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- Instructional design (6896 bytes)
4: ...ers of people to perform complex technical tasks, from field-stripping a carbine to navigating across ...
16: ...ual's experience, or that it could be transmitted from a "teacher" to a "student." Some hold that all... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: The term '''philosophy''' derives from a combination of the [[Greek language|Greek]] w...
5: ...is tradition distinct and distinct field of study from Western philosophy. This article will discusse...
15: ...t to be beautiful? How do beautiful things differ from the everyday? What is [[Art]]?
19: [[Image:laozi3.jpg|frame|right|[[Lao Zi]] ]]
25: The word "philosophy" is derived from the ancient Greek (''Φιλο&#... - Astrolabe (4446 bytes)
6: ... [[Al-Fazari, Mohammad|Fazari]] ([[Richard Nelson Frye]]: Golden Age of Persia. p163). In the [[15th ...
8: ...al pointers indicating the positions of stars, is free to rotate. Some astrolabes have a narrow ''rul...
12: ... (in degrees) of the star could be read ("taken") from the graduated edge of the astrolabe; hence "ast...
18: ...ssahalla]]. The same source was translated by the French astronomer and astrologer [[Pelerin de Prusse...
20: In the 15th century, the French instrument-maker [[Jean Fusoris]] (ca. 1365 -... - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
3: ...early all living things depend on energy produced from photosynthesis for their nourishment, making it...
6: ...ygen]] gas. The energy for these processes comes from photosynthesis. For instance, the over-all equ...
13: ...ant, [[wax]]y [[cuticle]], that protects the leaf from excessive absorption of light and evaporation o...
16: Algae range from multicellular forms like [[kelp]] to [[microsco...
18: ...chloroplasts are now considered to have developed from them. The other photosynthetic bacteria have a... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ...) was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, C...
23: ... conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second ...
25: ...ssumption of office marked a "generational shift" from the former Presidents who were mostly World War...
27: ...-the-time the largest American [[budget deficit]] from his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President G...
38: ...popular anger over the escape of Cuban prisoners (from the [[Mariel Boat Lift]]) detained in [[Fort Ch... - History of India (31279 bytes)
8: ...] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facilitated the establishm...
14: ...ed south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century AD, fol...
20: ... the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ended with ...
23: ...modern state, followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later b... - Aviator (3951 bytes)
6: ...rity given to the ''Pilot in Command'' is derived from that of a ship?s captain.
34: *[[Geoffrey de Havilland]]
62: *[[Frank Whittle]]
74: *[[Manfred von Richthofen]]
77: *[[Fred Zinn]] - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
5: ...at only got them more burnt, so they were scarred from the fire for the rest of their life.
11: ...erformed at [[Versailles]], before [[Louis XVI of France]], to gain his permission for a trial human f...
15: On [[November 21]], [[1783]], the first free flight by humans was made by [[Pilâtre de Rozi...
16: (A flight by Karl Friedrich Meerwein in 1781 with his "ornithopter", a...
22: ...ary 7, 1785, by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. Balloons using heated air rather than lighte... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...non-state actors. Piracy should be distinguished from [[privateer]]ing, which was a legitimate form o...
12: ...1.8-2]) says this happened earlier, on his return from Nicomedes's court. Velleius Paterculus (''Roman...
20: ...'', and given the responsibility of eliminating [[Frankish]] and [[Saxons|Saxon]] pirates who had been...
27: ...se in 844. Vikings even attacked coasts of North Africa and Italy. They also plundered all the coasts ...
29: ... of the [[Balearic Islands]] in the 10th century. From 824 to 961 [[Arab]] pirates in [[Crete]] raided... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
4: ...He engaged in [[smuggling]] and [[privateer]]ing, from his "Kingdom of Barataria" (in what is now [[Lo...
6: ... the 1950's the journal was translated from the [[French language]] and published. The original manusc...
17: ...5 battle and the final resting place for soldiers from the [[Civil War]], [[Spanish-American War]], [[...
