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- Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...time for a regular [[crystal]] lattice to form. A simple example is when [[Sucrose|table sugar]] is melted...
26: ...s (including the [[United States]]), but the same toolmaking techniques can be applied to industrially-m...
58: ==Glass tools==
60: ...g been used to make stone [[tools]], and [[flint (tool)|flint knapping]] techniques can easily be adapte... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
102: Ibn Muqlah's system became a powerful tool in the development and standardization of cursive...
130: ...mmonly used script for everyday use is [[Riq'a]]. Simple and easy to write, its movements are small, witho... - Weaving (6924 bytes)
1: ...oth]]. This cloth can be plain (in one color or a simple pattern), or it can be woven in decorative or art...
3: ...er]]-controlled [[Jacquard loom]]s. In the past, simpler fabrics were woven on other [[dobby loom]]s and ...
9: ...s rise to many possible weave structures from the simplest plain weave, through [[twill]]s and [[satin]]s ...
36: ...comb]] to get it ready for spinning. A scutching tool looks like a paper cutter but instead of having a... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ... first examples of wooden hunting gear. [[Flint]] tools were used for carving. Since neolithic times, ca...
11: .... The metal used by the Egyptians for woodworking tools was probably bronze or even copper, as ironworki...
13: ...d to have brought the plane, chalkline, and other tools to China. His teachings are supposedly left behi...
31: ... a coarse, hard dressing stone used in sharpening tools, grinders, and other stones
69: ...nterlocked grain in wood, usually left by machine tools - Map (10223 bytes)
9: ...ate. Even today, maps can be powerful rhetorical tools beyond their purely practical value, and this ha...
35: ... map that also depicts approximate bearings. The simple maps shown on some directional [[road sign|road s...
37: ...ce depicted by a map in order to provide a useful tool to that user.
49: ...st quarter of the 20th century, the indispensable tool of the cartographer has been the computer. Much o... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
8: ...akuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japanese words:
24: ...omuso]]'', who used the shakuhachi as a spiritual tool. Their songs (called "[[honkyoku]]") were paced a... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
6: Simple metal or wood reed instruments ("Maultrommel", Je...
27: Buschmann used it as a tool to have a reference for tuning other instruments....
33: ...e two or three bass harmony keys, which sound the simple chords of the tonic and dominant. - Australian Aboriginal art (4187 bytes)
1: ...des artistic embellishments found on weaponry and tools.
7: ...ar that of the [[paperbark]] [[eucalyptus|gum]]). Tools used included primitive [[brush]]es, [[stick]]s,...
9: ...rticular using the motif of a [[handprint]]. More simple designs of straight lines, circles and spirals, w...
13: ... carefully peeled off with the aid of a sharpened tool. Only the inner smooth bark is kept and placed in... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ...ds is heavily used by the others as an external [[tool]].
29: ...omical information in a systematic manner through simple observation. Though they had no knowledge of the...
93: ...[amino acid]]s, could themselves be built up from simpler molecules in a [[simulation]] of primordial [[pr...
117: ...uced the occurrency of [[puerperal fever]] by the simple experiment of requiring physicians to wash their ...
161: ... "mind" as a subject for investigation, using the tools of [[evolutionary psychology]], [[linguistics]],... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
26: ...at various altitudes have become an indispensable tool for studying a wide range of phenomena from fores...
60: ...odel uses a simple algorithm to predict wind over simple topography. It does not solve the [[Navier-Stokes...
65: 'Simple' terrain can be modelled using simple mass balance: if there is a hill in the way, the ... - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
7: ...blet to the stylus, the writer could use a single tool to make a variety of impressions.
16: ...of simplified cuneiform characters, that formed a simple, semi-alphabetic syllabary, using far fewer wedge... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
7: ...ct society, whether complex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived as...
15: ...ation is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society and a cu...
24: ...accumulation of more material possessions than in simpler societies.
34: ...ld.'' They used chipped stone tools, ground stone tools, traps, and bows and were probably semi-sedentar...
37: ...hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples using [[stone tool]]s replaced them. Evidence also indicates human h... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
7: ==Simple optical microscope==
8: A '''simple microscope''', as opposed to a standard compound ...
11: ...ams below show '''compound microscopes'''. In its simplest form—as used by [[Robert Hooke]], for exa...
48: ...the [[research microscope]] which is an expensive tool with many enhancements.
54: ...ristiaan Huygens]], another Dutchman, developed a simple 2-lens ocular system in the late 1600's that was ... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
51: ...ty and efficiency of industry. New communication tools, like the telegraph and telephone allowed action...
117: ...on skilled workers. His objectives were "pure and simple": increasing [[wage]]s, reducing hours and improv...
220: ...munist parties, which used violence as their main tool, combined with sepression after 1929, led to the ... - Mathematics (24164 bytes)
3: ...ed to do [[calculation]]s and is an indispensable tool in the [[natural science]]s and [[engineering]].
10: ...atics undoubtedly could not have developed out of simple counting and arithmetic without [[writing]] and a...
15: ... this way applied mathematics is an indispensable tool.
16: ...lization]] for several subfields, or in a helpful tool for common [[calculations]], often that piece of ...
23: ... their theorems to follow mechanically from a few simple incontrovertible truths and for this they invente... - Economics (30960 bytes)
65: ...conomic theory in the late 19th century, and is a tool which is used to analyse how economic systems wil...
87: ...ying, selling, and prices. Some of the models are simple [[accounting]] models, while others postulate spe...
95: ...hool]] of economics believes that anything beyond simple logic is often unnecessary and inappropriate for ... - Abacus (7218 bytes)
1: An '''abacus''' is a calculation tool, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads s...
10: ...ed for functions other than counting. Unlike the simple counting board used in elementary schools, very e... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
12: ...oncentric circles. ''Free form'' crosswords have simple designs and are not symmetric.
23: ... ''straight'' or ''quick'', the clues are usually simple definitions for the answers. Some clues may featu...
198: ...i?module=tool/lang/wfind.en Online word searching tool] - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
45: ... its planned quality, and became a vital research tool as well as a [[public relations]] boon for astron...
149: ...tensively in the use of the 100 or so specialised tools which would need to be used. The mission ([[STS...
197: Scheduling observations for Hubble is not a simple matter. Because it is situated in a low-Earth or...
227: ... well as many other astronomical image processing tools, tailored to the requirements of Hubble data. T... - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
7: The earliest monuments consist of simple [[Tumulus|burial mounds]], the precursors to [[py...
37: ...d remained pliable enough to be worked with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. I...
41: ... of the simple Maya hut. Though not an effective tool to increase interior space, as it required thick ...
92: '''Writing tools'''
98: ...ulers have been found in conjunction with writing tools such as shell or clay inkpots.
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