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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
1: ... explored the south and western [[Pacific]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Antarctica]].
3: ...:Dumont-d'Urville.web.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''L'Astrolabe'' making water on a floe [[February 6]], [...
4: ...]]. On that expedition, D'Urville recognized the true value of a recently unearthed statue as an anci...
10: In [[1837]], on an expedition to the South Polar regions, h...
14: ...eet in Paris, Rue Dumont d'Urville, in the 8th district near the [[Champs-Élysées]]. [[Dumont d'Urv... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...ontent can be made harder and [[tensile strength|stronger]] than iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. O...
8: ... material with limited uses on its own. Iron is extracted from [[ore]] by removing the oxygen by combi...
11: ...ementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stochiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</su...
13: ...cal chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form...
15: ...place. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower act... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...|Queen of the United Kingdom]] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her d...
9: ...a|Victorian Era]] was at the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, econom...
12: ...e king. At the age of fifty the Duke of Kent and Strathearn married [[Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld...
16: ... that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, would act as Regent during the queen's mi...
18: ... Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
11: ...lla ([[Lady Anne Blunt]]) born [[22 September]] [[1837]] and Ralph Gordon born [[2 July]] [[1839]]. The ...
13: ... scientific author of the [[19th century]], who introduced her in turn to [[Charles Babbage]] on [[Jun...
15: ...he programs in the notes appended to the Menebrea translation. Her prose acknowledged some possibilit...
17: ...ady Anne Blunt]], is famous in her own right as a traveller in the [[Middle East]] and a breeder of [[...
21: ==Controversy over attribution== - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
7: ...ld city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed woman, Florence rebelled against the ex...
9: ... family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
19: ...ey became life-long close friends. Herbert was instrumental in facilitating Nightingale's pioneering w...
23: ... of Kaiserwerth. She undertook the training over strenuous family objections concerning the risks and ...
25: ....gvc.edu/nsa/nightingale.html] in Upper [[Harley Street]], London, a position she held until October [... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ia|Gov.]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], born in [[Austria]]; [[Florida]] [[United States Senate|Sen.]] [[...
21: ... the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s have fulfilled this duty in emergenci...
23: ...ugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...es)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. ...
29: ...e chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ended with, "So help me God," although... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1837]]
16: ... Calhoun]] (1829-1832) [[Martin Van Buren]] (1833-1837)
18: ...'''" or the "'''Jacksonian Era'''" — an era traditionally seen as dominating the years between t...
22: ... This [[anglophobia]] would be combined with a distrust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming fr...
26: ... its bravery and success. He was popular with his troops and was said to have been "tough as old hicko... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...r" colspan=2>[[Image:Martin Van Buren.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
6: ...h 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Jackson]]</td></tr> - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...ent of the United States]], serving in the administration of [[Martin Van Buren]].
5: ...Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], and attended [[Transylvania University]]. He was admitted to the b...
9: ... woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
23: ...ucky|before=[[Thomas Sandford]]|after=At-Large districts|years=1807-1813}}
24: ...re=Single Member Districts|after=Single Member Districts|years=1813-1815}} - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...resdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
6: ...April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]], [[1845]]</td></tr>
7: ...owed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr> - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...nited States district attorney for the eastern district of [[Pennsylvania]] from 1829 to [[1831]]. He...
7: ...ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia from [[1837]] to [[1839]], when he was recalled at his own re...
9: Dallas was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[United...
11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexander J. Dallas]] and is ...
15: ... States Attorney|U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>13th President</td></tr>
6: ...[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Zachary Taylor]]</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
20: ... [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [...
22: ... with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men i...
25: ...|Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]], part of the [[Transcendental Generation]]. The site of his birth i...
27: ...cademy in spring [[1820]]. Later that year he was transferred to [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] to prepar...
34: ...sses]]([[March 4]], [[1833]]–[[March 3]], [[1837]]). At the time he was only 27 years old, the you... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ... been criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[Ame...
53: ... of the [[United States District Court for the District of Missouri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to...
57: ...from [[December 6]], [[1834]]; was reelected in [[1837]] and [[1843]], and resigned on [[March 5]], [[1...
59: ... during which he negotiated the [[1846]] [[Oregon Treaty]] establishing the 49th parallel as the north...
66: ... it. The Court was considering the legality of restricting slavery in the territories, and two justice... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...he [[Confederate States of America]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their...
48: ...akness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]...
50: ...though is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power.
53: ...site the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon...
59: ...Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which would allow sparsely pop... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
42: Johnson presided over the [[Reconstruction]] of the United States following the [[Amer...
48: ...State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. He was elected to th...
51: ... He was chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Thirty-sixth Congress)....
56: ...'s Weekly'' illustration of Johnson's impeachment trial in the [[United States Senate]].]]
74: ...States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]||align="left"|'''[[Hugh McCulloch]]'''||a... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...age:Grover Cleveland.jpg|Grover Cleveland]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>
7: 24th President</td></tr>
8: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td> - Zimbabwe (16088 bytes)
1: The '''Republic of Zimbabwe''' is a [[country]] located in the southern part of the [[continen...
24: ... - Total<br> - % water || [[List of countries by area|Ranked 59th]]<br>390,580 [[km²]]<...
26: ... -[[Population density|Density]] || [[List of countries by population|Ranked 66th]]<br/>12,576,742<br>...
38: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]''' || 263
46: ...gan to develop in the [[11th century]]. The state traded [[gold]], [[ivory]], and [[copper]] for [[clo... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
11: ...phinx of Giza|Great Sphinx]], and a few hundred metres further southwest is the [[Pyramid of Menkaure]...
13: == Construction ==
15: ...a and the current "rough hewn" appearance of the structure is due to the removal of the polished white...
17: ...st-West directions. These alignments are based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyr...
22: ...ltan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo. - Texas (39610 bytes)
25: ...TimeZone = [[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|-5]]<br />[...
44: * [[state tree]] — the [[pecan]]
52: ...th an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]], Texas forms the second-largest...
57: Texas lies in the south-central part of the United States of America. Depending...
70: ...a]] Tribes of Texas, the [[Kickapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of...
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