30: *[http://www.frenchquarter.com/history/jeanlaffitte.php Searching... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...ry|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [[sovereignty|sovereign]] nation. ...
4: ... it is also much reduced in the [[Caribbean Sea]] from days of yore. Seaborne piracy against transport...
8: ...ecue|barbacoa]]'' elsewhere). These were used by French hunters called ''boucaniers''. These hunters...
10: ... corrupted into the English '''freebooters''' and French '''flibustiers'''. It came back into English...
14: ...rived from the European word, which in turn comes from the mediaeval Latin ''cursa'', "raid, expeditio... - Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
1: ...lderness in the [[American Civil War]]. For the [[French and Indian War]] battle, see [[Battle of the ...
26: ... Maj. Gen. [[George G. Meade]], but taking orders from Grant, crossed the [[Rapidan River]] at three s...
34: ...j. Gen. [[Winfield Scott Hancock]] and a division from the [[VI Corps (ACW)|VI Corps]]. He held his gr...
36: ...ion reinforcements on Ewell's front prevented Lee from sending Second Corps men to aid Hill. By late m...
38: ...nths. (Ironically, Longstreet was the victim of [[friendly fire]], just as fellow general [[Stonewall ... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...valuate the potential interference of British and French-Canadian hunters and trappers who were alread...
5: ...ieutenant]] at the time, but Lewis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedi...
7: ...rd. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Clark feel...
10: ...he men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife. Most...
16: .... Without these calm meetings, the white settlers from the East would have stormed the Indian Country ... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
7: ...mation of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
11: ...oleonic)|Italian Republic]], with [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] as president, becomes the [[Kingdo...
14: *[[1886]] - [[Carrollton Massacre]]: 20 [[African American]]s are killed in [[Mississippi]].
21: ...y opened by President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
22: *[[1948]] - [[Benelux]], [[France]], and the [[United Kingdom]] sign the [[Trea... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
7: *[[1229]] - [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself ...
14: *[[1871]] - President of the [[France|French]] government [[Thiers]] orders evacuation of ...
18: ...ng a failed [[United Kingdom|British]] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]].
19: ...Belarus]]. Government of [[Ukraine]] emigrates to France. Famine kills millions of Russians.
25: ... [[Alps]] and agree to form an alliance against [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. - March 19 (9902 bytes)
10: ... days later the Confederate forces have retreated from [[Greenville, North Carolina]].
19: ...[[aircraft carrier]] [[USS Franklin (CV-13)|USS ''Franklin'']], killing 800 of her crew and crippling ...
21: ...become overseas [[departement|d鰡rtements]] of [[France]].
26: ...s]] ''[[Getz/Gilberto]]'', including ''[[The Girl from Ipanema]]'', sung by [[Astrud Gilberto|Astrud]]...
27: *[[1972]] - [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] sign a friendship [[treaty]]. - March 21 (10586 bytes)
8: ...t between [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] forces near the ruins of [[Nicopolis]] in [...
9: ...onic code|Code Napol鯮]] was adopted as [[France|French]] [[civil law]].
16: ... [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] of [[France]]
18: *[[1952]] - [[Alan Freed]] presents the [[Moondog Coronation Ball]], th...
19: ...lice open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180 - March 22 (9294 bytes)
9: *[[1638]] - [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious diss...
10: ...Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies.
12: ... first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].
16: *[[1933]] - President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill le...
17: ...] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany]] takes [[Memel]] from [[Lithuania]]. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
28: *[[Andr魍arie Amp貥]], (France, [[1775]] - [[1836]])
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
38: *[[Jean-Robert Argand]] (France, [[1768]] - [[1822]])
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
34: *[[Eugene M. Antoniadi]] ([[Greece]], [[France]], [[1870]] – [[1944]])
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], ...
47: *[[Adrien Auzout]] ([[France]], [[1622]] – [[1691]])
56: *[[Benjamin Baillaud]] ([[France]], [[1848]] – [[1934]])
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