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- Vernacular architecture (3581 bytes)
1: ...uishing feature of traditional vernacular is that design and construction are often done simultaneously, o...
3: ...nd because even today architects are involved in only a small percentage of built structures.
9: ...ture. Unlike traditional vernacular, however, the design and construction of these types of buildings is r... - Map (10223 bytes)
23: ...in such a way that you cannot read them properly unless you put the imperial palace above your head.
33: ...o 24,000 of that same unit in reality; while maps designed for the motorist are often scaled at 1:250,000....
43: ... soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the physical surface, but characteristics of the...
45: ...ection is the [[Mercator Projection]], originally designed as a form of [[nautical chart]].
54: #enlarging the same map without enlarging the [[pixel]]s, hence show more detail - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: ...s into one of three main types; [[computer-aided design |CAD]], [[geographic information system | GIS]], ...
17: *Some stars can only be seen from certain parts of the earth.
25: ...]. This would, in turn, eventually lead to [[the Enlightenment]] a concern for scientific accuracy and...
59: *[[Map design]]
60: *[[Figure-Ground in Map Design]] - Science (19868 bytes)
10: ...is impossible and that scientific hypotheses can only be falsified ([[falsification]]).
16: ..."layered" ontology in which empirical reality is only the most evident layer, but there must also be a...
32: Scientists never claim absolute knowledge. Unlike a [[mathematical proof]], a "proven" scientifi...
52: ... The goal of the physical sciences is to answer only those that pertain to physical reality. Also, s...
54: ... actually "is" as science claims. Still, this is only a problem if we accept the empiricist notion of ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
41: ...at Tahrir Square. European architecture and urban design, major infrastructural projects and intense cultu...
47: ...al Exposition of 1867]]. There he saw the newly redesigned city of [[Baron Haussmann|Haussmann]] and, fund...
49: ...ject was carried out by [[Ali Pasha Mubarak]] and designed by the French urban planner [[Pierre Grand]]. A...
62: ...ant that the [[Egyptian Museum]] in Cairo is the only place in the world that many items can be seen.
72: A second mainline station is located some 10 km south, at Giza. - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
5: ...lue and white "[[onion pattern]]" as the exterior design.
11: ...ume enclosed by the instrument. This means that, unlike a [[flute]] or [[recorder]], the placement of ... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
12: ...inet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large orchestras and bands rather than s...
15: ...ve high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve particular dramatic or s...
20: ...e material|composite]] or plastic [[resin]], commonly "resonite", an [[Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene...
22: ...keys is called the [[Oehler system]] and is used only in [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] (see History).
24: ...e instrument and flares out to spread the tone evenly. - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
11: ...ality which can be remediated by appropriate reed design changes. While prominent in solo and small ensem...
14: ...ing instrument, which came in four parts and had only three keys, was built in 1714. It was around tha... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
3: ...rto]] in G major (though [[Thurston Dart]] mistakenly suggested that it was intended for [[Tin whistle...
11: ...the base note. This note is either absent or can only be played by covering the end of the instrument,...
31: ...t is used for virtually all instruments of modern design, save for a very few vestigial remnant student in...
34: ...oneer makers such as as Peter Harland sought to redesign the recorder so that its fingering for the fourth... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
3: ... in the mid-[[1840s]]. The saxophone is most commonly associated with [[popular music]], [[big band]] ...
14: ... the [[oboe]] than to the [[clarinet]]. However, unlike the [[oboe]], whose tube is a single cone, mos...
16: ...le fingering system, the modern saxophone is commonly considered an easy instrument to learn, especial...
20: ...lating]] over the bare brass. These are typically designed to enhance sound quality and/or give the saxoph...
23: ...hamber are more true to to Adolphe Sax's original design and work very well for classical playing. - Musical instrument (3823 bytes)
15: ...eans. They often mimic other instruments in their design, particularly keyboards. - Cornett (5160 bytes)
10: ...et mouthpiece ground down on a [[lathe]] so that only the cup and a minimal stub which fits the cornet...
22: ...no modern instrument; that is, the main tube has only the length of a typical woodwind, but the mouthp...
26: As a result of its design, the cornett requires a specialized embouchure th... - Euphonium (3735 bytes)
12: ... the front of the instrument. It is as conical in design as the euphonium shown here, but usually has a sl...
14: ...hus is not found in modern symphony orchestras. Only for certain works where the composer specificall... - Trombone (15819 bytes)
9: ...l, before the flare for the bell begins. (Careful design of these tapers is critical to the intonation of ...
12: ...refer to the earlier form of the instrument, commonly used in early music ensembles.
28: ...w the [[bass clef]] staff is impossible to play, unless the F attachment is tuned to E.
69: ...s required, but for higher notes the player need only use four or fewer positions of the slide, since ...
73: The trombone (unlike most brass instruments) is not normally a [[tr... - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
6: ...l, before the flare for the bell begins. (Careful design of these tapers is critical to the [[tuning|inton...
28: ...g was a guarded craft, its instruction occurring only within highly selective [[guild|guilds]]. The tr...
50: ... the embouchure (muscles of the face). Some commonly accepted ways to do this are:
53: ...uthpiece''': playing exercises on the mouthpiece only, without the trumpet. Without the resonating ch...
291: ...mpet Guild] - a trumpet players' group with many online resources including a frequently-updated diary... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
5: ...s range in size from portable instruments having only a few dozen pipes to grand organs having tens of...
7: Pipe organs are most commonly found in [[church]]es, and in some [[Reform Juda...
35: ...d secular music, in a variety of settings--since unlike other organs, they were easily moved.
47: A major revolution in pipe organ design took place in the 19th century when electric and ...
63: Because a pipe produces only one pitch at a time, ideally there is at least o... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
6: ==Design==
36: ...rgrown to 5 feet and more, so the players rely mainly on the change in timbre, and tuning options are ...
38: ...sounds may appear in a berimbau performance, but only these define capoeira's rythmic patterns (except...
58: ...and despise this uniform playing which they want only of beginners, while they stress that variation m...
62: ...rimbaus may be tuned on the same tone, differing only in timbre. Some set the low note of the M餩o so... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
31: ...North Africa|Northeast Africa]] ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed...
33: ...araoh Khufu]] (also known as [[Cheops]]), is the only surviving monument of the [[Seven Wonders of the...
50: ...ancient Egyptians (freezing, pickling etc). The only method that they were aware of was by drying the...
60: ...emselves as a specially selected people, "as the only true human beings on earth" ([http://www.louisvi...
66: ...or [[slave]]s and anything else of value. It is unlikely that these people would have been used for t... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...e of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he volun...
79: ...the Army]] (five star), George Washington is the only President with military service to reenter the m...
95: ...ng the principle that even a former president is only, after all, a private citizen.
104: Unlike all the other slaveholding [[Founding Fathers]...
109: ...ine intervention]] in the world after the initial design. Before the Revolution, when the [[Episcopal Chur... - United States (58223 bytes)
66: ...oviet Union]], was considered one of the world's only two "[[superpower]]s". With the [[collapse of th...
84: ...e appealed from a state court to a federal court only if there is a federal question, the [[State supr...
90: ...nty|counties]] have little or no power, existing only as geographic distinctions. In other areas, coun...
115: ...er 48; [[Alaska]], which is physically connected only to Canada, and the [[archipelago]] of Hawaii in ...
123: ...es government claims a lease to this land, which only mutual agreement or United States abandonment of...
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