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- Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: ... education. Around age eight he was sent to a country school to recover from a life-threatening fever....
10: ...was seriously disappointed in the mathematical instruction available at Cambridge. In response, he, [[...
12: In [[1812]] Charles transferred to [[Peterhouse]], [[Cambridge]]. He was...
16: ...rriage. The couple lived happily at 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London. They had eight childr...
36: ...ompting the government to grant ?1500 for its construction in [[1823]]. - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
5: ...brosa]] (near [[Vila Real]], in the province of [[Trá³dos-Montes]] of north [[Portugal]]) or in [[Por...
7: ...ion, becoming interested in [[geography]] and [[astronomy]]. Some speculate that he may even have been...
9: ...perience battle: when a local king refused to pay tribute, Almeida's party attacked, conquering the [[...
13: ...f several medals, Magellan was accused of illegal trade with the Islamic [[Moors]]. He had also been i...
15: ...at he would have no further employment in his country's service after [[May 15]], [[1514]]. Magellan f... - Film speed (5065 bytes)
90: | Kodak Tri-X Pan (TXP)
151: ...t has an edge between light and darkness and that edge falls on a grain, the result will be an area that...
153: ...ll consist of bright areas and dark ones with few transitional areas of midtones.
157: ...marketed with higher speeds on the box than their true ISO speed (determined using the ISO testing met...
160: *Leslie Stroebel, John Compton, Ira Current, and Richard Zaki... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
4: ...[capital]], largest [[City|city]] and largest [[metropolitan area]] in the state of [[Arizona]], [[Uni...
6: * the 14th largest metropolitan area of the United States, with a populat...
8: * the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. (2000 census)
11: ...ounty]] and the principal city of the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]].
32: metro pop = 3,251,876 | - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
14: |population=(city) 416,474<br />(metropolis) 4,247,981
22: ... totaled 4,708,297, making it the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the [[United States]]. Atlanta is...
24: ...h century]] as a railroad hub. It was largely destroyed by Union forces during the [[American Civil W...
31: ...ry. After these tribes were deported along the [[Trail of Tears]] to [[Oklahoma]] by the Federal gove...
33: ...ge of Terminus grew up in expectation of railroad traffic. Besides Decatur, several other suburbs of ... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
12: area = 966.3 [[square kilometre|km²]] (373.1 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
17: metro pop = 1.5 million |
29: ...h an expensive Governor's mansion was finally constructed in [[1827]], no Governor ever lived in the h...
31: ...ommerce along its length. Construction of the Central Canal commenced in 1836, but Indiana went bankr...
33: ... Indianapolis to enjoy a relatively low amount of traffic congestion for a city its size. - Saint Paul, Minnesota (13759 bytes)
21: metro pop = 2,968,805|
23: time zone = Central|
31: ...aint Paul Chamber Orchestra|St Paul Chamber Orchestra]], the [[St. Paul Saints|St Paul Saints]] [[mino...
33: ...Paul|metropolitan area]]. Bordering the southwest edge of Saint Paul and the southeastern tip of [[Minne...
37: ...t-It™ notes; [[Saint Paul Travelers|St Paul Travelers]], a major [[insurance]] firm; and [[Lawso... - Columbus, Ohio (27104 bytes)
4: ...cothe and Marion), Columbus ranks 24th in the country with 1.84M, behind #19 Cincinnati (2.05M) and #1...
27: metro pop = 1.84 million|
35: ...ty Relations. Also located in Columbus and its metro area are [[Ohio Wesleyan University]] in Delawar...
37: ...h each of the suburbs also having fairly large districts as well, sometimes overlapping municipal boun...
44: ...vision of Abbott Laboratories, makers of Ensure nutritional drink and Similac infant formula, is also ... - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (37869 bytes)
7: ...03 with more than 1.25 million residents in the metropolitan area.
9: ...to the [[September 11th attacks]] and the most destructive act of domestic terrorism in American histo...
28: metro pop = 1.25 million|
30: time zone = Central|
38: ...klahoma City is the third largest city in the country in terms of geographic area, although its urbani... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ... is the [[List of countries by area|largest]] country in the world, covering almost twice the territor...
