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- Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
28: ... about 576,000 and had little or no naval forces. After the United Kingdom, Austria was the most persi...
32: Another advance which affected warfare was the [[Semaphore (communication)...
57: After an ill-conceived campaign of Egypt by the Fren...
59: ...s were defeated and temporarily left the conflict after the [[Treaty of Lunéville]] (February 1801).
68: ...lgar (1806).jpg|300px|thumb|right|The battle of Trafalgar]] - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist
156: *[[Henri Victor Regnault]] (1810-1878), [[France|French]] chemist and [[Physics|ph... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...'' was a network of clandestine routes by which [[African]] [[slavery|slaves]] in the [[19th century]]...
4: ...ymbol of [[freedom]] and figures prominently in [[African American history]].
10: ...estine routes, transportation, meeting points, [[safe house]]s and other havens, and assistance mainta...
21: ...in the book ''The Underground Railroad'' in 1872, after [[Abolitionism|Abolition]].
23: ...t them at the correct station and spirit them to safety, where they eventually escaped to Canada. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
62: *[[Antoine-Denis Chaudet]] (1763 -1810)
199: *[[Clark Mills (sculptor)|Clark Mills]] (1810-83) - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[August 26]], [[1740]] – [[June 26]], [[1810]]) and '''Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[Jan...
11: ...the balloon, but the animals landed more or less safely. It flew for all of eight minutes.
22: ...[1960s]], when [[Raven Industries]] improved the safety of the classic Montgolfier design by using rip... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...st Africa|West]] and [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. Many African Americans also have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Na...
6: ...de [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ...n metropolitan areas in 2000. With over 2 million African American residents, [[New York City]] had th...
12: ==African-American history==
13: ''Main article: [[African-American history]]'' - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: ...hematics. He studied with two more private tutors after leaving the academy. Of the first, a clergyman...
10: ...t [[Trinity College]], [[Cambridge]] in October [[1810]]. He had read extensively in [[Leibniz]], [[Lagr...
31: ...ht|Part of Babbage's Difference engine, assembled after his death by Babbage's son, using parts found ...
48: ... worn out with disgust and annoyance at the whole affair." In [[1842]] the government officially aband...
62: ...d not try to improve the second Difference Engine after completing the initial design. The 24 schemat... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ... to cross North America, but was roughly a decade after the expedition of [[Alexander Mackenzie (explo...
5: ...ptain Meriwether Lewis]] to lead the expedition, afterwards known as the '''Corps of Discovery'''; Le...
38: ...ant [[Patrick Gass]] (1771 – 1870) promoted after Floyd's death
74: *Interpreter [[George Drouillard]] (? – 1810), civilian
77: ...ifying sense of the vastness of their new country after the Louisiana Purchase and America's almost li... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
8: *[[Abu'l-Wafa]] (Iran, [[940]] - [[998]])
150: *[[Pafnuty Chebyshev|Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev]], ([[Russia]], [[May 16]],...
404: *[[Ernst Kummer|Ernst Eduard Kummer]] (Germany, [[1810]] - [[1893]]
411: *[[Laurent Lafforgue]] (France, [[1966]] - )
640: *[[Peter Sarnak]] (South Africa, [[1955]] - ) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
11: Rail transport is also one of the safest modes of transport, and also makes a highly ef...
30: ... build, but can only handle a limited amount of traffic and are consequently only used on [[branch lin...
32: ... direction) are used to handle large amounts of traffic.
38: ==Safety and railway disasters==
42: The most important safety measure is [[railway signalling]]. [[Train whi... - Harp (23216 bytes)
4: Harps are found in [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]...
26: ...ented by [[Sebastien Erard|S颡stien Erard]] in [[1810]]. Earlier pedal harps had a single-action mechan...
78: ...ia]]'s [[ardin]], which is a true harp, most West African harps, such as the [[kora]], are technically...
101: ...ning. This is normal, even for a good harp. If, after a couple weeks, the harp does not remain in tu...
107: ...perature and humidity of its resting place. Only after a few hours should the harp be set up and tune... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
11: Ironically, the [[Aubin Codex]] relates that after leaving Aztlan, [[Huitzilopochtli]] ordered hi...
14: In 1810 [[Alexander von Humboldt]] originated the modern ...
25: ... seem to have paid heavy [[tribute]]s immediately after they were conquered. Tributes were extracted ...
29: ...e conquered cities. In [[Mesoamerica]], without draft animals for transport (nor, as a result, wheeled...
31: After the conquest those roads were nor longer subje... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
15: ...executed the plan, and on [[August 15]], [[1309]] after over two years of campaigning, the island of [...
17: ...4]] and another by [[Mehmed II]] in [[1480]], who after the [[fall of Constantinople]] made the Knight...
25: After seven years of moving from place to place in [...
27: ...[[Greenwich, London, England|Greenwich, London]]. After the siege a new city had to be built -- the pr...
31: ...r [[slave trade|slave trading]], selling captured Africans and Turks and conversely freeing Christian ... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
68: ...size: 90%; padding: 0 5px;" |[[Chesapeake-Leopard Affair]]
88: ...me to the forefront with the [[Chesapeake-Leopard Affair]] of [[1807]], when the British ship [[HMS Le...
90: ...ceable, the Non-Intercourse Act was replaced in [[1810]] by [[Macon's Bill Number 2]]. This lifted all e...
94: ...es]] quickly voted (79 to 49) to declare war, and after much debate, the [[U.S. Senate]] also voted fo...
108: Since the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in [[1805]], Britain had been the world's ... - Jacob Broom (291 bytes)
1: ...' ([[October 17]], [[1752]]–[[April 25]], [[1810]]) was a delegate to the [[United States|U.S.]] [... - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
58: ...ined [[oxygen]]. Chlorine was given its name in [[1810]] by [[Humphry Davy]], who insisted that it was i... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
101: | 1810 kJ/mol
210: ...s a silvery metallic sheen. The element was named after the Roman god [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]],...
215: ...o believe that amalgam is a valuable, viable and safe choice for dental patients," as written in their...
220: ...ate data to establish general recognition of the safety and effectiveness," of the mercury ingredients...
270: ...s system]] and [[endocrine system]] and adversely affects the mouth, gums, and teeth. High exposure ov... - Tellurium (8984 bytes)
65: | 1261 K (1810 ?F) - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
9: ...ay]]. He earned money by painting portraits. In [[1810]], he graduated from Yale University. Morse later...
11: ... City]]. In [[1825]], Morse painted [[Marquis de Lafayette]]'s portrait (for [[Dollar|$]]1,000). On [[...
26: ...and his [[presidential cabinet|cabinet]]. Shortly afterwards, [[United States House of Representatives...
41: ...tic telegraph cable]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[List of inventors]], [[List of Un... - Arthur Middleton (2124 bytes)
3: ...d one of the boldest members of the [[Council of Safety]] and its [[Secret Committee]]. In [[1776]], A...
5: ...ar]], Arthur served in the defense of Charleston. After the city's fall to the British in [[1780]], he...
7: ...ics. He was elected Governor of South Carolina ([[1810]]-[[1812]]), U.S. Representative ([[1815]]-[[1819...
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