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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...bandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
30: ...rge Abbot|Abbot, George]], (1603-1648), English writer
31: ... Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
24: *[[Wolfert Acker|Acker, Wolfert]] (1667-1753) - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...]] studies. She became a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
5: ...untingdon]] and the [[Earl of Dartmouth]] helped with the publication.
7: ...] was among the harshest critics of her poetry, writing "The heroes of [[the Dunciad]] are to her, as ...
9: ...ork nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she died in poverty in 1784.
11: == Writings == - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
2: ...e:A white iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
9: ...thority|author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]|date = [[1753]]}}
15: ...ng in colour from gold, copper-red or yellow to white, blue, blue-violet, lavender, tan, maroon and pu...
16: ... it. It is also applied to various subdivisions within the genus. [[Image:Iris02.jpg|232px|thumb|left...
17: [[Image:Iris.JPG|232px|thumb|right|White-purple-yellow Dutch iris]] - Maple (3638 bytes)
9: ...ity | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | date = [[1753]]}}
14: ...''[[samara (fruit)|samara]]''', shaped to spin as it falls and carry the [[seed]]s a considerable dist...
17: ...triflorum'', have [[trifoliate]] leaves. The [[Manitoba Maple]] (''Acer negundo'') has pinnately compo...
19: ...making it easy to tell which flowers are female. Within a few weeks to six months of flowering, the tr...
23: ...for [[bee]]s, especially [[honeybee]]s, which use its resources for spring buildup. Maples are used as... - Rose (15436 bytes)
10: ...rity | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[1753]] }}
23: ...horns on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are [[deciduous]], but a few (particula...
25: ...sericea]]'' which often has only four), usually white or pink, in a few species yellow or red. The ova...
27: ...st sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating [[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrushes...
29: ...aturally on [[coast]]al [[dune|sand dunes]]). Despite the presence of the thorns, roses are frequently... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ... [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutional Convention]].
26: ...h in July [[1752]], he rented and eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount V...
29: ...72.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Charl...
31: ...ecame an international incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually ... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
11: *[[Paolo Uccello|Uccello, Paolo]], (1397-1475), Italian painter
24: *[[Moriteru Ueshiba|Ueshiba, Moriteru]], (born 1951), 3rd [[Aikido Doshu|doshu]] of ...
25: *[[Fritz von Uhde|Uhde, Fritz von]], (1848-1911), German painter
26: ...hlenbroek|Uhlenbroek, Charlotte]], (born 1968), British zoolologist and television presenter
35: *[[Gustaf Ullman|Ullman, Gustaf]], Swedish writer - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
41: *[[Fedor Alekseev]] ([[1753]]-[[1824]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]]) - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ... sound, such as by adjusting the [[pitch (music)|pitch]], [[frequency]], or duration of each [[note]].
5: ...ineer [[Edgar Var賥]] created a variety of compositions using electronic horns, whistles, and tape. M...
10: ...ment was the [[Denis d?or]] dating from [[1753]]. It was followed by the [[Clavecin 鬥ctrique]] by th...
12: ... and a weight of 200 tons; because of a lack of suitable loudspeakers at that time, the music was dist...
14: ...ds that depended on the interactions of the user with an RF field. This was followed in 1928 by the [... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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15: !bgcolor="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] ...
18: ...[kilometre|km]]<br>19.191 263 93 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
20: !align="left"| Orbital [[circumference]] - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ety]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
9: ...mas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in [[Nantuck...
23: ...with a great deal of savvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young...
25: ...ssue the famous ''[[Poor Richard's Almanack]]'' (with content both original and borrowed) on which a l...
27: ...raged the opening of libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
43: *[[Rogers Albritton]]
112: *[[Titus Pomponius Atticus]], (110-32 BC)
163: *[[James Beattie (writer)|James Beattie]], (1735-1803){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
183: *[[George Berkeley]], (1685-1753){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}} - Vitamin (5982 bytes)
1: ... strictly essential. Humans require 13 different vitamins.
3: ...[[amine]]''; at the time it was thought that all vitamins were amines. Though this is now known to be...
7: ... characterized by bleeding and severe pain. In [[1753]], Lind published his ''Treatise on the Scurvy''.
9: ...] had no amine component, and the name has been "vitamin" ever since.
11: ...ts were able to isolate and identify a number of vitamins by depriving animals of them. - Bismuth (9188 bytes)
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27: | [[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
31: | align="center" | lustrous <br />reddish white<br />[[Image:Bi,83.jpg|125px|]]
48: ...up>14</sup> 5[[d-orbital|d]]<sup>10</sup> 6[[s-orbital|s]]<sup>2</sup> 6p<sup>3</sup>
65: | 544.4 [[Kelvin|K]] (520.3 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]]) - Nickel (13955 bytes)
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19: |[[transition metal]]s
24: |[[Density]], [[Mohs hardness scale|Hardness]]
62: |1728 [[kelvin|K]] (2651 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
79: |[[Velocity of sound]] - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
5: ==Antiquity==
6: * antiquity - [[Carbon]]
7: * antiquity - [[Gold]]
8: * antiquity - [[Silver]]
9: * antiquity - [[Copper]] - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: {{dablink|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
4: ...]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher...
8: ...art or D'Aumard. Both parents were of [[Poitou|Poitevin]] extraction, but the Arouets were long estab...
10: ...ansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...ough he deprecated the education he had received, it formed the basis of his considerable [[knowledge]... - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
1: ...make predictions can then be tested [[Reproducibility|reproducibly]] in this way. The method is common...
7: ... and other superstition, there is evidence of traditional empiricism.
9: ...on sense. This denial of reality as we experience it reaches an extreme in [[Parmenides]] who argued t...
11: ...totelian science, we find the beginnings of a primitive inductive method, although one that is based o...
13: ...ad preserved and built upon [[Aristotle]]'s portrait of [[Induction (philosophy)|induction]]. Bacon de...
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