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- Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18: ...f reform. His family and close friends called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR ...
20: ...nal organization to preserve peace was brought to fruition as the [[United Nations]] after his death.
22: ...nd his failure to advance [[civil rights]] for [[African Americans]]. Some conservatives such as [[Ron...
26: ...matter of great pride to his great-great-grandson Franklin. - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
3: ...in [[Norway]], or [[Philippe P鴡in|P鴡in]] in [[France]].
9: ...etts]] eager for action, and requested permission from the Massachusetts [[Committee of Safety (Americ...
10: ...ck on [[May 10]], [[1775]], Ticonderoga was taken from the 22 British troops that held it and who were...
12: ...ston]] of the Massachusetts militia and a boyhood friend of Allen, delivered the letter announcing the...
15: ...until all American forces were forced to withdraw from Canada in June of 1776. - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...|right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right:...
19: ...France]], by [[1774]] the Marquis [[Claude de Jouffroy]] and colleagues had made a working steamboat t...
21: ...River]], but then patent disputes dissuaded Fitch from continuing.
23: ...hile, [[Patrick Miller of Dalswinton]], near [[Dumfries]], [[Scotland]], had developed double-hulled b...
25: ...777]] at the age of 12, visited [[Britain]] and [[France]] where he built and tested an experimental s... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
1: [[Image:B franklin.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Benjamin Franklin Image provided by [http://classroomclipart....
2: ...d a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster...
4: Franklin's [[invention]]s include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]], the [[li...
9: ...]] on [[December 23]], [[1657]] the son of Thomas Franklin, a blacksmith and farmer, and Jane White. H...
11: ...dren, all of whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[16... - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
5: The oldest surviving archeological artifacts from Slovakia have been carbon dated to 270,000 BCE,...
7: Other stone tools from the [[Middle Palaeolithic|Middle Paleolithic Er...
9: ... Pieštany. Numerous necklaces made of shells from Cypraca thermophile [[Gastropoda|gastropods]] o...
11: From an archeological standpoint, the discovery of d...
13: ... years by the same tribes who created the pottery from the Massif Bukov頨ory. - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
10: ...ter or match. One of the most common favors asked from a stranger is for a light; it is also done as a...
15: ...ury]], tobacco smoking was brought to Europe, and from there spread to the rest of the world.
17: ...rtrayed in advertising as part of a glamorous carefree lifestyle. This image continued to be prevalent...
37: ... he was usually seen to have a cigar clamped, was frequently remarked upon by the press and public.
39: ...ins. However, the practice of ingesting the smoke from a smoldering leaf generates an enormous number ... - Sense (11343 bytes)
5: ...how many senses there are. The disagreements stem from a lack of consensus as to what the definition o...
13: ...interpret sensory input to derive new information from it.
15: ...d through the body by tactition. Lower and higher frequencies than can be heard are detected this way ...
21: ...factory receptor neuron]]s in the [[nose]] differ from most other neurons in that they die and regener...
31: ...the thermoceptors in the skin are quite different from the [[homeostasis|homeostatic]] thermoceptors w... - 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... - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
2: ...r been confirmed. The first mentions we have are from the [[classical Greek]] philosopher [[Plato]], ...
7: ...dfather of [[Critias]]. And Critias learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Drop...
17: ...us]], to where proud and warlike men used to come from the continent beyond the islands, in order to o...
20: ...s]] recorded that the Atlanteans did not know the fruits of [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]]. In fact, Old...
21: ...scribes it as having a climate that is very mild; fruits and vegetables grow ripe throughout the year.... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
19: ...opper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to...
28: ...ed the young man needed more work to distract him from excessive [[rumination]]. He ordered the monk t...
31: ...hteousness, by which humans receive righteousness from God through the perfect works, life, death and ...
37: ...t the doctrine in question), thereby freeing them from the pains of purgatory. - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...ld and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been ...
11: ...f [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and belie...
13: ...son to separate the chemical (material) dimension from the interpretive, symbolic or philosophical one...
17: ...uml;ve interpretations of some alchemists, or the fraudulent hopes fostered by others should not dimin...
19: ...istry, which provided a more precise and reliable framework for matter transmutations and medicine, wi... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
1: ...encoding disks include light holes.<br>'''4:''' Infrared LEDs shine through the disks.<br>
9: [[Image:firstmouseunderside.jpg|frame|The first computer mouse held by inventor [[Do...
11: ...with spring by ''Opocentsky'', 10/76, [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3987685.html 3987685].]]
