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- List of inventors (14020 bytes)
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
113: *[[Robert Heinlein]], (1907-1988), waterbed - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
5: ...cs|economic activity]] than in any other, yet it only accounts for four percent of the world's [[gross...
15: ...rch]], [[sugar]], [[ethanol]], [[alcohol]]s and [[plastic]]s), [[fiber]]s ([[cotton]], [[wool]], [[hemp]], ...
48: ... surplus for competitive gift-giving). Most certainly there was a gradual transition from [[hunter-gat...
56: ... used?--> Crops and animals that were previously only known in the Old World were now transplanted to ... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
50: ...eded 60,000. Although Ohio's population numbered only 45,000 in December [[1801]], Congress determined...
82: ...h as factory machinery, industrial chemicals, and plastic moldings). Therefore, Ohio's products are not alw...
122: ... in all but two contests since [[1892]], backing only losers [[Thomas E. Dewey]] in [[1944]] (Ohio's [... - Barbecue (24807 bytes)
6: ... the U.S., many consider "barbecuing" to include only relatively indirect methods of cooking, with the...
40: [[Bulgogi]] (불고기) is thinly sliced [[beef]] (and sometimes [[pork]]) marinat...
51: ...ant in [[Tuscaloosa]], there are no side dishes, only ribs, bread, and sauce.
69: ...e meat, though not always used in cooking. The Moonlight Inn in [[Owensboro, Kentucky|Owensboro]] is t...
91: ...le hog is typically used; in the west, sometimes only pork shoulders are used for barbecue. - Morse code (33777 bytes)
2: ...) [[amateur radio]] operators. Morse code is the only digital [[modulation]] mode designed to be easil...
19: ...nes "dashes", and the letters most commonly used in the English language were assigned the s...
38: ... reserved for transmission of Morse code signals only.
40: Since Morse relies on only an ([[On-off keying|on-off keyed]]) radio signal...
42: ...d by trained operators even though the signal is only faintly readable. This level of "penetration" is... - Adam's apple (940 bytes)
1: ...own as the '''laryngeal prominence''', known commonly as the '''Adam's apple'''.
5: ...imes remedied by a [[trachea shave]], a type of [[plastic surgery]] to reduce the size of the Adam's apple. - Abacus (7218 bytes)
10: ... can be used for functions other than counting. Unlike the simple counting board used in elementary s...
21: If we are only allowed one image then this is the better to use...
43: ...hat are for foreigners (Westerners) are made with plastic pipe on on both left and right side of the frame,... - Banknote (6576 bytes)
3: A '''banknote''' (more commonly known as a '''bill''' in the [[United States]] a...
28: ..., made from [[biaxially-oriented polypropylene]] (plastic), and in [[1996]] became the first country to hav... - Bird ringing (5302 bytes)
1: ... attaching a small individually numbered metal or plastic ring to their legs or wings, so that various aspe...
19: ...ng larger birds such as eagles, brightly-coloured plastic tags are attached to birds' wing feathers. Each h...
28: ...ld-readable is a ring or rings, usually made from plastic and brightly coloured, which may also have conspi...
33: ...ollars''' made of expandable, non-heat-conducting plastic are very useful for larger birds such as geese. - Badminton (12494 bytes)
5: ... to prevent their opponents from doing the same. Unlike a [[tennis ball]], the shuttlecock flies with ...
7: ... winning a 'shutout' match in badminton requires only winning 30 points (15-0, 15-0, in a Men's Single...
18: ... of carbon fiber composite ([[graphite reinforced plastic]]). Carbon fiber has an excellent strength to wei... - Golf (35905 bytes)
12: ....) For the shortest holes a good player requires only one stroke to hit the ball to the green. On long...
40: ...eams of two players each, in which each team has only one ball and players alternate playing it. For e...
57: ...sition where it has come to rest after a stroke, unless a rule allows or demands otherwise (Rule 13-1)...
60: *a ball may only be replaced by another if it is destroyed, lost,...
73: *Parkland courses: typical inland courses, often resembling traditional British ... - Ice hockey (16008 bytes)
5: ... [[Hockey stick|stick]] with a blade that is commonly curved at one end. Players may also redirect the...
19: ... typically two ''linesmen'', who are responsible only for calling offside and icing violations, and on...
40: ...iods'' of twenty minutes each, the clock running only when the puck is in play. In international play,...
48: ...t players may instead wear a visor that protects only their eyes, or no mask at all; however, some pro...
55: ...n interesting historical footnote, one of Lord Stanley's sons was instrumental in instituting ice hock... - Roller hockey (4297 bytes)
1: ... and very similar to [[ice hockey]], but using [[inline skate]]s instead of [[ice skate]]s.
9: ...teams. A team can consist of up to 12 people but only 5 are allowed on the rink at any time with one b...
13: ...flon coated rollers and is most often played on a plastic tile surface known as SportCourt. The penalty str...
23: ... 20 m). The rink can be wood, cement, ashphalt or plastic surface. The layout is similar to ice hockey, wit...
25: The [[Hockey puck|puck]] used is plastic 3 inches (76 mm) diameter and weighs between 3.5 ... - Surfing (15219 bytes)
3: ...ry:board|board]]s. [[Wood]]en and [[foam]] (see [[plastic]]) boards ("foamies") are also used. [[Kayak]] &...
5: ...iding) spread in the early 20th century to the mainland [[United States|USA]] and [[Australia]], where...
9: ...t and formidable. Surfers' skills are tested not only in their ability to control the craft in challen...
11: ... differs from the sport in reality. Most people only see the pros riding; most of surfing has to do w...
15: ... occur in heavily populated regions, and usually only a very long way out to sea on outer reefs, few s... - High jump (8613 bytes)
71: ...odern high jump bar is made of [[glass-reinforced plastic]] or [[aluminium]]. Other materials are allowed, ... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
2: ...ffordable [[automobile]]s. This achievement not only revolutionized industrial production in the Unit...
33: ...rd patented an automobile made almost entirely of plastic, attached to a tubular welded frame. It weighed 3... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
62: ...: higher performing and more expensive than other plastic dielectrics.
72: Unlike capacitors that use a bulk dielectric made fro...
80: ... replaces the manganese dioxide with a conductive plastic [[polymer]] ([[polypyrrole]]) which eliminates a ...
94: *In a capacitor [[microphone]] (commonly known as a condenser microphone), the diaphragm ...
103: ...es, unlike conventional batteries which last for only a few hundred or thousand recharge cycles. But c... - Flamingo (4496 bytes)
43: ...[Lesser Flamingo]] (''Phoenicopterus minor''), mainly in southern Africa, but the most numerous specie...
52: Flamingos are a model for plastic [[yard art]] which is apparently popular in some ...
58: ...birds/flamingos.htm Flamingo resources from Bird Online] - Lute (15915 bytes)
7: ...ility for the ''fretboard'' beneath the strings. