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- Simple machine (1852 bytes)
1: In [[physics]], a '''simple machine''' is any device that only requires the a...
3: The traditional list of simple machines is:
14: ...tic]]ity, so the actual mechanical advantage of a simple machine will usually differ from its theoretical ...
16: ...ilibrium]] of [[torque]]s (lever, pulley, wheel). Simple machines are often used in combination as compone...
18: Variations to the list of simple machines:
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...China]] is one of the world's oldest continuous major [[civilization]]s, with written records dating ...
15: [[Image:Statute_ming_tombs.jpg |thumb|left|Ming Tombs. Image provided by [http...
24: ...political entities that existed at the same time, just as the early Zhou (successor state of the Shan...
30: ...he [[Qin Dynasty]]. This is the background of the Jet Li movie [[Hero_%28movie%29|Hero]]
34: [[Image:Qin_empire_210_BCE.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Qin empire in 210 BC.]] - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
3: [[Image:Coronado expedition.jpg|thumb|500px|The Coronado Expedition 1540-1542.]...
7: ... to try to get that [[gold]]. He set out in 1540, joined by a large expedition of 340 Spanish, 300 In...
9: ...den city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was se...
21: ...p]], modern introduction, Donald C. Cutter, ''The Journey of Coronado'', [http://www.fulcrum-books.co... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...e states of [[New York]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]], [[Delaware]] and sometimes [[Maryland]]. ...
5: ...ng called cornmeal mush every day of the year. [[Johnnycake]], bread made with cornmeal, was also po...
7: ...d [[deer]]skin was used to make breeches, shirts, jackets, and moccasins. Forest products were used ...
9: ...n the Middle Colonies mostly had shipping-related jobs such as merchants, shipwrights, dockworkers, a...
11: ..., [[Greek language|Greek]], and other advanced subjects. Wealthy young men attended college when they... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
5: ... particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
12: ...gs." (See [[Vestments controversy]].) They also objected to ecclesiastical courts. They refused to e...
20: ...ally dangerous movement; he authorized the [[King James Bible]] partly to reinforce Anglican orthodox...
24: ...of_England#Personal_Rule|Personal Rule]] were a major factor in the outbreak of the [[English Civil W...
28: ...al Church, as well as the continuing use of the pejorative name "Dissenter" (for non-Conforming Prote... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: [[Image:Bagpipe performer.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amst...
6: [[Image:annotated_stand.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland ba...
23: ...[[Great Highland Bagpipe]] was banned after the [[Jacobite Rising|'45 Rising]]. This claim is untrue;...
40: ...st any instruments, from model elephants,to small jazz orchestras. Well known bagads include Bagad Br...
45: ...for emphasis on, say, the first beat of a bar, or just as a more musical way to get from one note to ... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: * [[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Johnsonville]] - [[Confederate States of America|Co...
13: ...first issue of the scientific journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...s [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win th...
15: ...lek of Shoa]] obtains the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the wa...
34: ...mbent [[United States Democrat Party|Democrat]] [[Jimmy Carter]] by a wide margin. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: | [[Image:queen_anne_england.JPG|right|thumb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen o...
10: ...ence of a [[Protestant]] heir, the Roman Catholic James II could attempt to return to the Throne. It ...
12: ...ion]]. The Duchess of Marlborough's husband was [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led ...
15: ...most influential advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), wh...
17: ..., declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books and e... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: [[Image:Victoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck,...
5: ...ormal events, Queen Mary's valuable collection of jewels built up over her years as queen are now pri...
11: ...ce]], [[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [...
21: ...uly 6]], [[1893]], at the [[Chapel Royal]], [[St. James's Palace]], in [[London]]. The couple had si...
27: ...y]] [[1972]]<td> married [[Wallis Simpson]] ([[19 June]] [[1896]] – [[24 April]] [[1986]]); no ... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosaparksarrested.jpeg|thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for ...
4: ...ks was born in [[Tuskegee, Alabama]], daughter of James and Loeona McCauley. She grew up on a farm wi...
9: [[Image:Rosa_parks_bus.jpg|thumb|right|The bus, now a museum exhibit at th...
14: ...House of Representatives|U. S. Representative]] [[John Conyers]] ([[Democratic Party of the United St...
