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- Celtic mythology (25486 bytes)
6: ...[deity|deities]] discovered in [[Gaul]] (modern [[France]]), [[Roman Britain|Britain]] and other forme...
12: ...he priestly order) in the era of Gaulish autonomy from Rome. Conversely, the want of order is often mo...
66: |align="left"|<small>[[Fragarach]], [[Gae Bulg]]</small>
76: ...n gods they are equated with, and similar figures from later bodies of Celtic mythology.
80: ... myths is found in early medieval [[manuscripts]] from [[Ireland]]. These were written by Christians, ... - Troy (22846 bytes)
10: ... [[Turkey]]). Troy is known for its riches gained from port trade with east and west, fancy clothes, i...
12: ...est Libyan tribe who said that they are descended from the men of Troy, according to [[Herodotus]]. Th...
18: ...s law was adopted by King [[Dunvallo Molmutius]] (from [[Brutus]]) in his code and is still in effect ...
20: ..., where the Greek gods watched the [[Trojan War]] from, where [[Hera]] distracted [[Zeus]] with her se...
24: ...e of the ancient city today is some 15 kilometers from the coast, but the ancient mouths of Scamander,... - Aphrodite (14648 bytes)
1: ...#966;ροδίτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the [[Greek mythology|Greek]] [[g...
4: ...r cult. She was associated with [[Hesperia]] and frequently accompanied by the [[Oread]]s, [[nymph]]s...
18: ...e hints of the track of Aphrodite's original cult from the Levant to mainland Greece.
25: ...Greek [[Pantheon]] to be actually married, she is frequently unfaithful to her husband. [[Hephaestus]...
28: ... gods together to mock them. Hephaestus would not free them until they promised to end their affair, b... - 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 ... - Eros (mythology) (4590 bytes)
5: ...The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'', he burgeons forth from an egg laid by Night conceived with Darkness. I...
7: ... In some myths, he is portrayed as being playful, frequently causing trouble for gods and mortals; in ...
19: ...me immortal herself. Psyche's visit to and return from the underworld made her an object of some devot... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
3: ...al, of the cunning of thieves, and the messenger from the gods to humans. A lucky find was a ''herma...
6: ...th the way in which the wind may transfer objects from one place to another, and with the transition t...
11: ...ke to refer to a syncretic god combining elements from Hermes and the [[Egypt]]ian god [[Thoth]].
13: ... Mercurius'' corresponds to English ''Wednesday'' from ''Wodnes d槧' 'Woden's day'.
26: ...n" herms, the standing stone or wooden pillar was frankly simply a phallus. The ''hermai'' were used ... - Moon (37975 bytes)
6: ...ll.jpg|250px|none|The Moon as seen by an observer from Earth]]
7: <small><font color="white">The Moon as seen from Earth</font></small>
190: ...', the terms ''selene/seleno'' and ''cynthion'' (from the [[Lunar deity|Lunar deities]] [[Selene]] an...
192: The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 [[kilometre]]s...
194: ...o 11]]. The first men sent ''to'' the Moon were [[Frank Borman]], [[Jim Lovell|James Lovell]] and [[Wi... - 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 -->... - Oxygen (9039 bytes)
37: ...] and [[bacteria]]). The atmospheric abundance of free oxygen in later geological epochs and up to the...
42: ...spiration in animals. The word ''oxygen'' derives from two words in [[Greek language|Greek]], ''oxys''...
44: .... Liquid O<sub>2</sub> is usually obtained by the fractional distillation of liquid air. Both liquid a...
75: Oxygen derivatives are prone to form [[free radicals]], especially in metabolic processes. ... - Plutonium (24623 bytes)
176: ...converting several nuclear power plants in the US from [[enriched uranium]] fuel to [[MOX fuel]] as a ...
178: ...re conducted without any kind of informed consent from the subjects of the experiment. The episode is ...
181: .../sup>Pu remain from the birth of the solar system from waste of supernovae, because its half-life (80 ...
188: ...cts). The Pu-239 can then be chemically separated from the rest of the material to give high-purity Pu...
190: ...m production, it is necessary to remove the U-238 frequently, before significant amounts of Pu-239 can... - Titanium (20884 bytes)
118: ... point]] of this element makes it useful as a [[refractory metal]]. Titanium is as strong as steel, bu...
125: ... titanium dioxide are excellent reflectors of [[infrared radiation]] and are therefore used extensivel...
