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- Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...te military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dynasty, Restored|restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in...
22: ...essons of the 18th century's wars on trade and dynastic disputes, it is often falsely assumed that such...
26: ...w armies ever numbered more than 200,000. By contrast, the French army peaked in size in the 1790s when...
28: ...ons now had armies rivalling the Great Powers of past wars in size. However it is necessary to bear in ...
70: ... naval superiority to mount his invasion, or at least to pull the British fleet away from the [[English... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist
93: *[[Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner]] (1783 - 1857)
140: *[[Louis Pasteur]], (1822-1895), French [[biochemistry|biochemi...
156: *[[Henri Victor Regnault]] (1810-1878), [[France|French]] chemist and [[Physics|ph...
198: *[[William Hyde Wollaston]], (1766-1828), [[England|English]] [[chemist]] - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
4: It is estimated that at its height between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100,000 people escaped ens...
25: ...tly, the nation's first commercial railroad, the east-west [[Baltimore & Ohio]] line, operated in [[Mar...
33: ... is the brightest star in a nearby [[Ursa Minor]] asterism, the "Little Dipper," which pointed the way ...
42: Primary routes led east of the Appalachians, up through Pennsylvania and ...
44: Just to the east of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] in [[Maryland]],... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
57: *[[Machado de Castro]] (1731 - 1822)
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...
9: ... inflated with hot air. Its flight covered 2 km, lasted 10 minutes, and had an estimated altitude of 16... - African American (19830 bytes)
10: ...6 percent of African Americans lived in the Northeast and 18.7 percent in the Midwest, while only 8.9 p...
58: In the last decade, a growing movement has developed, spearhe...
84: | [[1810]] || 1,377,808 || 19.0% - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
5: ...bbage family moved into the old Rowdens house in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father became a ward...
10: ...t [[Trinity College]], [[Cambridge]] in October [[1810]]. He had read extensively in [[Leibniz]], [[Lagr...
36: ...he application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables."[http://www-gap...
44: ...les' absence. Rumors had spread that Charles had wasted the government's money; that the engine did not...
66: ...ion of an engine for calculating mathematical and astronomical tables". - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
1: ...ted States]] overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.
3: ... 1803 sparked interest in expansion to the west coast. A few weeks after the purchase, [[United States ...
7: ...er]] westward. Soon they passed Le Rochette, the last white settlement on the [[Missouri River]]. On [[...
9: ...the [[Snake River]], and the [[Columbia River]], past [[Celilo Falls]] and through what is now [[Portla...
10: ...ed to camp on the south side of the river (modern Astoria, OR) , building [[Fort Clatsop]] as their win... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[...
404: *[[Ernst Kummer|Ernst Eduard Kummer]] (Germany, [[1810]] - [[1893]] - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
15: ...nt in their progress toward profitability. The [[East Japan Railway Company]] has taken an innovative a...
22: ...ystem on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [...
28: ...motive|diesel]] or [[electric locomotive]]s. The last of these options, the most energy efficient, requ...
34: ...ry low labor cost. An example is that goods from east Asia that are bound for Europe will often be ship...
38: ==Safety and railway disasters== - Harp (23216 bytes)
26: ...ented by [[Sebastien Erard|S颡stien Erard]] in [[1810]]. Earlier pedal harps had a single-action mechan...
38: The wire-string harp's origins go back at least prior to the 11th century. The 11th century [[Ma...
42: ...the music played by the harpers at the [[1792 Belfast Harp Festival]]. He published his first volume i...
44: ...r pads are used to damp. He also was one of the last to use the left hand in the treble. He was in hi...
72: ...uld be either 1 2 1 2 1 2 or 3 2 3 2 3 2. In contrast, classical harp technique uses a fingering of 4 3... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
14: In 1810 [[Alexander von Humboldt]] originated the modern ...
45: ...that permeated the world. ''Teixiptla'', by contrast, denoted the physical representations ("idols", s...
51: ...he ancient [[Toltec]] whom they seem to have at least partially confused with the more ancient civiliza...
61: ... number of skulls reported by [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]] would have occupied several orders of magni...
66: ... the time of the Spanish Conquest, show that at least some of them considered it an honor to be sacrifi... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
5: ...he hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery of Saint [[John the Baptist]], took in Christi...
7: The monastic hospitaller order was founded following the [[F...
15: ... well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]].
17: ...Auvergne]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Aragon]], [[Castile]], [[Germany]] and [[England]]). The English p...
19: ..., and the walls of the city. The resulting siege lasted six months, at the end of which the survivors w... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
90: ...ceable, the Non-Intercourse Act was replaced in [[1810]] by [[Macon's Bill Number 2]]. This lifted all e...
104: #The coast of the United States
108: ...line]] and thirty-four were [[frigates]]. In contrast, the [[United States Navy]], which was not yet tw...
114: ...nty minute battle, the ''Guerriere'' had been dismasted and captured, and was later burned.
116: ...rnor of [[Bombay]], to [[India]]. After a battle lasting three hours, the ''Java'' [[striking the color... - Jacob Broom (291 bytes)
1: ...' ([[October 17]], [[1752]]–[[April 25]], [[1810]]) was a delegate to the [[United States|U.S.]] [... - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
51: ..., [[insecticide]]s, paints, petroleum products, plastics, medicines, textiles, solvents, and many other...
58: ...ined [[oxygen]]. Chlorine was given its name in [[1810]] by [[Humphry Davy]], who insisted that it was i...
94: This method consumes vast amounts of energy and there are also concerns abo... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
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101: | 1810 kJ/mol
210: ...with the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]. The astrological symbol for the planet is also one of the...
220: ... Neither are used to the extent they were in the past. [[Mercury-in-glass thermometer|Thermometer]]s an...
243: ...ic mercury deposited at Fremont glacier over the last 270 years.]] - Tellurium (8984 bytes)
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65: | 1261 K (1810 ?F)
183: * It is alloyed into [[cast iron]] for chill control.
188: Tellurium is also used in [[blasting cap]]s, and has potential applications in [[ca...
198: ...r [[copper]]. It is a component of dusts from [[blast furnace]] refining of [[lead]]. - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
9: ...ay]]. He earned money by painting portraits. In [[1810]], he graduated from Yale University. Morse later... - Arthur Middleton (2124 bytes)
3: ...and traveled extensively in [[Europe]] where his taste in [[literature]], [[music]] and [[art]] was dev...
7: ...ics. He was elected Governor of South Carolina ([[1810]]-[[1812]]), U.S. Representative ([[1815]]-[[1819...
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