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- Guitar (36953 bytes)
44: ...ctly before the finger). Fretboards are most commonly made of [[rosewood]], [[ebony]], and [[maple]].
48: ...d both forward and backward (most truss rods can only be loosened so much, beyond which the bolt will ...
50: ...th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 21st frets, and double inlays on the 12th, sometimes 7th, and (if present) 2...
57: ...rengthened with internal bracing, decorated with inlays and purfling, and subjected to a lot of abuse.
72: ...imes incorrectly referred to as a "tremolo bar"--unlike the change in pitch that the whammy bar produc... - Axon (1894 bytes)
1: ...p [[nerve]]s. Individual axons are microscopic in diameter--typically about one [[micrometre]] across-- but ...
3: ... sheath known as [[nodes of Ranvier]] occur at evenly spaced intervals, enabling an especially rapid m... - Ureter (1692 bytes)
8: The ureter has a diameter of about 3 [[millimetre]]s, and the lumen is star... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
20: ...ia Sophia is covered by a central [[dome]] with a diameter of 31 meters (102 feet), slightly smaller than th...
49: *[http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/sophia.html Very brief illustrated report... - Platypus (21900 bytes)
14: ..., and one of the four extant [[monotreme]]s, the only mammals that lay [[egg (biology)|eggs]] instead ...
30: ... Although the platypus has two separate ovaries, only the left one is functional. The other is primiti...
38: ... one egg or three, which are about 1and 1/7 cm in diameter. The incubation period is separated into three pa...
41: ...ed, wet leaves. After the eggs hatch, the mother only leaves the burrow for short periods of time to f...
49: ...orth as the base of the [[Cape York Peninsula]]. Inland, its distribution is not well known: it is ext... - Doric order (6699 bytes)
15: ...king" at the top of the shafts and the wide cushionlike echinus are a slightly self-conscious archaizi...
23: ...a module, which he took to be one half a column's diameter, taken at the base. An illustration of [[Andrea P... - Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
3: ...church]] since the [[7th century]] AD. It is the only building from the Greco-Roman world which is com...
15: ... the early [[Middle Ages|mediaeval]] period. The only loss has been the external sculptures, which ado...
26: ...y, the interior could house a sphere 43 metres in diameter). The dome is the largest surviving from antiquit... - Cornea (4779 bytes)
3: ...]] at the inside. In [[human]]s, the cornea has a diameter of about 12 [[millimetre|mm]] and a thickness of ... - Lens (vision) (1723 bytes)
7: The lens is about 5 mm wide and has a diameter of about 9 mm for an adult human (though these fi... - Macula (1220 bytes)
2: ... of the [[retina]] of the human [[eye]]. It has a diameter of about 1.5 [[millimetre|mm]]. Near its center i... - Optic fovea (2253 bytes)
5: At the center of the fovea there is a pit with a diameter of about 0.2 [[millimetre|mm]]. It has a high con... - Optic nerve (5184 bytes)
7: ...information is relayed to the visual cortex. Its diameter increases from about 1.6 mm within the eye, to 3....
18: ...ect vision in the visual field of the same side only. - Moon (37975 bytes)
55: ! align="left" | Equatorial [[diameter]]
58: ! align="left" | Polar diameter
190: '''The Moon''' is [[Earth]]'s only [[natural satellite]]. It has no formal name oth...
192: ...84,403 [[kilometre]]s (238,857 miles). The Moon's diameter is 3,476 kilometres (2,160 miles).
199: ...fact the far side receives (on average) as much sunlight as the near side, but at opposite times. Spac... - Cobalt (13481 bytes)
103: [[Metallic]] cobalt commonly presents a mixture of two [[crystallographic str...
130: ...60</sup>Co source is about 2 [[centimetre|cm]] in diameter and as a result produces a [[geometric]] [[penumb...
149: ...re [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DRC]], [[mainland China]], [[Zambia]], [[Russia]] and [[Australi...
165: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/27.html Los Alamos National Laborato...
168: ...alt was also the name of [[Sun Microsystems]]' mainly rack-mounted, [[Intel]] and [[Linux]] based, ser... - Plutonium (24623 bytes)
156: ...ates of Pu in solution on the left and colors of only one Pu oxidation state (IV) on the right in solu...
165: ...omb is reduced to 10 kg, which is a sphere with a diameter of 10 cm. Complete detonation of plutonium will p...
178: ...[Manhattan Project]]. Though the injections were only to occur in what were percieved by the doctors a...
190: ...has constructed a single experimental bomb using only reactor-grade plutonium.) Moreover, Pu-239 and ...
194: ... serious enough concern, that they are generally only used to produce plutonium. - Cymbal (7449 bytes)
37: ...e [[British Museum]] possesses two pairs, 13cm in diameter, one of which was found in the coffin of the mumm...
67: *[[Meinl]] - Gong (10121 bytes)
3: ...l-shaped, and rest on cushions. Gongs are made mainly from [[bronze]] or [[brass]] but there are many ...
16: ...rred to as a ''Chinese gong'', but in fact it is only one of many types of suspended gongs that are as...
18: ...ating. Chau gongs range in size from 7" to 80" in diameter.
46: ...and with a less pronounced pitch shift. Most commonly 15" but available down to 8".
56: Wind gongs are the type most commonly used by heavy [[rock and roll|rock]] [[drummer]]... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...alled a ''timpani stick'' or ''timpani mallet''. Unlike most drums, they produce a [[definite pitch]] ...
22: ...from around 84 [[centimeter]]s (33 [[inch]]es) in diameter down to ''piccolo timpani'' of 30 centimeters (12...
43: ...essional timpanists use are Dresden timpani, commonly with a ratchet-clutch or friction clutch pedal. ...
59: ... relatively inexpensive. Thus, they are more commonly used than calfskin heads. However, many professi...
66: Although it is not commonly written in the music, timpanists will change sti... - Vibraphone (4143 bytes)
4: ...also becoming more common. The vibraphone is commonly played with [[cord]] or [[yarn]] [[drum stick#Ma...
6: ...tal tube, with a metal disc of a slightly smaller diameter located at the top. The discs in each tube are co...
18: ...uitar or piano. Unlike the piano, the vibraphone only allows for one sustain and dampening system: the... - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (4677 bytes)
48: ...e. Responsible breeders are attempting to breed only from dogs that exhibit a later onset of the dise...
53: ...ll and a spot in the middle of the forehead, commonly called 'the kiss of Buddha'. So, the breed was d...
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