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- Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...nstitution of May 3]] as well as leading to the rise of [[capitalism]] and the birth of [[socialism]]....
6: ...phers such as [[Voltaire]] and [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] questioned and attacked the existing institut...
8: The 18th century also saw a continued rise of [[empiricism | empirical]] philosophical ideas...
12: ...he Age of Reason]]." For the present purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; however...
14: ..., which expounded a pantheistic view of the universe where God and Nature were one. This idea became c... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German inventor, chemist
55: *[[Michael Faraday]], (1791-1867), scientist
56: ...rmann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]] - Benjamin Banneker (3034 bytes)
3: ...er, Molly Welsh, was accused of stealing milk and sent from [[England]] to America as punishment. She ...
5: ...Bannakay, built a series of [[dam]]s and watercourses that successfully [[irrigation|irrigated]] the f...
7: ...ce, calculating the gear assemblies himself, and used the parts to make a striking clock. The clock co...
9: ...of the locations of [[star]]s. Ellicott was impressed with his work and lent him books on [[mathematic...
11: ...lations to predict [[solar]] and [[lunar]] [[eclipse]]s and to compile an [[ephemeris]] for the ''Benj... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...on Burr, Jr.''' ([[February 6]], [[1756]]–[[September 14]], [[1836]]) was an [[United States|Ame...
7: ...s the second president of the [[College of New Jersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esth...
9: ...evolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washingto...
11: ==Military service==
13: ...Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]], he disguised himself as a [[Roman Catholic]] priest, making a danger... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...chanisms are on display in the [[London Science Museum]]. In [[1991]], working from Babbage's original...
5: ... the Babbage family moved into the old Rowdens house in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' father becam...
8: ...t all the advantages that I might have done." The second was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned...
10: ...e, he, [[John Herschel]], [[George Peacock]], and several other friends formed the [[Analytical Societ...
12: ...bridge]]. He was the top mathematician at Peterhouse, but failed to graduate with honors. He instead r... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ... by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]]
8: ...nd of his own collier in 1755 on the eve of the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level...
12: ...]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills were put to good use in the [[1760s]] mapping the jagged coast of [[Ne...
14: ...reat Barrier Reef]]), ability to lead men in adverse conditions, and boldness both with the regard to ...
18: ...rve the transit; however, due to the lack of precise [[scientific instrument]]s, there was no way to a... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
19: *[[Selman Akbulut]] (Turkey)
20: *[[Yousef Alavi]]
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
26: *[[Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov]] (USSR, [[1896]] - [[1982]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]]) - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
1: ...sident of the United States]], and is seen as the second [[First Lady of the United States]], though t...
3: ...ncys, a family of great prestige in the [[Massachusetts]] colony; her father and other forebearers wer...
21: ...d>[[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]], [[Massachusetts]]</td>
29: <td>[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]</td>
48: ...he many letters she wrote to her husband while he served his country in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
22: *[[Albategnius]] ''(see Al-Batani)''
44: *[[Giuseppe Asclepi]] ([[Italy]], [[1706]] – [[1776]...
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]] ...
69: *[[Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky]] ([[Russia]], [[1883]] &...
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
28: *[[Sediq Afghan]]
36: *[[Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov]], (1817-1860)
42: *[[Joseph Albo]], (1380-1444){{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
59: *[[Louis Althusser]], (1918-1990){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
61: *[[Ambrose]], (c. 340-397){{fn|C}} - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
16: ===Pre-Revolutionary Phase===
20: * [[February 22]]: First [[assembly of notables]], called by [[Charles Alexandre ...
22: * [[May 25]]: First Assembly of Notables dissolved.
32: === Estates-General and Constituent Assembly===
35: ...position to the First Estate (the clergy) and the Second Estate (the aristocracy) - Platinum (10600 bytes)
18: |[[Chemical series]] || [[transition metal]]s
40: ...on state]]s ([[Oxide]]) || 2, '''4''' (mildly [[Base (chemistry)|basic]])
60: |[[Speed of sound]] || 2680 [[metre per second|m/s]] at 25 ?C
74: |2<sup>nd</sup> ionization potential || 1791 kJ/mol
157: ...p; [[standard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted. - Titanium (20884 bytes)
15: <td>[[Chemical series]]</td><td>[[transition metal]]s</td></tr>
56: ...td>[[Velocity of sound]]</td><td>4140 [[metre per second|m/s]] at 293.15 K</td></tr>
109: ... & [[standard temperature and pressure|STP]] are used except where noted.</font></th>
113: ...s most common compound, [[titanium dioxide]], is used in white pigments.
118: ...eavier than [[aluminum]], but twice as strong. These properties make titanium very resistant to the us... - Gong (10121 bytes)
1: ... but widespread throughout Asia. The instrument itself appears to have origins in the bronze drums of ...
3: ...there are many other [[cymbal alloys|alloys]] in use.
9: ...ong may be struck with a beater. Bowl gongs are used in [[temple]] worship, especially in [[Buddhism]...
14: ...center;">[[Image:Chau_gong.jpg|The Familiar "Chinese" Gong]]<br>''A 10" Chau Gong''</div>
16: ... Sometimes a chau gong is referred to as a ''Chinese gong'', but in fact it is only one of many types ... - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
1: ...jpg|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Cl...
3: ...for inventing the electric [[telegraph]] and [[Morse code]].
9: ...n [[1810]], he graduated from Yale University. Morse later accompanied Allston to [[Europe]] in [[1811...
11: ...]]1,000). On [[February 7]] of that same year, Morse's wife, Lucretia, died suddenly. She was buried b...
13: ...romagnetic]] [[record]]ing [[telegraph]] and [[Morse code|dot-and-dash code system]] (a signalling [[a... - Vice President of the United States (33884 bytes)
2: |[[Image:Vice president seal.jpg|center|200px|Seal of the Vice President of the United States]]<br...
5: ...resignation, or removal by [[impeachment]] and subsequent conviction of the President. Eight Vice Pre...
9: ...]], on the grounds of the [[United States Naval Observatory]] in [[Washington, DC]]. The government j...
16: ...ntatives and other government officers, has been used since 1884:
18: ...on freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully d... - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
3: | image name=Seal_us_presdent.jpg
18: ... at the [[Battle of the Thames]], in which [[Tecumseh]] was killed.
23: ...me a member of the House of Representatives, representing Virginia.
25: ...[1795]], which opened much of present-day Ohio to settlement by [[whites|white]] Americans.
27: ...ch made it easier for people to purchase land for settlement in the Northwest Territory. Harrison resi... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
1: ...k|For the singer and songwriter of the same name, see [[Voltaire (band)]].}}
10: ...lder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with Fran&ccedi...
12: ...r facile verse-making. At the age of ten, he was sent to the [[Jesuit]] Collège Louis-le-Grand...
14: ...ring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it.
16: ...regard into a real or burlesque confession he was sent to the [[Bastille]] on [[May 16]], [[1717]], he... - 13 colonies (4411 bytes)
2: ...American flag]] with 13 stars and 13 stripes representing each of the 13 colonies.]]
4: ...itish]] [[colony|colonies]] in [[North America]], separately chartered and governed, that signed the [...
6: Other British North American possessions—the former [[French colony]] of [[Que...
14: ...[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]]
19: ** [[Province of New Jersey]], later [[New Jersey]] - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ... of the federal government or the militias of the separate states and territories.
10: *[[Second Barbary War]] (1815)
61: See also: [[Indian Wars]], [[Native American massacr...
69: *[[Tecumseh's War]] (1811)
73: *[[Seminole Wars]] (1817–1818, 1835–1842, 1...
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