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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...oduction machines for manufacturing in other industries.
3: ...ine]] and the development of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
7: The term industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste...
10: ...h the accompanying development of international [[trade]], creation of [[financial market]]s and accum...
12: ...hich often imposed tolls and [[tariff]]s on goods traded among them. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ... as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-op...
15: ...ulthood. Anne suffered from an eye infection; for treatment, she was sent to [[France]]. She lived wit...
17: ...ccessor, suggested to Princess Anne that he would try to make her his heir if she converted to Catholi...
22: ..., the Marlboroughs' home. Princess Anne was then stripped of her guard of honour, and the guards at th...
24: ...s government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from maki... - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
4: ...personal and political influence. However, the introduction into Anne's household of a politically aw...
8: ...ess of Somerset|The Duchess of Somerset]] | years=1704–1710}} - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as the ''Country of the [[Magyars]]''.<!--
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12: ...o = (none current)<br>historical: Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae |
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44: time_zone_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
1: The '''Federation of Malaysia''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. It consists of two geogra...
20: ...mbah Mutu<br>([[Malay language|Malay]]: Unity Is Strength)''</font>
37: ...by area|Ranked 64th]] <br> 329,750 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br> 0.3%
40: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 46th]]<br> 25,720,000 (Q3...
46: | [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|Ranked 33rd]]<br>$271.2 billion<b... - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ...entral]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
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12: national_motto = ''[[Plus Ultra]]''<br>([[Latin]]: "Further Beyond") |
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44: time_zone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...opeans first settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," pre...
42: ...d was part of the colony of [[Pennsylvania]]. In 1704 the "three lower counties" gained a separate legi...
44: ...y between Delaware and Maryland is known as the [[Transpeninsular Line]]. Several towns on the borders...
48: ...d is the oldest such cultural festival in the country.
67: ... the [[Delmarva Peninsula]], a geographical unit stretching far down the Mid-Atlantic coast. - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...y Bell]], [[Independence Hall]], and a thriving metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland [...
42: ...so-called "Pennsylvania Dutch" region in south-central Pennsylvania is another favorite of sightseers....
51: ... Eriez, [[Shawnee]] and other [[Native American]] tribes.
53: ...f Philadelphia, was settled by [[Sweden]], but control later passed to the [[Netherlands]], and then t...
57: ...Wales|Welsh]] [[Quaker]]s and called the "[[Welsh Tract]]". Even today many cities and towns in that a... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who w...
4: ...lity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[...
21: ...b|left|Engraving after [[Enoch Seeman]]'s 1726 portrait of Newton]]
23: ...rantham Grammar School]]. In [[1661]] he joined [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where his uncle Willia...
25: ...ry was invented by him in his later life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: [[Image:Locke-John-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|400px|thumb|John Locke Im...
3: ...George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
8: ... of Shaftesbury]], who had come to Oxford seeking treatment for a liver infection. Cooper was impresse...
12: ...he advice of several physicians and was likely instrumental in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an op...
16: ...ishing took place after his return. He died in [[1704]] after a prolonged decline in health, and is bur... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...progress]] and out of a long period of doubtful [[tradition]], full of irrationality, superstition, an...
6: ... proponents attempted to use rationalism to demonstrate the existence of a supreme being. In this peri...
8: ...nment]] and sciences such as [[physics]], [[chemistry]] and [[biology]].
14: ...here God and Nature were one. This idea became central to the Enlightenment from Newton through to Jef...
16: ...z’s treatise On Wisdom ". . . identified the central concept of the Enlightenment and sketched its t... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ... of [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]] ([[Australia]]) and [[New Guinea]]. He was the first perso...
7: ...th [[buccaneer]]s on the [[Spanish Main]] of [[Central America]], twice visiting the [[Bay of Campeach...
9: ...and [[New Holland (Australia)|New Holland]] ([[Australia]]).
11: ... small craft and sailed it to [[Acheen]] in [[Sumatra]]. After further adventures Dampier returned to ...
16: ...HMS ''Roebuck'']] with a commission to explore Australia and New Guinea. - March 17 (9666 bytes)
9: *[[1756]] - [[St. Patrick's Day]] is celebrated in [[New York City]] for...
22: ...[[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Treaty of Brussels]], a precursor to the [[NATO]] Ag...
25: ...o]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], flees [[Tibet]] and travels to [[India]].
33: ...t in Kosovo]]. Over 22 killed, 200 wounded, 35 destroyed [[Serb Orthodox]] shrines in Kosovo and two m...
39: *[[1804]] - [[Jim Bridger]], American trapper and explorer (d. [[1881]]) - Mathematician (9627 bytes)
9: ...ns are not necessarily any better at adding or subtracting numbers, or figuring the tip on a restauran...
13: ...rom problems of calculation, but have now been abstracted to become problems of their own. From much ...
21: ... state the problem. Not all mathematicians would strictly agree with the above; the [[philosophy of ma...
23: ...ll exists [[experimental mathematics]], where the truth of conjectures is probed by testing them on a ...
27: ...amateur mathematician]] who has made important contributions to the field. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
3: ...mb|250px|right|Johann Sebastian Bach, [[1748]] portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann]]
5: ...tion to nearly every musician in the [[Europe]]an tradition, from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] t...
11: .... Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ..., late one night, when the house was asleep, he retrieved a manuscript (which may have been a collecti...
17: ...s practical experience with the innards of the instrument would provide a unique counterpoint to his u... - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...ear=2001 | isbn=0199246777 | oclc=174866045}}, "Introduction" by P. J. Marshall, page 1</ref> or even ...
8: ...the USA after the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its m...
15: ...the [[Pacific Northwest]]; the coast of Japan is struck by a [[tsunami]].
24: * [[1704]]: End of Japan's [[Genroku]] period.
29: ...o form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies. - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
2: ...al Revolution]]. It was patented by [[John Kay]] (1704 - 1764) in 1733.
5: ...sits with the newly woven cloth before him. Using treadles or some other mechanism, the [[heddle]]s ar...
8: ...echanism for propelling the shuttle on its return trip. The shuttle itself has some subtle differences...
15: ...ure during the Industrial Revolution|textile industry]] in [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]. All were ...
17: ...ke up the issue of installing guards and other contrivances to reduce these injuries. - Social justice (17329 bytes)
1: ... for asserting that ''justice'' was whatever the strongest decided it would be. In ''[[Republic (Plato...
3: ...has been adopted by political parties with a redistributive agenda.
9: ...ecurity, something more than co-ordinating the contribution of everyone's skills will be required. A s...
11: ...ensate adequately for any loss of freedom. Hence, true social justice is attained only through the har...
13: ...w that, before God, all people are equal and must treat each other with respect. Hence, the framework ...
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