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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
9: ...or [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Russia]] and [[South Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" imag...
16: ...e [[List of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
18: Historically, the Formula One series evolved from the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v...
21: ...of [[Road & Track]] magazine, showing a [[BRM]] H16 Formula One engine in car]]
24: ...rity, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model. - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...erical]] or [[logic]]al terms. Computers are made from [[digital circuit|components]] that perform sim...
10: ...al|analog]]'' computers were once common in the 1960s but are now rarer.
24: ...it is obvious these terms were in use prior to 1946.
29: ...sus]] in 1943 and the [[ENIAC]] announced in [[1946]], were huge devices that weighed tons, occupied ...
39: *[[Mainframe|Mainframe computer]] - Ship (18843 bytes)
12: ...the [[Samuel Plimsoll|Merchant Shipping Act of 1876]], ship-owners could load their vessels until the...
14: ... the Plimsoll mark to indicate the safe depth (or freeboard above the surface) to which a specific shi...
19: ...he use of large numbers of [[cannon]] from the [[16th century]] meant that maneuverability took secon...
21: ... [[condenser]], which reduced the requirement for fresh water, and the multiple expansion engine, whic...
25: ...; one exception, ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'' of [[1968]], started with steam turbines but subsequently ... - Forest (3705 bytes)
2: [[image:Conifer_forest.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the ...
6: ...p to the [[tree-line]], except where natural fire frequency is too high, or mankind has intervened. Fo...
8: ...cological]] terms, a forest may be differentiated from a [[woodland]]: A forest has a more or less clo...
25: {{Commons|Forest}} - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: ...mage:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ..._caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] | - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ...:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...rd ''παρθένος'' (parthenos), a virgin.
9: ...he treasury of the Delian League, which was moved from the Panhellenic sanctuary at [[Delos]] to the A...
13: ...ate has an upward curvature towards its centre of 60 millimetres on the east and west ends, and of 11...
19: ...ted on the northern side: it may have been scenes from the [[Trojan War]]. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequence...
4: ...ltering government of the weak republic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to as...
6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works of Julius Caes...
13: Towards the end of Marius' life in [[86 BC]], internal politics reached a breaking point....
23: ...ing the funerals Caesar delivered eulogy speeches from the [[rostra]]. Julia's funeral was filled wit... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...hancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[N...
13: ...xtermination of over 11 million people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as ...
15: He led Germany from the depths of post-[[World War I]] defeat to be...
20: ...z]] in the province of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in what was...
22: ...s mother's surname, '''Schicklgruber'''. In [[1876]], he began using the name of his stepfather, [[J... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
5: ...entury that came to be known as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or parodied, it is one of the m...
10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
15: ...f these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. [[Loyal...
19: ...cisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimated to h...
23: ...lack slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
1: ...ramento from Riverwalk.JPG|thumb|175px|Sacramento from near the Sacramento River]]
2: ... [[1848]] by [[John Sutter, Jr.]] Sacramento grew from [[Sutter's Fort]], which was established by Sut...
17: area_land = 97.2 mi² / 251.6 |
20: population_note = 1,796,857 ([[List of metropolitan areas by population|m...
22: population_density = 1,617 | - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
9: founded = [[1864]] |
12: area = 165.7 [[square kilometre|km²]] (64.0 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
21: north_coord = 43.6137 |
22: west_coord = 116.2377|
34: - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
12: area = 966.3 [[square kilometre|km²]] (373.1 [[square m...
16: city pop = 791.926 |
21: north_coord = 39.7671 |
22: west_coord = 86.1582 |
25: ...ty, Indiana|Marion County]]'s population is 863,216. - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
12: founded = [[September 17]], [[1630]] |
20: metro pop = 455,836|
25: west_coord = 84.5467|
37: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.60% from two or more races. 9.98% of the population are...
39: ...viduals and 8.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household si... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
4: ...nearby [[Great Salt Lake]], the city is separated from the lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]...
15: ...an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upo...
20: ... church. This paved the way for statehood in [[1896]], when Salt Lake City became the state capital.
22: ...Salt Lake]]. A railroad was connected to the city from the Transcontinental Railroad in [[1870]] makin...
24: ...city decay. The city lost population from the [[1960s]] through the [[1980s]], but recovered in the [... - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...sia]]. With an area of 17,075,400 km² (6,595,600 mi²), it is the [[List of countries by are...
6: ...tage. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ... The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimila...
15: ..., church and moved the capital to [[Kiev]] in [[1169]] A.D. In this era the term "Rhos", or "Russ", ...
17: ...ded the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the w... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
6: date_of_birth=[[October 2]], [[1869]] |
13: ...ought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to worl...
15: ... He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth...
18: ...he [[Jain]] influences of Gujarat, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living...
23: ...India to observe the Hindu precepts of abstinence from [[meat]] and [[alcohol]]. Although Gandhi expe... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National P...
4: ...r his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviathan]]'' ([[1651]]).
10: ...University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magdalen H...
12: ...earning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommended by Wilkinson as tutor ...
14: ...nd Latin authors, the outcome of which was, in [[1628]], his great translation of [[Thucydides]]'s [[... - Native American (42651 bytes)
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro...
28: ...heir theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to ha... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...tern Hemisphere]] at Badwater which is 282 feet (86 m) below [[sea level]]. It is also home to many s...
6: ... and low points in Death Valley National Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points ...
8: [[Image:Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg|frame|left|Death Valley and environs]]
22: <td>{{coor dm|36|27|N|116|57|W|}}</td></tr>
24: <td>3,340,410 acres (1,351,816 ha)</td></tr> - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
4: image_name=Luther46c.jpg |
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) |
9: date_of_death=[[18 February]], [[1546]] |
12: ...vember 10]], [[1483]]–[[February 18]], [[1546]]) was a [[German people|German]] [[theology|theo...
17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
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