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- Edwin Abbott Abbott (2724 bytes)
1: ...n of [[Edwin Abbott]] ([[1808]] - [[1882]]), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his...
3: ... headmaster of the [[City of London School]] in [[1865]] at the early age of twenty-six. He was [[Hulsea... - Gregor Mendel (6112 bytes)
8: ...3 he entered an [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] [[monastery]] in [[Brno]]. He was later sent to the [[Univ...
10: ...ation in plants. He commenced his study in his monastery's experimental garden. Between 1856 and 1863 M...
12: ...stics. On one of his frequent walks around the monastery, he found an atypical variety of an ornamental...
14: ...atural History Society of Brunn in Bohemia]] in [[1865]]. When Mendel's paper was published in [[1866]] ...
27: ... by his notes in the margin of the copy in his monastery), but apparently failed to realize its signifi... - Cellulose acetate (4564 bytes)
1: '''Cellulose acetate''', first prepared in [[1865]], is the acetate [[salt]] of [[cellulose]]. Cel...
12: ...]], which was then widely used in [[celluloid]] plastics and [[film|motion picture]] film. By 1913, Ca...
16: * cellulosic and thermoplastic
18: * easily bonded with plasticizers, heat, and pressure
46: ... U.S. Acetate Fiber Producers: Celanese Acetate, Eastman Chemical Company - 1901 (12292 bytes)
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105: ... [[Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova|Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia]] (d. [[1918]])
120: **[[Lanza del Vasto]], Italian philosopher, poet and non-violent act...
141: ...entine Woodhouse|Francis Valentine Woodhouse ]], last Apostle of the [[Catholic Apostolic Church]] [[18...
155: ...Lohmann]], English cricketer (tuberculosis) (b. [[1865]]) - February 22 (10772 bytes)
16: * [[1865]] - [[Tennessee]] adopts a new [[constitution]] t...
24: ... the United States]] to deliver a [[radio]] broadcast from the [[White House]].
113: *[[1890]] - [[John Jacob Astor III]], American businessman (b. [[1822]])
149: *[[Roman Catholic Church]] - [[Cathedra Petri|Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter]] - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
5: ..., D.C. were considered as a state, it would rank last in area behind [[Rhode Island]], 50th in populati...
36: |[[Time zone]]||Eastern: [[UTC]]-5
46: ...mply as '''the District''' or '''D.C.''', to contrast its greater [[metropolitan area]].
77: ... in the city's population. But on [[April 14]], [[1865]], just days after the end of the war, president ...
93: The Washington area was the target of at least one of the four hijacked planes in the [[Septembe... - Bullfighting (25773 bytes)
2: ... goal of appearing graceful and confident, while masterful over the [[bull]] itself; these maneuvers ar...
17: Bullfighting goes back at least to [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] [[Crete]], wher...
24: At least three distinct styles of bullfighting are practic...
34: ...ut of a total of six bulls, each of which is at least four years old and weighs up to about 600kg. Each...
42: ...rges. The placing of the banderillas is also the last chance to correct or fine tune the charging tende...
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