143: ...amed it ''menachite''. At around the same time, [[Franz Joseph Muller]] also produced a similar substa...
145: The metal has always been difficult to extract from its various ores. Pure metallic titanium (99.9%...
147: ...ties of titanium when a European company set up a front for the US foreign intelligence agencies to pu... - Yttrium (9384 bytes)
152: ...opants such as [[neodymium]] or [[erbium]] in [[infrared]] [[laser]]s.
160: ...n Gadolin in [[1794]] in a [[gadolinite]] mineral from Ytterby.
167: ...ing other techniques. It is difficult to separate from other rare earths and when extracted, is a dark...
169: Lunar rock samples from the [[Apollo program]] have a relatively high ... - Zirconium (9876 bytes)
159: ...mbles [[titanium]], zirconium is obtained chiefly from [[zircon]] and is very corrosion resistant. Zir...
165: ... (Zr[[silicon|Si]][[oxygen|O]]<sub>4</sub>) are refractories, foundry sands (including [[Casting#Inves...
170: ...nd by the ceramic and [[glass]] industries as a refractory material.
177: Zirconium ([[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''zark?from [[Persian language|Persian]] ''zarg?meaning "go...
179: ...in a new element until Klaproth analyzed a jargon from [[Ceylon]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]. He named t... - Great Dane (5068 bytes)
64: ...y coat that includes "mouse grey" is disqualified from show.
68: ...ht and weight requirements for [[show dog]]s vary from one kennel club's standards to another, but gen...
80: Great Danes also suffer from several genetic disorders that are specific to ... - Robert Goddard (scientist) (7533 bytes)
7: ...nd how it would look on a small scale, if sent up from the meadow at my feet." [http://www.tylerlee.or...
11: ...ning rocket [[motor]]s, with financial assistance from the [[Smithsonian Institution]]. By [[1919]], ...
19: ...rsh criticism that he received from the media and from other scientists, who doubted the viability of ...
23: ...er of [[March 16]], [[1926]], holds the launching frame of his most notable invention — the firs...
29: ... during [[World War II]] [http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Goddard.html]. Before [[1939]], ... - Bast (goddess) (4923 bytes)
8: ...golden jewelery to wear, and being allowed to eat from the same plates as their owners. Consequently, ... - Spiro Agnew (8986 bytes)
42: ... [[Vice President of the United States]], serving from [[1969]] to [[1973]] under President [[Richard ...
45: ...own in the local Greek community. His mother was from [[Virginia]].
47: ...He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in France and Germany.
51: Upon his return from the war, Agnew tranferred to the evening progra...
57: ...ounty Executive [[Christian H. Kahl]] dropped him from the Zoning Board. Agnew loudly protested and d... - Walter Mondale (8624 bytes)
37: ...so a two-term [[United States Senate|US Senator]] from [[Minnesota]] and the [[Democratic Party (Unite...
40: ...[Korean War]]. He graduated with a [[law]] degree from the [[University of Minnesota Law School]] in [...
43: ...anaged the re-election campaign of Gov. [[Orville Freeman]], who in return in [[1960]] appointed Monda...
45: ...ected into social services. Many people came away from the experience with the belief that Mondale was...
51: ...ralism|liberal]] campaign, supporting a [[nuclear freeze]] and the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] (ERA). H... - Donkeys (8731 bytes)
15: ...uidae]]. The wild ancestors of the donkey are [[Africa]]n.
18: ...reeds just like the horse family, ranging in size from miniatures, standard (pony size) to mammoth (fu...
24: From before the dawn of recorded history, donkeys ha...
28: ...donkeys appear to be quite intelligent, cautious, friendly, playful, and eager to learn. Once you hav...
33: ...me of them are the the African wild ass (''Equus Africanus''), the [[Somalia]]n wild ass (''Equus soma... - Space Shuttle program (41074 bytes)
4: ...capacity to recover satellites and other payloads from orbit and return them to Earth, this capacity h...
16: ...e [[X-20 Dyna-Soar]]. In several instances groups from both worked together to investigate the state o...
27: ...k to adjust for the launching point rotating away from it while in polar orbit — in a 90 minute ...
35: ...e [[1970s]] this was high enough that the payback from the development had to happen very quickly or t...
43: ...ced in an external tank instead of internal tanks from the previous designs. This allowed a larger pay...
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