25: ...ecause it applied to all segregationist laws, not just those affecting interstate commerce. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
1: [[image:Margaret_Atwood.jpg|right|framed|Margaret Atwood]]
2: ... to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gibson, was born in [[1976]].
6: ...lyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
37: :''[[The Journals of Susanna Moodie]]'' ([[1970]])
53: :''[[Good Bones and Simple Murders]]'' ([[1994]]) - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...ry]]. Little is known of her early life; from the simple but literary [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman...
8: * Ferrante, Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de Fra...
10: * Rychner, Jean. 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris:... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
1: [[Image:VirginiaWoolf.jpeg|frame|right|Virginia Woolf]]
3: '''Virginia Woolf''' ([[January 25]], [[1882]] – [[March 28]], [[1941...
7: ...s the [[Bloomsbury group]]. While nowhere near a simple recapitulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's w...
9: ...ed some artists in this category, such as [[James Joyce]].
13: ...life, presented simultaneously as corrosion and rejuvenation- all set in a highly imaginative and sym... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hipatia.jpg|thumb|Hypatia of Alexandria]]
4: ...t fellow of the Museum of Alexandria, which was adjacent to or included the main [[Library of Alexand...
14: ...her career: "Their philosophy consists in a very simple formula, that of calling God to witness, as Plato...
22: :"Yet even she fell a victim to the political jealousy which at that time prevailed. For as she h...
24: [[John of Niki?n, Bishop of Niki?a [[7th century]] au... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
1: [[Image:Helen_Hogg.jpg|right]]
3: ... Sawyer Hogg''' ([[August 1]], [[1905]] – [[January 28]], [[1993]]) was a prolific [[astronomy|...
5: ...n to [[Harvard Observatory]] to work with [[Annie Jump Cannon]] and [[Harlow Shapley]]. on star clus...
7: ...in [[1935]] moved to [[Ontario]] where she took a job at the [[David Dunlap Observatory]], where Fran...
11: She won the [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy]] in [[1949]] and the ... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...pg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
6: ...x). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]], hence she may b...
9: ...en though most Albanians are [[Muslim]] and the majority of their native Macedonia are [[Macedonian O...
11: ...n]] granted Teresa permission to leave Skopje and join the [[Sisters of Loreto]], an [[Ireland|Irish]... - Marigold (1868 bytes)
2: ...box_image | image = [[Image:Calendula officinalis.jpg|250px|Calendula officinalis]] | caption = Pot M...
19: ...e [[Leaf|leaves]] of this plant are 5-18 cm long, simple, and usually roughly hairy. The [[flower]] heads ... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Orchin_P622.jpg|250px|Phalaenopsis hybrid]] | caption = Orchid}...
21: ...n, except [[Antarctica]] and deserts. The great majority are to be found in the [[tropics]], mostly [...
22: * a majority of species are [[perennial]] [[epiphyte]]s; ...
34: They have simple [[Leaf|leaves]] with lengthwise [[vein]]s. Their ...
44: [[Image:Orchid_3115D.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Orchid Stem. Image provided b... - Honeysuckle (2143 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:honeysuckle_w_y.jpg|240px]] | caption = }}
13: ...European honeysuckle]]), ''Lonicera japonica'' ([[Japanese honeysuckle]], White honeysuckle, or Chine...
15: The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple oval, and from 1-10 cm long; most are [[deciduous...
17: ...pecies|invasive weeds]] in the [[United States]], Japanese honeysuckle also in [[New Zealand]]. Honey...
19: [[Image:Flyhoneysuckle1web.jpg|left|250px|Fly Honeysuckle (flower and leaves)]... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
2: ...obox_image | image = [[Image:A white iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
16: ...ous subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left|A purple bearded iris]]
17: [[Image:Iris.JPG|232px|thumb|right|White-purple-yellow Dutch iri...
23: ...ve long, erect, flowering [[stem]]s. These may be simple or branched, solid or hollow. These stalks may be...
30: ...ibre refuse. To this set belong ''milifolia'', ''junonia'', ''danfordiae'', ''reichenbachii'' and ot... - Tiger lily (1547 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Tigerlilysmall.jpg|250px|]] | caption = Tiger Lily}}
12: {{Taxobox section binomial simple|color=lightgreen|binomial_name=Lilium lancifolium...
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