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- Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
5: ...vember]] [[1815]], following Napoleon's final [[Battle of Waterloo|defeat at Waterloo]] and the [[Trea...
13: ...ary than that of previous monarchs (or for that matter the [[Jacobin]] and Directory regimes of France...
20: ...ry units as opposed to the previous tradition of attaching artillery pieces in support of other troop ...
28: ... ever have more than 100,000 under arms were the Ottoman Empire, Italy, Naples and Poland (not includi...
32: ...balloon to survey Allied positions before the [[Battle of Fleurus]], on [[June 26]], [[1794]]. There w... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
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14: *[[Neil Bartlett]], (born 1932), English/Canadian/American chemist
30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist
41: *[[Otto Diels]], (1876-1954), German chemnist, winner of...
74: *[[Otto Hahn]], (1879-1968) - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...aves]] in the [[19th century]] [[United States]] attempted to escape to [[free state]]s, or as far nor...
4: It is estimated that at its height between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100,000 people escaped ens...
10: ...yond their immediate area ''(see [[Vigilance committee]])''. Many individual links were via family re...
23: ...horities went to the regular train station in an attempt to intercept the runaways, while Still was ab...
33: ... star in a nearby [[Ursa Minor]] asterism, the "Little Dipper," which pointed the way due North, to fr... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
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34: *[[Karl Bitter]] (1867 - 1915)
44: *[[Rembrandt Bugatti]] (1884 - 1916)
58: *[[Danese Cattaneo]]
62: *[[Antoine-Denis Chaudet]] (1763 -1810) - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[August 26]], [[1740]] – [[June 26]], [[1810]]) and '''Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[Jan...
11: ... 19 sent up the fourth living beings in a basket attached to the ham: a sheep named Montauciel (meanin...
25: *[http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/hetheringto...
26: *[http://www.start-flying.com/Montgolfier.htm "Balloons...
27: *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-64386 "Karl Frie... - African American (19830 bytes)
19: ...f Colored People|NAACP]], led a series of legal battles in the [[1950s]] to overturn [[Jim Crow]] segr...
35: Many African American authors have written stories, poems, and essays influenced by their ...
45: ...mpts to de-Africanize blacks in the U.S. under chattel slavery, most American blacks are unable to tra...
54: ...red, worked, traded and sold outright as human chattel. The designation of anyone possessing any trace...
60: ... in light of anti-[[miscegenation]] laws, social attitudes and [[lynching|lynch mobs]]. Many lived in ... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
5: ...s a banking partner of the Praeds who owned the Bitton Estate in [[Teignmouth]]. His mother was Betsy ...
10: ...t [[Trinity College]], [[Cambridge]] in October [[1810]]. He had read extensively in [[Leibniz]], [[Lagr...
29: ...sed the principles of a calculating engine in a letter to Sir [[Humphrey Davy]] in [[1822]].
36: ...tation of astronomical and mathematical tables."[http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicia...
38: ... ''On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacture''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4238] in [[1832]]. It ... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
5: ...dition, always referring to Clark as "Captain" ([http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/v02.appendix.a.h...
7: ...d. Soon they passed Le Rochette, the last white settlement on the [[Missouri River]]. On [[August 20]]...
9: ...December of 1805. At this point in time, Lewis spotted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close...
10: ...". By that time the expedition faced its second bitter winter during the trip, so the group decided to...
16: ... States. Without these calm meetings, the white settlers from the East would have stormed the Indian C... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
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62: *[[Grigory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - )
63: *[[Charlotte Barnum]] (1860-1934)
82: *[[Bhargav Bharat Bhatt]] (India)
86: *[[Errett Bishop]] ([[1928]] - [[1983]]) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
17: ...cidents, for instance the [[11 March 2004 Madrid attacks|Madrid train bombings]] of [[11 March]] [[200...
26: ... also run in a guided path. The term "guideway" better describes the non-traditional modes.
30: ...varying number of tracks. Rail lines that carry little traffic are often built with a single track whi...