4: ... Republics]] (USSR), Russia is an independent country, and an influential member of the [[Commonwealth...
6: Most of the area, population, and industrial production of the [[Soviet Union]], then one o...
13: ...e Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and...
15: ...rope and was quite prosperous, due to diversified trade with both Europe and Asia. - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...he Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
2: [[Image:Rene-Descartes-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descarte...
4: Descartes frequently contrasted his views with those of his predecessors. In...
6: ...uch later, impelled by the invention of the [[electronic computer]] and by the possibility of [[machin...
13: ...ntention was to see the world and to discover the truth. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
1: {{transport}}
2: {{portalpar|Trains}}
3: ...vehicles running on the rails are arranged in a [[train]] (a series of individual powered or unpowered...
7: {{Trainstopics}}
8: ...is more comfortable than most other forms of land transport and saves energy. - History of dance (9081 bytes)
3: ...ly manuscript describing dance is the [[Natya Shastra]] on which the ''modern'' interpritation classi...
7: ...losopher, [[Aristotle]], ranked dancing with [[poetry]], and said that certain dancers, with rhythm ap...
10: ...tal dance forms. One major branch of dance is Theatrical Dance as it has evolved in the Western World....
13: ...pheres, sixteenth century man believed he could attract planetary influences. Dance in itself was an i...
15: ...s a part of the magnificences, huge celebratory extravaganzas lasting several days and including all k... - Leaf (20580 bytes)
2: ...n some plants for other purposes. The comparable structures of [[fern]]s are correctly referred to as ...
4: ... Note areas where chlorophyll (green) has been destroyed now appear yellow.]]
6: == Leaf structure ==
7: ...af1web.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation]]
8: ...flattened). The tremendous variety shown in leaf structure (anatomy) from species to species is presen... - Great Barrier Reef (3888 bytes)
3: ...-east [[Australia]]. It stretches over 2000 kilometres in length and can be seen from space.
7: ...Many cities along the Queensland coast offer boat trips to the reef on a daily basis. Several continen...
14: ...dards the Reef is under only light environmental stress compared to all others.
16: ... in the wet tropics and cattle grazing in the dry tropics regions. Both are considered significant fac...
18: ... the summers of [[1998]] and [[2002]]. Under the stress of waters that remain too warm for too long, c... - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Primate]]s}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Hominid]]ae}} - Mosquito (10897 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropod]]a}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Insect]]a}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Diptera]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Eudiptera]]}} - Causes of the Great Depression (21364 bytes)
5: ...eories failed so badly to cope with the economic stresses of the time.
7: == Mainstream Economics ==
12: ...locate credit, and that the result was a sharp contraction in the access to funds by business and the ...
14: ====The Stock Market Crash of 1929 as a trigger====
16: ...act of the Crash of '29 was notable because Wall Street was where the wealthy of [[Europe]] had increa... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
1: ...typically has 3 [[nylon]] and 3 [[nickel]]-wound strings.]]
2: ...0px|right|The acoustic guitar features [[steel]] strings and more guide dots on the [[fretboard]].]]
4: ...ar pick]]). The sound is produced by [[vibrating string]]s, which in turn resonate the body and neck.
6: ...'' (hollow in acoustic guitars, solid in most electric guitars) and a '''neck'''. Typically, a '''head...
8: ...ic]], [[electric guitar|electric]] (i.e. with electrical amplification) or both. - Scythia (22520 bytes)
5: ...hian language|Scythian]], has been shown to have strong similarities to Eastern Iranian, it is general...
9: ...cythian warriors, drawn after figures on an [[electrum]] cup from the Kul'Oba kurgan burial near [[Ker...
13: ... wood that may have had special significance as a tree of life-renewal, since it is a deciduous conife...
21: ... conjecture that they migrated westward from [[Central Asia]] between [[800 BC]] and [[600 BC]].
23: ...ed ''Gerrhos''. They would prepare their dead and travel with them long distances to bring them for bu...
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