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- Simple machine (1852 bytes)
1: ...ny device that only requires the application of a single force to work.
3: The traditional list of simple machines is:
11: ... of these convert a smaller amount of [[force (physics)|force]] exerted over a larger distance to a gr...
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...
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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...fluences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to c...
7: ... villages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an...
11: [[Archaeological site]]s such as [[Sanxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show...
14: ...stor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a system of inherited rulersh...
18: Sima Qian's account dates the founding of the [[Xia ... - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3639 bytes)
1: ...sh]] [[conquistador]], who in [[1540]]-[[1542]] visited [[New Mexico]] and other parts of the southwes...
7: ...o was governor of [[New Galicia]] (contemporary [[Sinaloa]] and [[Nayarit]], Mexico). As such he had a...
9: ...den city fray Marcos had described, it was just a simple [[pueblo]] of the [[Zuni]] Indians. Marcos was se...
11: Coronado conquered Cibola, and explored the other six Zuni pueblos. He also sent out various expeditio...
14: ...ita]]) were no rich people at all, the village consisted mostly of thatched huts, and not even small a... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...[Thirteen Colonies]] of the 18th century. They consisted of the future states of [[New York]], [[Penns...
5: ...gathered raspberries, strawberries, and cherries. Since water was sometimes impure, all members of the...
7: ... used to make breeches, shirts, jackets, and moccasins. Forest products were used to make a dye. Yell...
9: ...s, shipwrights, dockworkers, and many other professions. A number of other people worked at industries...
11: ...children reading skills and religious lessons. Basic arithmetic was the only other education. - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the late sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century. H...
5: ... particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
8: ...Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their position towards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (...
10: ... (particularly [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]), by the impositions of kings and popes. They all argued for a r...
12: ...spection sharpened Puritanism into a definite opposition movement. - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: ...sic)|reed]]s. The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly ta...
16: ...ch the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but in more recent times many othe...
18: ...drical or conical bore. The drone(s) usually have single tongue reeds but there are a number of import...
23: ...m the letterpress of Donald MacDonald's Martial Music of Caledonia, written by an unknown Romantic. Ho...
25: ...erences going back to the [[Dark Ages]]. An explosion of popularity seems to have occurred from aroun... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich...
11: ...eattle]], [[Washington]] as the Territorial University
14: * [[1884]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1884]]: [[United States Democrat...
17: *[[1899]] - [[Sigmund Freud]]'s ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]...
24: * [[1939]] - [[World War II]]: U.S. President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roose... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...se of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]], of the ...
10: ...rvive into adulthood precipitated a succession crisis, for, in the absence of a [[Protestant]] heir, t...
12: ... English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...ing [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], and her sister was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were th...
17: ...ys, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...dia]] and [[Queen of Ireland]]. Prior to her accession, she was also [[Princess of Wales]], [[Duke of ...
5: ...mality and propriety, especially during State occasions. She was the first Queen consort to attend the...
9: ...of Teck was born on [[May 26]], [[1867]], at [[Kensington Palace]], [[London]]. Her father was His Se...
11: ...Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]]...
13: ... Lodge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was close to her mother and ac... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|330px|Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white peop...
14: ... from [[1965]] until [[1988]]. She continues to reside in Detroit.
19: ...''My Life'', that it was not true that she was physically tired but was "tired of giving in."
23: Many accounts fail to clarify: she was sitting in the "colored" section of the bus. With th...
25: ... interstate bus travel. The Rosa Parks case is considered ''the'' landmark because it applied to all s... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...nded school at [[Victoria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Toronto]]. A...
8: ...[[Booker Prize]]-winning novel ''[[The Blind Assassin]].''
10: ...ervante 飡rlate'', was included in the French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', i...
12: ...u-No-Touch-It"), will allow an author to remotely sign a book as well as interact via video and audio....
28: :''[[The Blind Assassin]]'' ([[2000]]) - winner of the [[2000]] [[Booke... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...ne in one of her published works: ''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is...
7: ...arie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, c1987.
9: ...er S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959. ISBN 0198115881 - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
3: ...minist]]. Between the [[world war]]s, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a ...
7: ...ie's ideals, Woolf's work can be understood as consistently in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly ...
9: ...1915]]. This novel was originally titled "Melymbrosia," but due to criticism Virginia Woolf received a...
11: ...otional motives of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology. Sh...
13: ...highly imaginative and symbolic narrative encompassing almost entire English history. - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...have survived. Letters to her by her pupil [[Synesius]] give an idea of her intellectual milieu. She...
4: ...osius]] had published an edict which prohibited visiting pagan temples, and Christians in the entire R...
8: ...between pagans and tolerant Christians on the one side, and dogmatic Christians who demanded the final...
10: ...iographer [[Socrates Scholasticus]] in his ''Ecclesiastical History'' portrays her as a follows:
12: ...ve her instructions. On account of the self-possession and ease of manner, which she had acquired in c... - Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921 bytes)
9: ...), a professor emeritus of English at the [[University of Toronto]], who died in [[1988]]. She died of...
22: ...5//0001497.000.html BAAS '''25''' (1993) 1497] (a simple reference to JRASC obituary) --> - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...sial [[Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[povert...
6: ...n of the United States]] in [[1996]] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope ...
11: ... an [[Ireland|Irish]] community of nuns with a mission in [[Calcutta]].
13: ... honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], ac...
15: ...aid that the poverty all around left a deep impression on her. In September [[1946]], by her own accou... - Marigold (1868 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
12: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
17: ...ive to the [[Mediterranean]] region and [[Macaronesia]].
19: ...e [[Leaf|leaves]] of this plant are 5-18 cm long, simple, and usually roughly hairy. The [[flower]] heads ... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
2: ... | image = [[Image:Orchin_P622.jpg|250px|Phalaenopsis hybrid]] | caption = Orchid}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]...
6: ...box_classis_entry | taxon = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = <center>G...
14: ... and their [[symbiosis]] with mycorrhizae, are considered by some to be the culmination of floral [[ev... - Honeysuckle (2143 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]...
6: ...ox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
15: The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, simple oval, and from 1-10 cm long; most are [[deciduous...
17: ... maackii'') are considered [[invasive species|invasive weeds]] in the [[United States]], Japanese hone... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]...
6: ...box_classis_entry | taxon = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
11: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
16: ... within it. It is also applied to various subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thu...
21: ... of Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, Asia and southern North America. Elevation is of not ... - Tiger lily (1547 bytes)
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
12: {{Taxobox section binomial simple|color=lightgreen|binomial_name=Lilium lancifolium...
15: ...tacular [[flower]] which is also cultivated in [[Asia]] for its edible [[bulb]].
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