55: ...a]] was the first permanent railroad, opened in [[1810]], and the [[Granite Railroad]] in [[1826]] may h...
84: ...ave rail transport (including several with very little), of which ca. 90 have passenger services. - Harp (23216 bytes)
26: ...ented by [[Sebastien Erard|S颡stien Erard]] in [[1810]]. Earlier pedal harps had a single-action mechan...
56: ...he same range of notes without having both hands attempt to play the same string at the same time. It...
62: ...nic row runs from the right (as seen by someone sitting at the harp) side of the neck to the left side...
68: ...ority among harpists, but the issue of which is better is a source of friction and debate. The disting...
76: ...anish]] during the colonial period: wide on the bottom and narrow at the top, with perfect balance whe... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
14: In 1810 [[Alexander von Humboldt]] originated the modern ...
27: ...due to an increase in trade, itself a result of better roads and communications. This trade seems to ...
47: ...litical practices of the Mexica. Huitzilopochtli attained this central position after the founding of ...
64: ...in battle, Aztecs killed the warriors after the battle.
72: ..., although the sons of ''pillis'' had access to better resources and education, so it was easier for t... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
9: ...e area. The order came to distinguish itself in battles with the [[Islam|Muslims]], its soldiers weari...
23: ...s conducted by the Knights. Fort Saint Elmo, Valletta, Malta, May 8, 2005.]]
27: ...amed in memory of its valiant grand master La Valette who had sustained this siege.
29: ...e, however, had little political impact, for the Ottomans quickly rebuilt their fleet.
31: ... the victory at Lepanto the Knights continued to attack pirates, and their base became a centre for [[... - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
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90: ...ceable, the Non-Intercourse Act was replaced in [[1810]] by [[Macon's Bill Number 2]]. This lifted all e...
92: ...ican Indians on the frontier to attack American settlements, and so the War Hawks called for an invasi...
108: Since the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in [[1805]], Britain had been th...
114: ...806)|HMS ''Guerriere'']]. After a twenty minute battle, the ''Guerriere'' had been dismasted and captu... - Jacob Broom (291 bytes)
1: ...' ([[October 17]], [[1752]]–[[April 25]], [[1810]]) was a delegate to the [[United States|U.S.]] [... - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
40: ...0px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
58: ...ined [[oxygen]]. Chlorine was given its name in [[1810]] by [[Humphry Davy]], who insisted that it was i...
76: ...nd when a liquid it burns [[skin]]. It takes as little as 3.5 [[part per million|ppm]] to be detected ...
107: *[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/17.html Los Alamos ... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
59: | [[State of matter]]
95: | 8.34 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m?K)]]
101: | 1810 kJ/mol
183: ...0px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
191: ...a preservative in [[vaccine]]s and tattoo inks ([http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm Thimer... - Tellurium (8984 bytes)
58: | [[State of matter]]
65: | 1261 K (1810 ?F)
94: | 2.35 [[watt per metre-kelvin|W/(m*K)]]
172: ...he symbol '''Te''' and [[atomic number]] 52. A brittle silver-white [[metalloid]] which looks like [[t...
173: ...0px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
1: ...ortrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
9: ...ay]]. He earned money by painting portraits. In [[1810]], he graduated from Yale University. Morse later...
11: ...]]. In [[1825]], Morse painted [[Marquis de Lafayette]]'s portrait (for [[Dollar|$]]1,000). On [[Febru...
21: ...ototype of the telegraph. It used a one-element battery and a simple electromagnet. This prototype onl...
24: ... dictionary with number code to a code for each letter. Whether Alfred Vail was the actual inventor of... - Arthur Middleton (2124 bytes)
1: ...ion_indepence.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]'''A...
3: ...nce]]. Despite the time he spent in England, his attitude toward [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loya...
7: ...ics. He was elected Governor of South Carolina ([[1810]]-[[1812]]), U.S. Representative ([[1815]]-[[1819...
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