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- Culture of Italy (11004 bytes)
23: ...ommunity. All religious faiths are provided equal freedom before the [[law]] by the [[constitution]]. ...
27: ...ans, mostly of Berber or Arab origin, came mainly from heavily Islamic [[Morocco]], though they have b...
31: ...es to the Modern era. Several famous artists are from Italy. Italy is also rich in [[Music]],[[cinema...
40: ...s, Roman dramatists tended to adapt and translate from the Greek. For example, Seneca's Phaedra was ba...
47: ...] for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectura... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
6: ...ilt and sold by California-based Harry Chamberlin from [[1948]] through the 1970s.
8: ...g" his idea, and that one of his own people (Bill Fransen) was the reason for this. He eventually foun...
14: ...were a [[roadie]]'s nightmare -- heavy, bulky and fragile. The tape banks were also notoriously prone ...
22: ...rough their prime, including solo work by [[Edgar Froese]].
26: ...ch time a note is played it is slightly different from the previous time it was played (a bit like a r... - Performing arts (1198 bytes)
5: The performing arts differ from the [[plastic arts]] insofar as the former uses... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: [[Image:FrancisDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...to [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the globe, from [[1577]] to [[1580]] and was knighted on his re...
7: ...n from a portrait painted quite late in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve ch...
9: ...orced to flee to [[Kent]]. At about the age of 13 Francis took to the sea on a cargo bark, becoming ma...
12: ...a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From then on, he devoted the rest of his life to wor... - Pinhole camera (6994 bytes)
2: ... small aperture; typical exposure times can range from 5 seconds to more than an hour.
8: ...small hole, however, can produce significant [[diffraction]] effects which will result in a less cle...
10: ... perfectly round (to minimise any higher-order diffraction effects off irregularites), and in an extre...
12: ... a sheet of [[brass]] [[shim]] or metal reclaimed from an aluminium drinks can, use fine sand paper to...
19: Where d is diameter, f is focus length (distance from hole to photographic film) and <math>\lambda</m... - Crochet (5214 bytes)
3: ...k.'' It describes the process of creating fabric from a length of cord, yarn, or thread with a hooked...
7: ...ed entirely of loops and is only secured when the free end of the strand is pulled through the final l...
10: ...cecrochet1800s.jpg|frame|right|Irish lace crochet from the 1800's]]
12: Some theorize that crochet evolved from traditional practices in Arabia, South America,...
14: ...o the tambour hooks used in tambour embroidery in France in the seventeenth century, and contend that ... - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: ...and [[strings (music)|strings]]. Some, known as ''frame harps'', also have a forepillar; those lacking...
4: Harps are found in [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[North]] and [[South America]]...
8: ...rp and modern concert harp. ''Public domain image from Websters Dictionary 1911.'' <small>([[Media:Har...
12: ... The oldest documented references to the harp are from [[30th century BC|3000 BC]] in [[Mesopotamia]] ...
24: ...(1.2 m) wide at the widest point. The notes range from three octaves below middle C to three and a hal... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
2: ...es [[steel]] strings and more guide dots on the [[fretboard]].]]
6: ... '''neck'''. Typically, a '''headstock''' extends from the neck for tuning.
16: ..., is a combination of two words. "''Guit''" comes from the Sanskrit word ''"Sangeeta"'' meaning "music...
17: ...n in Origin, and so are the ancestral instruments from which the Westernized guitar derrived. The word...
18: ...n of the sitar. One theory states that it evolved from a purely Indian instrument called the ''Chitra ... - Steel guitar (2051 bytes)
6: ... guitars (commonly nickel-plated brass), although frequently played using a metal (or glass) slide, ar... - Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
2: ... to reach the [[heaven]]s. To prevent the project from succeeding, [[God]] confused their [[language]]...
4: == From the Hebrew scriptures ==
8: ...there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon th...
11: ...munity settled in the land of [[Shinar]], not far from the [[Euphrates]] River. Here they built a city...
13: The name "Babylon" is from Akkadian ''Bāb-ilu,'' which means, "Gate o... - Bismuth (9188 bytes)
146: ...ts except [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. [[Lead]]-free bismuth compounds are used in [[cosmetics]] and...
