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- Ivory (4783 bytes)
13: ...ent configurations in different ivories and their diameter ranges between 0.8 and 2.2 micrometres. Their len...
15: ...netsuke]]s, jewelry, flatware handles, furniture inlays, and piano keys. Additionally, [[warthog]] tus...
25: ...ed]] [[endosperm]] of the [[ivory nut palm]] commonly found in coastal [[rainforest]]s of [[Ecuador]] ... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
7: The only work of Aristarchus which has survived to the pr...
11: ... ancient times, which is why stellar parallax is only detectable with [[telescope]]s. But the [[geocen...
17: ... the diameter of the Earth was 3 times the Moon's diameter. Using [[Eratosthenes]]' calculation that the Ear...
21: ...ngle|apparent angular sizes]] and therefore their diameters must be in proportion to their distances from Ea... - 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. - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
5: ...s clarinet has a bore which is basically the same diameter along the body of the instrument. This cylindrica... - Nose flute (4426 bytes)
11: ...and, because it is long and has a narrow internal diameter, it is easy to play different [[harmonic]]s throu...
13: ...rior diameter of other nose flutes, the range is only in one [[octave]] and in the playing position, t...
15: ... it is the neck of the gourd, cut open to a small diameter, that is used for the nose hole with a side finge... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
9: ...g concert A (earlier 440 Hz everywhere, now only in the [[United States]]; in [[Europe]] mostly 4...
13: ... (staple). The reed is held on the lips. The commonly accepted range for the oboe extends from B♭...
22: ...te and saxophone. The modern Oboe mechanism is mainly of two types: (a) the French conservatoire syste... - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
5: ... the more readily obtained by reason of the small diameter of the bore in relation to the length. An alpenh... - Bazooka (instrument) (859 bytes)
1: ...o wide lengths of pipe of sizes so that the wider diameter pipe can slide around the narrower one, lengtheni... - Euphonium (3735 bytes)
8: ...re" instruments, which maintain a constant tubing diameter for a greater portion of the instrument's total l...
14: ...hus is not found in modern symphony orchestras. Only for certain works where the composer specificall... - Trombone (15819 bytes)
9: ... it has sections of tubing that are of continuous diameter. This is in contrast to conical bore instruments...
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)
8: ...ssages. Mouthpieces also vary with regard to rim diameter and shape.
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... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
3: It is commonly associated with [[music]] from [[Hawaii]] where ...
36: * [[Dan Scanlan]] ("Cool Hand Uke")
42: ...]] in diameter; at the front it is about 10 cm in diameter.
73: [[nl:Ukelele]] - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
26: ...the verga or the size of the gourd, rather on the diameter and hardness of the verga's wood and the quality ...
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... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
16: [[William McKinley]] ([[1897]])</td></tr>
29: ...t to serve two non-consecutive terms. He was the only [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] elec...
39: ...ng|left|thumb|Grover Cleveland was the first and only President married in the White House.]]
40: ...obably assumed responsibility because he was the only bachelor among them). After Cleveland's election...
44: ... while in office (after [[John Tyler]]), and the only President to be married in the [[White House]] i... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ... civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth throughout much o...
23: ...e silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptian townlet, Rhacotis, already stood on the shore and was a...
27: ...age]]; and for some centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexa...
29: It was not only a center of [[Hellenism]], but was also the grea...
44: ...s, the Soma and Museum, fallen to ruin. On the mainland, life seems to have centred in the vicinity of... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
29: ...ulations. However, they assumed that the Sun was only glowing from the heat of its [[gravitational con...
37: ...his estimates were correct. The geologists could only suggest (correctly) that Kelvin didn't have all ...
59: ...as [[helium]] atoms. At the time, Rutherford was only guessing at the relationship between alpha parti...
77: ...ample, he assumed that the samples had contained only uranium and no lead when they were formed.
85: ... the die-hards in the geological community stubbornly resisted. They had never cared for attempts by p... - Earth (30908 bytes)
7: ...olar system]]'s [[terrestrial planet]]s, and the only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms ...
14: ...Earth (the summit of [[Mount Everest]], which is only 8,850 m) and the lowest (the bottom of the [[Mar...
55: ...he heat flow from the interior to the surface is only 1/20,000 as great as the energy received from th...
68: ...Since the average density of surface material is only around 3000 kg/m<sup>3</sup>, we must conclude t...
80: ...geodyn/poster2.html]. Thus, the upper mantle can only flow very slowly. - Volcano (27295 bytes)
15: ...,000 m high (it sits on the sea floor), 120 km in diameter and forms part of the [[Island of Hawai'i]]. [[Ol...
47: ...nct volcanoes are those that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again. Whether a volcano is truly e...
109: ...noes. For example, [[Mount St. Helens]] is found inland from the margin between the oceanic [[Juan de ...
126: ...face expression. The large majority of these are only known about at surface because of earthquakes as... - Flag of Colorado (1126 bytes)
4: ...], [[1964]], the legislature further dictated the diameter of the gold disc to be equal to the center stripe... - Flag of Florida (1749 bytes)
6: ...tions and descriptions: The seal of the state, in diameter one-half the hoist, shall occupy the center of a ...
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