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  1. Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
    28: ...tiquity. The success of Indian mathematics was mainly due to the fact that Indians had a clear concept...
    71: ...m also deals with matters like [[rhinoplasty]] ([[plastic surgery]]) and [[ophthalmology]] (ejection of [[c...
    73: ... practice of yoga have crystallized. But, it was only around 200 BC that all the fundamentals of yoga ...
    81: ...ral Asia]]. Sometimes, such paintings depict not only [[Buddha]] but [[Hindu]] deities such as [[Shiva...
    95: In mainland India of today, there are several marvels of ...
  2. Betta Splendens (6541 bytes)
    32: ...the betta—for this reason, silk rather than plastic plants are recommended. Live plants will improve ...
    36: ...plendens'' should not be housed in the same tank unless they are separated by a dividing wall. Females...
  3. Guinea Pigs (18488 bytes)
    43: Unlike many rodents such as [[mouse|mice]], [[rat|rat...
    60: ...r third week after birth. Females can breed when only three weeks old. [[Litter#Other_meanings_of_litt...
    77: ...e badly, if not fatally, injured by a rabbit suddenly kicking out with its paws or an overly romantic ...
    81: ...or coroplast and cubes cage, made from corrugated plastic and wire squares. These wire squares are general...
    85: ...in their diet. Like [[Homo sapiens|humans]] but unlike most other [[mammal]]s, guinea pigs cannot syn...
  4. Leatherback Turtles (10187 bytes)
    22: ...nd in all tropic and subtropic oceans. It is the only species in the family Dermochelyidae.
    24: ... [[scutes]] of other turtles, being comprised mainly of connective tissue.
    36: ...ave been found with plastic bags, pieces of hard plastic, and monofilament fishing line in their [[stomac...
    40: ...erval between laying is about nine days. Mating only occurs after the age of ten years.
    66: ...eir major threats are all from humans. Ingesting plastic, rubber, tar, oil, and other synthetic materi...
  5. Proportion (architecture) (4508 bytes)
    19: ...portion of the human figure. Though he was certainly aware of the work of Pythagoras, it does not app...
    35: == The Plastic Number ==
    37: ...t a set of all proportional forms within it. The Plastic Number has not been widely adopted by practicing ...
  6. Rowing (20818 bytes)
    1: ...] coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] 2004. -->
    9: *In ''sweep-oar'' rowing, each rower has only one oar and holds it with both hands. In sweep ...
    17: One piece of equipment commonly used when training for rowing, the "[[indoor row...
    26: ...less four and once in the coxless pair, also the only man to have won World Championships in every swe...
    30: ...mposite material]] (usually [[graphite-reinforced plastic]]) due to strength and weight advantages.
  7. Soap (8342 bytes)
    7: ...mage:a bar of soap.jpg|thumb|150px|Soap most commonly appears in bar form. This particular bar of soap...
    14: ... a chill roll which produced the soap flakes commonly used in the 1940s and 1950s. This process was su...
    18: ...hrough one or more additional refiners to further plasticize the soap mass. Immediately before extrusion it...
    40: ...popular awareness of the relationship between cleanliness and health. By the 1950s, soap had gained pu...
  8. Field hockey (10063 bytes)
    15: ... to play, has taken a definitive turn, gaining mainly in speed. In order to take into account the spec...
    28: ... the hook is used to push, dribble, or hit a hard plastic ball. Each field player normally wears a mouth an...
    32: Players are only permitted to play the ball with the flat side or...
  9. Bicycle (44267 bytes)
    1: ... shaped aluminum tubing and [[Graphite-reinforced plastic|carbon fiber]] stays and forks. It sports a drop...
    17: ...at the rider could push more firmly, and further enlarged the front wheel to increase the potential fo...
    19: ...arder ride on the poor road surfaces of the time unlike the Ordinaries, whose larger wheels smoothed o...
    23: ...were also developed during these years, but were only slowly adopted by casual riders. By the turn of...
    27: ...emained a mainstay of transportation, its design only gradually changing to incorporate hand-operated ...
  10. Croquet (12113 bytes)
    2: ...etitive [[sport]] that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into t...
    36: ..., and introduced new strategies and tactics that enlivened the game. Burchfield died in February, 200...
    43: ...The 6 balls are either of wood or, more commonly, plastic. They are colored blue, red, black, yellow, gree...