151: ...stitut d'Astrophysique Spatiale]] in [[Orsay]], [[France]] measured the [[alpha emission]] [[half-life...
159: *Strong permanent [[magnet]]s can be made from the alloy [[bismanol]] ([[manganese|Mn]]Bi).
165: ... many of its [[alloy]]s expand slightly when they freeze make them ideal for this purpose.
168: ...ing [[brass]]es for [[plumbing]] applications and free-cutting steels for precision machining properti... - Copper (13595 bytes)
136: ...d because so much of it was mined in [[Cyprus]]). From this, the phrase was simplified to ''cuprum'' a...
138: ...ns of copper [[smelting]], the refining of copper from simple copper oxides such as [[malachite]] or [...
140: There are copper and [[bronze]] artifacts from [[Sumerian]] cities that date to 3000 BC, and [...
142: ... an animal skin, a typical shape of copper ingots from these times.]]
160: ...e Upper Intake Level for adults of dietary copper from all sources is 10 mg/day. - Nickel (13955 bytes)
171: ...ys, as German silver. It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by [[cobalt]], both being fou...
194: ...and can be traced back as far as 3500 BC. Bronzes from what is now Syria had a nickel content of up to...
196: ...ederik Cronstedt was attempting to extract copper from kupfernickel (now called niccolite), and obtain...
210: The bulk of the nickel mined comes from two types of [[ore]] deposits. The first are [[...
217: ...neral concentrates are produced by applying the [[froth flotation]] process. - Selenium (9236 bytes)
189: Selenium is used to remove color from glass, as it will counteract the green color fe...
199: ...s can be processed by a number of means to obtain free selenium.
205: While free selenium is nontoxic, many of its compounds are...
208: ...of the [[thyroid]] gland. Dietary selenium comes from cereals, meat, fish, and eggs. [[Brazil nuts]] ...
210: ...atively, people dependent on food that is sourced from selenium-deficient soil are also at risk. The [... - Zinc (12445 bytes)
183: ...[[zinc oxide]]s in calamine were reduced, and the free zinc metal was trapped by the copper, forming a...
185: ...ware of the existence of zinc as a metal separate from the seven known to the ancients. In the West, t...
187: ...that it had a separate set of chemical properties from other known metals.
204: ...s can lead to reduced sperm count and sex drive. Frequent ejaculations can lead to zinc deficiency.
207: ...nc blende]], [[smithsonite]], [[calamine]], and [[franklinite]]. - Chemical compound (2050 bytes)
1: ...al compound''' is a [[chemical substance]] formed from two or more [[Chemical element|element]]s, with... - Gong (10121 bytes)
3: ...aped, and rest on cushions. Gongs are made mainly from [[bronze]] or [[brass]] but there are many othe...
18: ... to remove this coating. Chau gongs range in size from 7" to 80" in diameter.
28: Nipple gongs range in size from 6" to 14" or larger. Sets of smaller, tuned nip...
36: Opera gongs range in size from 7" to 12", with the larger of a pair one or two...
54: ... to large in size, typically 15" to 22" but sizes from 7" to 40" are available. - Inorganic chemistry (2930 bytes)
- Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
6: ...of [[West Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]]s. These [[African American]]s played a variety of instruments, ...
8: ...], [[music of Russia|Russian]], [[music of France|French]], [[music of Germany|German]], [[music of It...
10: ...innings of [[ragtime]] and [[minstrel]] songs, [[African American music]] has remained at the heart of...
12: ...ck|punk]] and [[funk]]. In the [[1970s]], urban African Americans in [[New York City]] began performi...
19: ... a melting pot of different peoples. Immigration from [[China]] began in large numbers in the 19th ce... - Diving Glossary (6254 bytes)
11: ...lood vessels of the body causing symptoms ranging from rashes to death.
12: ... of the dive to allow safe release of inert gases from the tissues of the body and avoid [[decompressi...
16: ...oats must maintain a minimum safety distance away from the flag. Personal water craft pose a hazard to...
24: ; [[Frogman]] : A scuba diver, particularly a military d...
40: ...ome]] : the diver inhales a mist of [[sea water]] from a fault [[demand valve]] causing a reaction in ...
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