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- Aztec (38742 bytes)
7: ...to the [[empire]] of the Mexicas as distinguished from the Mexicas alone. This article deals with the ...
9: ...e of the Mexicas, Azteca means "someone who comes from [[Aztlán]]", a place commonly believed to be l...
13: ...ating the moment when '''Aztecs''' found the omen from the god [[Huitzilopochtli]] signaling the locat...
14: ...h century, as a way to distance "modern" Mexicans from pre-conquest Mexicans. This usage has been the...
19: ...s derived from ''mexictli'', "navel of the moon", from Nahuatl ''metztli'' (moon) and ''xictli'' (nave... - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ...sense given in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] (from the [[Latin]] ''littera'' meaning "an individua...
11: ...ime, or science fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature".
13: Frequently, the texts that make up literature crosse...
15: ... nature of [[romance (genre)|romance]] flourished from the [[Middle ages]] onwards, whereas the [[Age ...
23: ...meria|Sumerian]] ''[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'' (dated from around [[4th millennium BC|3000 B.C.]]), parts ... - Jury (14851 bytes)
6: ...e a jury, panels are initially selected at random from the adult population of the district served by ...
12: ...ution]]'', and in some jurisdictions a summing-up from the [[judge]]. They then retire as a group to c...
18: ..., which gave [[England|English]] [[nobles]] and [[freemen]] the right to be tried by a panel of their ...
22: ...hod for drafting jurors is to draw them at random from electoral rolls (known as [[allotment]] or [[so...
28: * Some jurisdictions, such as [[France]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[United States]]... - Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
6: ...[deity|deities]] discovered in [[Gaul]] (modern [[France]]), [[Roman Britain|Britain]] and other forme...
12: ...he priestly order) in the era of Gaulish autonomy from Rome. Conversely, the want of order is often mo...
66: |align="left"|<small>[[Fragarach]], [[Gae Bulg]]</small>
76: ...n gods they are equated with, and similar figures from later bodies of Celtic mythology.
80: ... myths is found in early medieval [[manuscripts]] from [[Ireland]]. These were written by Christians, ... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...ld and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been ...
11: ...f [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and belie...
13: ...son to separate the chemical (material) dimension from the interpretive, symbolic or philosophical one...
17: ...uml;ve interpretations of some alchemists, or the fraudulent hopes fostered by others should not dimin...
19: ...istry, which provided a more precise and reliable framework for matter transmutations and medicine, wi... - Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
9: ...Navaho''. Navajo call themselves ''Din駧, a term from the [[Navajo language]] that means ''people''. ...
17: ...n]]. Athapaskan peoples in North America fan out from west-central [[Canada]] where some Athapaskan-s...
19: ...veling on the plains east of the Pueblo region, [[Francisco Coronado]] wrote:
29: ...1640s, the term was applied to Athapaskan peoples from the Chama on the east to the San Juan on the we...
48: ...orm of uranium similar to what enters groundwater from the mines showed heavy increases in [[estrogen]... - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...ad after his death by [[crucifixion]] (see [[Good Friday]]), which Christians believe happened at abou...
4: ... language|German]], the holiday's name is derived from ''Pesach'', the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name...
6: ...ter" and "Ostern", are not etymologically derived from ''Pesach'' and are instead related to ancient n...
69: ...such as the one developed by mathematician [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]].
81: ...er]] and the [[Crucifixion]]. Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are sometimes referred to ... - Americium (6956 bytes)
123: ...t slowly tarnishes in dry air. [[Alpha emission]] from Am-241 is approximately three times [[radium]]....
132: ... isotopes of americium range in [[atomic weight]] from 231.046 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Am-231) to 24...
136: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Californium (7452 bytes)
59: ...[supernova]]e remnants. Californium-249 is formed from the [[beta decay]] of [[berkelium]]-249 and mo...
72: ...of californium-245 (half-life 44 minutes) and a [[free neutron]].
