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- Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...pse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|t...
4: ...1840]] by [[Georg Adolph Erman|Erman]]<!--- (1806-1877) not to be confused with Adolf Erman (1854-1937),...
6: ...olar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
8: ...e through [[Earth's atmosphere]] and strike Earth largely intact while the smaller meteoroids generall...
10: ...signate man-made objects which have ended up in solar orbits, such as the [[Mariner IV]] probe. - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: [[Image:Hale-Bopp-large.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]], showing a...
3: ...scribed as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] an...
5: ...but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the tails can extend over 1...
11: ...]], which records the [[Norman conquest]] of [[England]] in [[1066]].{{hnote|Reading Museum, scene 1}} - List of painters (54090 bytes)
5: Shortcuts to highly popular [[painter]]s:
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [...
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impress...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]] - Sumerian language (10760 bytes)
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12: ... and [[Elamite]], which is an [[Elamo-Dravidian]] language.
16: ...use they mainly reproduce tablets from [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]-speaking [[Nineveh]] and [[Babyl...
18: - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: [[Image:Landon-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and ...
3: ...ionary tale about attempting to reach heaven, similar to the [[Tower of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]...
5: ... are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, suc...
13: ...ee [[First flying machine]] for a review of such claims.
15: ...h century from materials that would have been available to da Vinci. The design was deemed flightworth... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
14: ...nt of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
22: *[[Steve Baer]] - (1938-) U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
23: *[[John Logie Baird]], (1888-1946), [[Scotland]] — [[television]] - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
10: ...s family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave those who had been ...
12: John Edison had remained loyal to [[England]] in the 1700's. Ironically, in the 1800's, hi...
14: ...[Thomas Alva Edison]]. The economic success in Milan was soon over, though, and seven-year-old "Al" a...
16: ...s schooling due to childhood illnesses. It was a late start and a poor start. His mind often wandere...
18: ...ng next to him. Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock tic... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
7: [[Image:National-atlas-1970-1860.png|thumb|U.S. territorial extent in 1...
20: *[[1862]] - [[Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act]]
23: *[[1863]] - Lincoln issues [[Emancipation Proclamation]]
40: *[[1866]] - [[Ku Klux Klan]] founded
41: ...n military tribunals when civilian courts are available - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ed by the rise of [[populism]] and the American [[labor movement]]. Finally, the era was capped by U....
7: ...ithout first imposing preconditions. A series of laws, passed by the Federal government, established ...
9: ...es to enforce the civil rights of the formerly enslaved African-Americans in the South.
11: ...hat had been established under Abraham Lincoln's plan were abolished; the first Reconstruction Act sta...
13: ...of the original [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years. - Mars (27704 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|Mars, with polar ice caps visible.]]
2: ...rs NPArea-PIA00161 modest.jpg|thumb|right|North Polar region with icecap. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)...
4: ...This feature also earned it the name of "the Red Planet." Mars has two [[Natural satellite|moon]]s ([[...
8: ... dry land because Mars lacks [[ocean]]s). The [[solar day]] on Mars is almost the same length as it is...
13: ... become uniformly distributed in the atmosphere. Plans are now being made to look for other 'companion... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: ...66]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman Empire]].
8: *[[1492]] - [[Reconquista]]: [[Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surr...
11: ...1793]] - [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] partition [[Poland]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]].
15: ...[[1860]] - The discovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [[... - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
2: ...el of ''Archaeopteryx lithographica''<br/> on display at the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural His...
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19: ...tory Museum]] of [[London]], and the most spectacular is the famed ''Berlin Specimen'' at the [[Humbol... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ess partisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate...
4: ... both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. The exclusive powers enumerated to the Senat...
10: ...ish Parliament]]). For example, [[John Dickinson (lawyer)|John Dickinson]] argued that the second cham...
12: ... question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from t...
14: ...The ensuing years of [[Reconstruction]] witnessed large majorities for the [[United States Republican ... - Badminton (12494 bytes)
3: ...(singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles) and is played indoors.
5: ...only called a [[birdie]], over the net so that it lands inside the marked boundaries of the court, and...
7: ...re all important to being a successful badminton player. From a fitness perspective a close comparison...
18: ...of carbon fiber composite ([[graphite reinforced plastic]]). Carbon fiber has an excellent strength to...
20: ...]] of [[tension]]. Players' personal preferences play a strong role in string selection. - National League (4871 bytes)
3: ...met in the [[World Series]]. (The Series was not played in either 1904 or 1994.)
5: ...e [[Chicago Cubs]]) and the Red Caps (now the [[Atlanta Braves]]) have survived to the present day.
7: ... the best record among those finishing in second place) to enable four teams to advance to the prelimi...
9: ...ived to be fewer [[home run]]s and big offensive plays due to the presence of the [[pitcher]] in the b...
15: *[[Atlanta Braves]] - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...e winner was determined through a [[best-of-nine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]...
3: ...rst World Series Championship in 31,458 days, the last being in the [[1918 World Series]], completed o...
5: The first two games of the series are played in one team's home ballpark, the next three in...
7: ...shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a [[wild card...
9: ...]n champions against champions in the Japanese or Latin American leagues have, so far, not succeeded. - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
3: ...are a [[Major League Baseball]] team based in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. They are in the Eastern Division ...
5: ... Stockings founder [[Harry Wright]] and the best players from that team re-formed in Boston and took t...
6: ...s|1910]]) and "Rustlers" (when [[William Russell (lawyer)|William Russell]] owned the franchise, [[191...
7: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Turner Field]], Atlanta (aka "The Ted", after [[Ted Turner]])
11: ...''Teams in Division:''' [[Florida Marlins]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[New York Mets]], [[Washingto... - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
1: .... It is one of the world's fastest sports, with players on [[skates]] capable of going high speeds on...
5: ... subject to certain restrictions. One of the six players is typically a ''[[goaltender]]'', whose prim...
8: ...inal change. When players are substituted during play, it is called changing ''on the fly''.
10: ...d with a ''[[faceoff]]''. There are two rules of play in ice hockey that limit the movement of the puc...
12: ...petitive leagues, each team may carry at most 23 players on its game roster, two of whom are typically... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
16: *[[Claude Louis Berthollet]], (1748-1822), French chemis...
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] |
10: place_of_death=[[Baddeck, Nova Scotia|Baddeck]], [[No...
15: ...xander Bell''' in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admirati...
17: ...f mutes, by means of their eyesight, how to articulate words, and also how to read what other persons ...
19: ... College at [[Bath, England]]. While still in Scotland he is said to have turned his attention to the ...
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