    47: ...aying for second place, third place, etc., until only one player's ball remains.
  11. Gynecomastia (2485 bytes)
    9: ... known physical remedy, ideally by an experienced plastic surgeon.
  12. Milk (13238 bytes)
    21: ...scale for human consumption. It is the most commonly consumed form of milk. [[Dairy farming]] has be...
    84: Prior to the widespread use of [[plastic]]s, milk was usually commercially distributed to ...
    86: ...are rare these days. Most people purchase milk in plastic jugs or bags or in waxed-paper cartons. [[Ultrav...
    88: ...e half-pint. In much of [[Canada]], a 1 1/3 litre plastic bag (sold as 4 litres in 3 bags) is the most comm...
    97: ...&dopt=Citation&list_uids=2510499][http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed...
  13. Model (2155 bytes)
    27: ... something that would otherwise be hard to see. [[Plastic model]]s are very common for hobbyists.
    29: ...us and unconscious processes. See '''[[modeling (NLP)]]'''.
  14. Motorcycle (40437 bytes)
    9: ...decar]]s and other three-wheeled variations, commonly referred to as a [[trike]] may also be found.
    29: A [[plastic]] or [[fiberglass]] shell, known as a ''fairing''...
    79: ...ability. The phenomenon known as a "stoppie" may only be achieved if the front brake is used aggressiv...
    94: ...[[V8]] models. Two cylinder engines are most commonly found in either a "[[V-twin]]" configuration or ...
    104: ...lerates the transmission to a very high speed in only the time the gear shift takes, and would put a g...
  15. Solar cell (27643 bytes)
    1: ...nction]] [[diode]], which, in the presence of [[sunlight]] is capable of generating usable [[electrica...
    51: ...i atoms do. However, because group 13 atoms have only 3 valence electrons, and group 15 atoms have 5 v...
    58: A photon only needs to have energy greater than the band gap e...
    68: ... holes is opposite, [[conventional current]] may only flow in one direction.
    87: ...ps]]. However, the stringent requirements for cleanliness and quality control of semiconductor fabrica...
  16. Compost (10069 bytes)
    13: ...ly and not nearly as pleasantly (for example, the plastic bag of vegetables in your refrigerator is decompo...
  17. Hydroponics (15454 bytes)
    7: ...at recirculate the water, and therefore requires only a small fraction of the water used in traditiona...
    21: ...he optimum settings for most plants. This is commonly employed for large display plants in public buil...
    23: ...images/Method4.jpg Example Image from HydroponicsOnline.com]
    29: ...images/Method1.jpg Example Image from HydroponicsOnline.com]
    37: ...nd oxygen onto the medium. The emitters are commonly set to run 5 to 10 minutes every hour.
  18. Irrigation (13719 bytes)
    2: ...grow crops. In contrast, agriculture that relies only on direct rainfall is sometimes referred to as [...
    13: ...to shunt it from one set of ditches to another. Unless the field is small or very level, parts of it ...
    18: ...though it may be more cost effective to use them only for animal pasturage).
    22: ...eased water pressure. This type of system is commonly used in lawns, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, ...
    24: ...5 to 1.9 inches (10 to 50 mm). Guns are used not only for irrigation, but also for industrial applicat...
  19. Organic farming (38858 bytes)
    103: ... remained below the awareness of the food buyer. Only when the contrasts between organics and the new ...
    145: ... and training indicated 26 GM crop projects, and only one related to organic agriculture.[http://www.b...
    155: ...produced, or even that food, like energy, is not unlimited. If the methods used to produce food are ra...
    157: ...nd ''farming'' issues - lumping the two together only confuses the discussion.
    159: ... profit-oriented, and critics hold that this can only undermine organic principles. For example, in so...
  20. Weed control (16617 bytes)
    10: ...lings of fat hen that appear in late summer will only produce small plants. [[Chickweed]] (''Stellaria...
    21: ...o all but a very hard freeze, and even that will only kill it back briefly. By feeding an array of pol...
    35: ...e ground. Removal of the complete taproot is the only sure remedy.
    40: ...s can be very difficult to eradicate- thick black plastic mulches can be effective to a degree, although wi...
    47: * '''Contact''' herbicides destroy only that plant tissue in contact with the chemical s...

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