75: ...sotopes of californium range in [[atomic weight]] from 237.062 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Cf-237) to 25...
80: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Curium (8593 bytes)
186: ...es. Curium-242 ([[half-life]] 163 days) and one [[free neutron]] were made by bombarding [[alpha parti...
189: ...The isotopes of curium range in [[atomic weight]] from 233.051 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Cm-233) to 2...
193: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Einsteinium (5780 bytes)
84: ...National Laboratory]]. Both were examining debris from the first [[nuclear weapon|hydrogen bomb]] test...
86: ...ogram of irradiation and then chemical separation from a starting 1 kg of plutonium isotope.
89: ...sotopes of einsteinium range in [[atomic weight]] from 241.0686620 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Es-241) t...
93: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Erbium (9509 bytes)
182: ...r rare elements in the [[mineral]] [[gadolinite]] from [[Ytterby]] in [[Sweden]].
185: ... [[visible light]], [[ultraviolet]], and near [[infrared]]. Otherwise it looks much like the other rar...
195: ...ttria" from the mineral [[gadolinite]] into three fractions which he called [[yttria]], [[erbia]], and...
198: ...s. The principal commercial sources of erbium are from the minerals [[xenotime]] and [[euxenite]]. Met...
203: The isotopes of erbium range in [[atomic weight]] from 144.957 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Er-145) to 17... - Fermium (6567 bytes)
56: ...wever. In late [[1953]] and early [[1954]] a team from the [[Nobel Institute of Physics]] in [[Stockho...
59: ...he isotopes of fermium range in [[atomic weight]] from 242.073 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Fm-242) to 25...
63: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Holmium (7766 bytes)
144: ...Cleve first removed all of the known contaminants from erbia. The result of that effort was two new ma...
147: ...0.05% holmium) but is still difficult to separate from other rare earths. The element has been isolate...
154: ...ents – Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Lawrencium (5210 bytes)
31: ...[[rare earth]] element, lawrencium is synthesized from [[californium]] and has no known uses.
41: ...en moved in order to place the collected atoms in front of a series of [[solid-state]] detectors. The ...
49: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Lead (8244 bytes)
3: ...lleable [[poor metal]], lead is bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes to dull gray when exposed ...
12: ...ause of its density, fishing [[sinker]]s are made from lead.
15: ...umbum''. The English word "plumbing" also derives from this Latin root.
21: ...t more than half of the lead used currently comes from recycling.
23: ... a concentrate. The concentrate, which can range from 50% to 60% lead, is dried and then treated usin... - Lutetium (10459 bytes)
159: ...the chemical elements|discovered]] in [[1907]] by French scientist [[Georges Urbain]] and Austrian min...
161: The separation of lutetium from Marignac's ytterbium was first described by Urb...
166: ...by itself, lutetium is very difficult to separate from other elements and is the least abundant of all...
168: ...ensive of the rare earth metals). It is separated from other rare earth elements by [[ion exchange]] (...
173: ...e isotopes of lutetium range in [[atomic weight]] from 149.973 (Lu-150) to 183.961 (Lu-184). The prima... - Mendelevium (4980 bytes)
82: ...sotopes of mendelevium range in [[atomic weight]] from 245.091 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Md-245) to 26...
86: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Neptunium (9972 bytes)
111: ...1200 ?[[Celsius | C]] and is most often extracted from spent [[nuclear fuel rod]]s as a by-product in ...
116: ... isotopes of neptunium range in [[atomic weight]] from 225.0339 [[atomic mass unit|u]] (Np-225) to 244...
124: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Nobelium (6700 bytes)
53: Nobelium (named for [[Alfred Nobel]]) was [[discovery of the chemical elemen...
64: ...isotope]]s of nobelium range in [[atomic weight]] from 249.088 [[atomic mass unit|u]] (No-249) to 262....
68: ...e Elements - Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1
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