26: ... sensor will process 1512 frames per second: each frame is a rectangular array of 18*18 [[pixels]], an...
28: ...s in optical mouse technology comes in large part from competitive [[first-person shooter|FPS]] gamers... - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (17212 bytes)
1: [[Image:Rosenbergs.jpg|framed|The Rosenbergs]]
7: ...[May 12]], [[1918]] in [[New York]]. He graduated from the [[City College of New York]] with a degree ...
11: ...cans did not share information or seek assistance from the Soviet Union for the [[Manhattan Project]]....
19: ...er Hiss]], generated a largely polarized response from observers, some of whom believed the Rosenbergs...
27: ...e he died, [[Theodore Hall]], who moved to the UK from the US partly because of an [[FBI]] investigati... - Genghis Khan (31537 bytes)
19: ...oden collar around his neck. He escaped with help from a sympathetic captor. His mother, Hoelun, taugh...
21: ...], was born suspiciously soon after she was freed from the Merkit, leading to questions regarding the ...
43: ... of honor. Generally, the Mongol Empire was also friendly to outside trade along the [[Silk Road]], a...
53: ...ounted archers to attack their enemies on several fronts at once.
59: ...tely under his dominion, in order to prevent them from challenging the Mongols for territory and resou... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
5: .../wg1/339.htm]]). Much of this uncertainty results from not knowing future CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, bu...
16: ...es including [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[China]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[India]], [[Italy]], [[Japan...
38: ...ly and historically, making the conclusions drawn from the data subject to disagreement. [http://www.g...
48: ...s in response to variations in "external forcing" from both human and non-human causes, including chan...
54: ...ureate]] [[Svante Arrhenius]] used the measured infrared absorption of carbon dioxide to calculate tha... - Avalanche (25211 bytes)
1: [[Image:Nuptse-fromKalarPatar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A [[Himalaya|Hi...
7: ...ing else in its path. For example, in [[Montroc, France]], in [[1999]] 300,000 cubic metres of snow s...
12: ...m anchors such as rocks and trees, stress support from top or bottom of slope).
14: ...temperatures (e.g., a lubricated melt layer, or a fragile crystal layer) before, during and after snow...
24: ...hern and north-eastern aspects. Slopes sheltered from the wind tend to gather more snow. [[Cornice]]... - Wildfire (23185 bytes)
2: ...n Bernardino, California]] Mountains (image taken from the [[International Space Station]])]]
16: ...researchers discovered that exposure to [[smoke]] from burning plants actually promotes [[germination]...
18: ...erty]], particularly when they have reached urban-fringe communities, destroying many homes and causin...
30: ... of water in plants is balanced by water absorbed from the soil. Below this threshold, the plants dry ...
43: ...aft]] caused by a large wildfire will draw in air from surrounding areas. These self-generated winds c... - Chinese New Year (12599 bytes)
15: ...d out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples to unmarried people. Chinese Ne...
25: ...than the packets given to family members or close friends.
39: ... criticism — or that his lips are so sticky from the cakes that he is unable to make too much of...
45: ...day of new year but now it can be obtained easily from two weekends prior to the new year. But it is j...
51: ...;, meaning "surplus" (e.g. having money left over from covering expenses). The common greeting for th... - Dionysus (15630 bytes)
11: ... local Greek nature deity and a more powerful god from [[Thrace]] or [[Phrygia]] such as [[Sabazios]].
16: ... sure that the cult of Dionysus arrived in Greece from [[Anatolia]], but Greek concepts of where Nysa ...
26: Introduced into [[Rome]] (c. [[200 BC]]) from the Greek culture of lower [[Italy]] or by way ...
29: ...us and Liber (also [[Liber Pater]]). Liber ("the free one") was a god of fertility and growth, marrie...
33: ...hovel|shovel]] and was used to separate the chaff from the good, cut grain. In addition, Dionysus is ... - Helium (36603 bytes)
106: ...a low [[temperature]] separation process called [[fractional distillation]].
108: ...spectroscopy | spectral line]] signature in light from a [[solar eclipse]]. Since then large reserves ...
112: ...0 [[Kelvin|K]] at 1 atmosphere) does it cool upon free expansion. Once precooled below this temperatu...
117: ...istinguish solid from liquid helium since the [[refractive index]] of the two phases are nearly the sa...
122: ...hich prevents random molecular motion ([[heat]]) from masking the atomic properties<!-- ref: ibid -->...
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