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- Telharmonium (3225 bytes)
1: ...umb|Telharmonium console by [[Thaddeus Cahill]] [[1897]]]]
2: ...rmonium''', developed by [[Thaddeus Cahill]] in [[1897]].
3: The Telharmonium was intended to be listened to using [[telephone]] receivers.
5: ...sounds as electrical signals by [[additive synthesis]].
6: An authoritative history of the Telharmonium is 'Magical Music from the Telharmonium' by Reynold ... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...e|USDA]] [[food pyramid]], published in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]...
2: ...sease]]. Absence of adequate nutrients may cause disease or death.
4: ...es such as [[scurvy]], [[obesity]] or [[osteoporosis]], as well as psychological and behavioral proble...
8: ...patite]]), both in the [[human body]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, animals) that humans eat.
10: ...rocess; the intestines reabsorb most of it; otherwise - Cable car (railway) (12669 bytes)
2: ...e:Cable_Car.jpg|thumb|right|Cable Car in San Francisco]]
3: [[Image:Sf_cable_car.jpg|thumb|right|A San Francisco cable car]]
4: ...l cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required. Cable cars are sometimes confu...
7: ...house or power house. The speed at which it moves is relatively constant, although somewhat influenced...
9: ... in all early cable car systems, or automatic, as is the case in some recent cable operated [[people m... - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
1: ...Charles_smith.jpg|thumb|right|Kingsford Smith in his flying gear]]
2: ...]]), often called Charles Kingsford-Smith, or by his nickname ''Smithy'', was the best-known early [[A...
4: ...ying Corps]], earning his wings in [[1917]]. For his services in battle, he was awarded the [[Military...
6: ...]''" is based on Charles Kingsford Smith and his historic epic flight across the Pacific.
10: ...e again flying from England to Australia, he and his copilot departed [[Allahabad]], [[India]] for a l... - Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (8624 bytes)
2: ...c and medical references to him are found under this spelling.
6: ...lands]] when he was three years old. He received his early education at the [[Institute of Martinus He...
12: ...sult of his work with ionizing radiation because his investigations were only for a short time and he ...
14: ==Discovery of X-Rays==
16: ...ass wall than the Lenard tube, might also cause this fluorescent effect. - James Longstreet (9732 bytes)
4: ...ent of his former enemies, as a diplomat and administrator.
8: ...he [[U.S. Army]] in [[June]] of [[1861]] to cast his lot with the [[Confederate States of America|Conf...
14: ...street's friends generally called him ''Pete''.) His record as an offensive tactician was mixed, howev...
16: ..., at the [[Battle of Antietam]], Longstreet held his part of the Confederate line against Union forces...
18: ...f Fredericksburg]]. There, Longstreet positioned his men behind a stone wall and held off fourteen ass... - Frederick Cook (12772 bytes)
2: ...er]] and [[medical doctor|physician]], noted for his claim of having reached the [[North Pole]] on Apr...
7: Cook was born in Hortonville, [[New York]]. His parents were Dr. Theodore A. Koch and Magdalena K...
9: ...ibby Forbes, who died in childbirth in 1890. On his 37th birthday he married Marie Fidele Hunt; they ...
13: ...n the attempted publication of the dictionary as his own work.
15: ...the first ascent of that mountain (this claim is discussed at length below). - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...plorer]] who is popularly credited as the modern discoverer of [[Canada]], or at least the region that...
4: ...ed up in the [[North America]]n mainland, he and his men being the first [[Europe]]ans since the [[Vik...
6: ...s around [[1451]], but he moved to [[Venice]] in his youth, and later became a Venetian citizen.
8: ...bonavista.jpg|left|thumb|150px|John Cabot in Bonavista, Newfoundland]]
10: ... a degree of longitude is shorter the further one is from the [[equator]], so the voyage from western ... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
10: He joined the [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition]] ([[1897]]–[[1899]]) as second mate. Led by [[Adrien...
14: ...led dog]]s. Continuing to the south of [[Victoria Island]], the ship cleared the [[Arctic Archipelago]...
18: ...en [[Robert Peary]] claimed the Pole, he changed his plans. Using [[Fridtjof Nansen]]'s ship ''[[Fram]...
20: ... he waited until Fram reached [[Madeira]] to let his crew know of the change. Every member agreed to c...
22: ...Antarctic Plateau]]. Amundsen would have to find his own path through the [[Trans-Antarctic Mountains]... - March 17 (9666 bytes)
1: '''March 17''' is the 76th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
6: *[[45 BC]] - In his last victory, [[Julius Caesar]] defeats the [[Pom...
7: ...on of the [[Cathay Company]] to send [[Martin Frobisher]] back to the New World for more gold
8: ... their exploration of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi river.
9: ...ork City]] for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern). - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: '''March 20''' is the 79th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calen...
8: ...– The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
11: ...d a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
13: ...eecher Stowe]]'s ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' is published.
14: *[[1883]] – Signature of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Prope... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
14: |population=(city) 416,474<br />(metropolis) 4,247,981
22: ... and commercial development. As a result, Atlanta is a common case study for college students who stud...
26: ...'s nicknames, "The Phoenix City", relates to its rise after the Civil War. The [[phoenix]] appears in...
28: ...uburbs OTP (Outside the Perimeter). The Perimeter is Atlanta's equivalent to the [[Capital Beltway]] a...
29: == History == - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
25: ...uffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]]. It is the unofficial capital of the region known as [[N...
27: ...imately 5.8 million residents. [[Greater Boston]] is one of the top-ten largest metropolitan areas in ...
29: ==History==
30: ...Main article: [[History of Boston, Massachusetts|History of Boston]]''
31: ... State House (Boston)|Old State House]] in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
2: '''Lansing''' is the capital city of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michi...
10: seal = LansingMIseal.jpg|
29: The place is located in the south central part of the lower pe...
31: ...iful, fertile, well irrigated land. Largely comprised of rolling plains, Lansing's and its surroundin...
33: ...2; (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.57% water. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[1989]])
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169... - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
3: ...ple city park or playground, as an amusement park is meant to cater to adults, [[teenager]]s and small...
5: ...ten annual) amusement park with mobile rides etc. is called a '''fun fair''' or '''[[carnival]]'''.
7: The original amusement parks were the historical precursors to the modern theme parks as we...
9: ...a European park, dating from [[1843]] and still existing, see [[Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen]].
11: ==History of American amusement parks== - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...m ''[[satyagraha]]'', has influenced both nationalist and international movements for peaceful change....
15: ...th" reveals his inner persona and reflections on his early life.
18: ...], born in [[1892]]; [[Ramdas Gandhi]], born in [[1897]]; and [[Devdas Gandhi]], born in [[1900]].
20: ...owever, as his family felt he must become a [[barrister]] if he were to continue the family tradition ...
22: ...of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of English ---> - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
29: *[[Jamal al-Din al-Afghani]], (1839-1897){{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472) - List of Governors of Wisconsin (3807 bytes)
1: ==Governors of [[Wisconsin]]:==
11: <tr bgcolor=#FFE8E8><td>7<td>[[Louis P. Harvey]]<td>Republican<td>1862 - 1862
13: <tr bgcolor=#FFE8E8><td>9<td>[[James T. Lewis]]<td>Republican<td>1864 - 1866
17: <tr bgcolor=#FFE8E8><td>13<td>[[Harrison Ludington]]<td>Republican<td>1876 - 1878
22: ...8<td>[[William H. Upham]]<td>Republican<td>1895 - 1897
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