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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
177: ...nder Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]], (1764-1820), Scottish Western and Northern Canada to Ar...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
45: *[[Rudolph Ackermann|Ackermann, Rudolph]] (1764-1834)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887) - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ...ed a group of troops to the palace in which Peter was residing. He immediately fled to a distant castl...
9: ...ion representing all classes except the [[serf]]s was created to make this document the law, but she d...
17: ... succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in [[1781]] was dismissed.
19: In [[1764]] Catherine placed [[Stanislaus II of Poland|Stan...
21: ...usso-Turkish War]] during Catherine's reign. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of J... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
5: ...show that Hancock always wrote his signature this way.
8: ...n, he worked for his uncle. From [[1760]]–[[1764]], Hancock lived in England while building relati...
10: ...and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
15: ... arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by British customs officials for viola...
19: ...ngly condemning the British. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...h]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - Cotton (7876 bytes)
4: ...re [[cellulose]]. This cellulose is arranged in a way that gives cotton unique properties of strength,...
9: ...tes for millennia. Some authorities claim that it was likely that the [[Egypt]]ians had cotton as earl...
13: ...knowledge of what it came from other than that it was a [[plant]]; people in the region, familiar only...
15: ... century BC, cotton was cultivated throughout the warmer regions in [[Africa]], [[Eurasia]] and [[the ...
17: ...in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Production capacity was further improved by the invention of the [[cotto... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
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38: ...er the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products an...
42: ... it the 43rd largest in land area and the 47th in water area.
44: ...tate's geographic center is [[Washington, Vermont|Washington]], three miles east of [[Roxbury, Vermont... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
2: ...i-spool [[spinning wheel]]. It was invented circa 1764 by [[James Hargreaves]] in Stanhill, near Blackbu...
4: ...urn, in 1720. He received no formal education and was never taught how to read or write. He moved to S...
6: ...ason the spindles had to be horizontal, as they always had been, and he could place them vertically in...
8: Whatever the inspiration, the basic idea was developed as a machine with eight spindles at on...
10: ...e weft of the fabric, using stronger yarn for the warp. Later developments improved the quality of the... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...s"), King of [[Macedon]] ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders o...
9: ...ould have the character of a lion. [[Aristotle]] was Alexander's tutor; he gave Alexander a thorough ...
11: ...d that the Oracle had revealed Alexander's father was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Pluta...
14: ...Bagoas]] for his father's murder, stating that it was Darius who had been bragging to the rest of the ...
16: ...ter the death of Philip, Alexander, then aged 20, was acclaimed by the army as the new king of Macedon... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
48: *[[Washington Allston]] ([[1779]]-[[1843]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
147: *[[Anna Bilinska-Bohdanowiczowa]] ([[1857]]-[[1893]])
471: *[[John William Godward]] ([[1861]]-[[1922]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
1: ... [[French and Indian War]], and the orange region was claimed by [[Spain]]. Note that this map does no...
2: ...commenced," wrote [[John Adams]]. "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."
4: ...The opposite view is that the American Revolution was a unique and radical event, producing significan...
10: ...ican]] lands east of the [[Mississippi River]]. A war against France's former Indian allies—[[Po...
19: ... of [[Baptist]] views throughout the colonies. It was also the first event that swept through all the ... - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
7: ...Treaty of Paris (1763)]] ends [[French and Indian War]]
10: *[[1764]] - [[Currency Act]], passed by [[Parliament]]
11: *[[1764]] - [[Revenue Act of 1764|Revenue Act]] is passed to enforce the [[Sugar Ac...
24: *[[1774]] - [[Dunmore's War]]
46: ...Paris (1783)]] ends [[United States Revolutionary War]] - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...and regarded their purpose as leading the world toward [[progress]] and out of a long period of doubtf...
6: ...tury philosophy, which was closely related to it, was characterized by a focus on belief and piety. So...
14: ...knowledge." This goal in the Age of Reason, which was built on self-evident axioms, reached its height...
16: ... program" (Cassirer 1979: 121–123). There was a wave of change across European thinking at this time...
18: ...ruth that is more provisional, but in that era it was a powerful notion which turned on its head the p... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...sponded with members of the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. ...
9: ...farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[Au...
21: ...his father had, he produced 17 children. Benjamin was the youngest son. His schooling ended at ten an...
23: ...as not satisfied, however, and after a few months was induced by Pennsylvania Governor [[William Keith...
38: ... from a storm cloud, which implied that lightning was electrical. See, for example, the [[1805]] paint... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
27: *[[Al-Khwarizmi|Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi]] (Persia, [[780]] - [[850]])
113: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]] (English, c. [[1290]] - [[1349]])
120: *[[Viggo Brun]] (Norway, [[1885]] - [[1978]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ...rst Lady of the United States]], though that term was not coined until after her death.
3: ...lacked formal education. On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great pr...
48: Abigail Smith married John Adams in 1764. The young couple lived on John's small farm at [...
52: ...tates]], Abigail became a good friend to [[Martha Washington]] helped in official entertaining, drawin...
54: When John Adams was elected [[President of the United States]], she ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876...
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[1989]...
51: *[[Walter Baade]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]] – [[1960...
65: *[[Edward Emerson Barnard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[185...
77: ...athaniel Bliss]] ([[Britain]], [[1700]] – [[1764]]) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...[transport]] of passengers and goods along '''railways''' or '''railroads'''. These consist of two par...
15: ...ogress toward profitability. The [[East Japan Railway Company]] has taken an innovative and creative m...
17: ...bombings]] of [[11 March]] [[2004]]. Securing railways is often more difficult than other modes of tra...
22: ...re]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [[Railway signal|signals]], [[classification yard]]s, etc.
24: ...t are the requirements of the system – what was it built for? For carrying [[cargo]], [[commuter... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
55: *[[Francesco Algarotti]], (1712-1764)
175: *[[Walter Benjamin]], (1892-1940){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
195: *[[Harry Binswanger]], (born 1944)
238: *[[Thomas Bradwardine]], (c. 1290-1349){{fn|R}}
239: *[[Richard-Bevan Braithwaite]], (1900-1990){{fn|O}} - Polonium (10219 bytes)
33: <td>[[van der Waals radius]] </td><td>no d...
48: ...] </td><td>1235 K (1764 ?F)</td></tr>
68: ...ductivity]] </td><td>20 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m·K)]]</td></tr>
104: ... air. A single gram of polonium-210 generates 140 watts of heat energy. Since nearly all [[alpha radia...
107: ... and not recognized as an independent country. It was Marie's hope that naming the element after her h...
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