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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)
7: ...and modern Chinese is speculative. The ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' or modern human might have reached China a...
14: ...[[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China be...
22: ...Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC).
30: ...eror]] (Shi Huangdi), forming the first Chinese empire under the [[Qin Dynasty]]. This is the backgrou...
32: == Qin Dynasty: The first Chinese Empire == - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
9: ...den city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was se...
11: ...to meet [[Hernando de Alarcón]] who would be shipping supplies for Coronado. [[Pedro de Tovar]] was s... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
5: ...t, and barley. The whiskey was often mixed with spices, milk, and sugar which many people thought imp...
7: ...he Dutch form of dress. [[Quakers]] wore neat and simple clothing as their [[religion]] taught them. Many ...
9: ... that lived in the Middle Colonies mostly had shipping-related jobs such as merchants, shipwrights, do... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
5: ... particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
12: ...genuflection), which they castigated as "[[pope|popish]] pomp and rags." (See [[Vestments controversy]...
14: ...sage in the ''Book of Common Prayer'' turned the episcopal [[hierarchy]] into a specific target of the...
20: ...o Puritan, and he regarded Puritans with great suspicion. Since he believed in royal control of the C...
32: ...://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/puritans.html] (See [[Pilgrim fathers]] and [[Mayflower]]). - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
1: ...mage:Bagpipe performer.jpg|right|thumb|150px|A bagpipe performer in [[Amsterdam]].]]
3: ... pipers most commonly talk of "pipes" and "the bagpipe".
6: ...g|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Great Highland bagpipes.<br>
10: 4) Blowstick or blowpipe<br>
16: ...opular amongst many pipers, particularly Highland pipers. In the Middle east, and the Balkans, a whole... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
10: ...came the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which s...
15: ... the allegiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowne...
38: ...s of his wounds later that night in a Tel Aviv Hospital.
48: *[[1765]] - [[Pierre Girard]], [[France|French]] mathematician (d....
62: *1932 - [[Noam Pitlik]], actor/director (d. [[1999]]) - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...uce a child who could survive into adulthood precipitated a succession crisis, for, in the absence of ...
26: ...e totally extinguished, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne....
57: ...bill (in this case, a Scots militia bill). Preocuppied with her health (she suffered from [[porphyria]... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
9: ...s-Rh餥 (created Countess von Hohenstein in the Empire of [[Austria]]). Through the House of W?berg, M...
11: ...000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to fl...
13: ...r mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and social events. May was ...
19: ...to May. George duly proposed and May accepted. Despite its being an arranged marriage, May and George ...
32: ...]] <td>[[18 January]] [[1919]]<td> suffered from epilepsy, raised apart from his royal siblings, and d... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
10: ...any other protests against [[segregation]]. In helping in this boycott, Rosa Parks helped make her fel...
35: ...storic act of [[civil disobedience]], and how her simple act connects to the larger tapestry of the [[civi...
37: ...living symbol of courage and determintaion and inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere. - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...]], [[literary criticism|literary critic]], and a pioneer of [[List of Canadian writers|Canadian women...
6: ...ally published [[poetry]]. Often her poems are [[epigram]]s. Techniques she has drawn on include [[int...
8: ...aders know Atwood for her tale of a future [[dystopia]] in the science fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handm...
10: ...ell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'', championed by [[Toronto]] City Councillor [[Olivia Chow...
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...
10: ...Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion. - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
7: ...omsbury group]]. While nowhere near a simple recapitulation of the coterie's ideals, Woolf's work can...
13: ...l interor dialogue frequently irradiates Joycean epiphanies on the universals of human condition. The ...
15: ...to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness... I can't fight it any longer, I know that I...
22: ...', was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. It did not win, but [[Nicole Kidman]] was... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ... but none have survived. Letters to her by her pupil [[Synesius]] give an idea of her intellectual mi...
4: ...gan temples, and Christians in the entire Roman Empire had embarked on an intense campaign to destroy ...
14: ...ad accused him for storing copies of "unrevised copies" of books in his library. [1] This indicates th...
18: ...rant prefect [[Prefect Orestes|Orestes]] to a conspiracy supported by the Emperor himself, Possibly a ...
22: ...March during Lent, in the fourth year of Cyril's episcopate, under the tenth consulate of Honorius, an... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
22: ...5//0001497.000.html BAAS '''25''' (1993) 1497] (a simple reference to JRASC obituary) --> - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
9: ...he Bojaxhiu''' in [[ܳk?a town in the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] province of [[Kosovo]] (now [[Skopje]...
17: In [[1948]] she received permission from [[Pope Pius XII]], via the [[Archbishop]] of Calcutta, to l...
24: ...ritable donations, and by the 1960s had opened hospices, orphanges and leper houses all over India.
26: ...r to other countries. Teresa's order started to rapidly grow, with new homes opening all over the glob...
29: Mother Teresa's work inspired other Catholics to affiliate themselves with h... - Marigold (1868 bytes)
19: ...e [[Leaf|leaves]] of this plant are 5-18 cm long, simple, and usually roughly hairy. The [[flower]] heads ...
21: ...'Pot Marigold''' (''Calendula officinalis'') are spicy and are edible, added to dishes as a garnish. - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
21: ...s. The great majority are to be found in the [[tropics]], mostly [[Asia]], [[South America]] and [[Cen...
22: ... moist broadleaf forests]] or mountains and subtropics. These are anchored on other plants, such as tr...
24: ...endent on their soil [[fungi]] for nutrients. A typical example of such a saprophyte is the [[Bird's-n...
30: *the [[seed]]s are microscopically small, lacking [[endosperm]] (food reserves)...
34: They have simple [[Leaf|leaves]] with lengthwise [[vein]]s. Their ... - Honeysuckle (2143 bytes)
15: ... The plant is eaten by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Mottled Beauty]]. - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
16: Pink and apricot coloured irises have also been bred...
23: ...ve long, erect, flowering [[stem]]s. These may be simple or branched, solid or hollow. These stalks may be...
28: ...Of many of the foregoing there are, besides the typical form, a considerable number of named garden va...
44: ...em subgenera, while essentially retaining his groupings. Like some older sources, the influential cla...
51: *''Scorpiris'', sometimes treated as genus ''Juno''; also b... - Tiger lily (1547 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox section binomial simple|color=lightgreen|binomial_name=Lilium lancifolium...
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