136: ...bonline.com WordWebOnline.com] A dictionary/thesaurus and meta-search (also available as a [http://wor...
  9. List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
    7: ...ipt code you have copied into your URL window and run it. (The other table scripts there can also be u...
    113: *[[Truth table]]
    184: ...galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and large-scale structure]]
    398: *[[List of fruits]]
    414: **[[List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California]]
  10. Anemometer (11426 bytes)
    1: ...tripod" mount that's attached to the rigging that runs around the perimeter of the roof.]]
    3: ...pressure]] of the [[wind]], and is one of the instruments found in a [[weather station]].
    7: ...pendent experiments, but it is very far from the truth, for it is now known that the actual ratio, or ...
    11: ...iting on a sheet of paper moved by clockwork. Instruments of this kind have been in use for a long ser...
    21: ...o its axis, the most trifling departure from the true direction causing great variations in the magnit...
  11. Medieval architecture (3180 bytes)
    11: ...round or slightly pointed arches, barrel vaults, cruciform piers supporting vaults, and groin vaults.
    16: ...ld then become thinner and even have windows. The windows installed contained beautiful [[stained glass]], ...
    22: ...non-religious examples of mediaeval architecture. Windows gained a cross-shape for more than decorative pur...
    36: * [[half-timbered construction]]
  12. Aviation history (39698 bytes)
    1: ...Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
    3: ...e wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fall into the sea, killing him. The legend w...
    5: ...eral broad trends. [[Aircraft]] designers have struggled to make their planes go faster, fly higher, ...
    15: ...eonardo, its plans were preserved and it was constructed in the late 20th century from materials that ...
    17: ...at powering the aircraft through the air was the crux of flying. Sufficiently light and powerful engi...
  13. 2006 (7939 bytes)
    18: ===January-February===
    28: * [[February 5]] - [[Super Bowl XL]] to be held at [[Ford F...
    29: * [[February 9]] - Independence referendum in [[Serbia and ...
    30: * [[February 10]] to [[February 26]] - [[2006 Winter Olympics|XX Olympic Winte...
    31: * [[February 28]] - [[Mardi Gras]]
  14. Morse code (33777 bytes)
    42: ...average natural noise (but see also [[spread spectrum]]).
    46: ...ative Procedures Act]], it will take time for the Rule to go into effect, as a long Comment period mus...
    88: ...less Fantasy'' and in the Rock band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]'s song YYZ, based on the Morse code for Toron...
    152: ...is way of more than one character, they are sent "run together"; that is, omitting the normal pauses t...
    370: ...ormal interletter spacing; that is, they are not "run together" the way prosigns are.
  15. Lightning (33113 bytes)
    6: ...roduced during a [[thunderstorm]]. Lightning's abrupt electric discharge is accompanied by the emissi...
    10: ...nto electricity via [[Leyden jar]]s and other instruments, a number of people proposed that small scal...
    16: ...ors was Professor Richman, of [[Saint Petersburg, Russia]]. He had created a setup similar to Franklin...
    28: ...ur within the ash clouds from [[volcano|volcanic eruptions]]{{ref|usgs_hvo}}<sup>,</sup>{{ref|noaa_gal...
    46: ... set, and the dangers unappreciated until the destruction of a glider in [[1999]] [http://www.dft.gov....
  16. Cockroach (5997 bytes)
    32: ...omparable in size is the giant cockroach ''[[Blaberus giganteus]]'', which grows to a similar length b...
    34: ...nature. They only live in houses where there are crumbs to eat or the garbage can is uncovered. They l...
    51: ...n [[plant]] matter including leaves and fallen [[fruit]]. It is a [[Ovoviviparous]] organism.
    53: ...is by forcing air out of the breathing holes that run along the side of its body.
    57: ...use lights, and will sometimes creep through open windows. However, they are harmless and will soon leave w...
  17. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    16: ...at the poet was born in the room with the checked windows.]]
    23: ...aughter, Judith, were baptized soon after on [[February 2]], [[1585]].
    67: ...9]], and [[Edmund Malone|Edmund Malone's]] ''Variorum Edition'' (published posthumously in [[1821]]) i...
    188: ...onfusion. Modern editors have the task of reconstructing Shakespeare's original words and expurgating...
    190: ... In others the text may have become manifestly corrupt or unreliable (''[[Pericles Prince of Tyre|Peri...
  18. Bat (disambiguation) (977 bytes)
    7: ...[The Bat!]], an [[e-mail]] client for [[Microsoft Windows]].
    9: * ".bat", the filetype extension for [[Microsoft Windows]] [[batch file]]s.
  19. Bat (13851 bytes)
    29: ...ra'' can be translated as ''Hand Wing'', as the structure of the open wing is very similar to an outsp...
    31: ...ot just as pollinators, but eating the resulting fruits and so spreading their seeds. This role explai...
    39: # Megachiroptera ([[megabat]]s or fruit bats)
    42: Megabats eat fruit, while microbats eat mainly [[Insect|insects]],...
    89: ... [[chitin]] armour of [[insect]]s or the skin of fruits.
  20. Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
    4: ...d after the [[McIntosh]], a variety of [[apple]] fruit favored by [[Jef Raskin]]. The original 128k Ma...
    49: ...upport the dual-link [[DVI]] standard required to run the 30" display (PowerBook G4, 2005)
    50: * First true [[touchpad]] as a pointing device on a notebook ...
    58: ...bble]], a Macintosh programmer, was interested in running the Lisa's graphical programs on the Macinto...
    64: ...on the plugs of cables. After an internal power struggle with new CEO [[John Sculley]] in the [[1980s]...

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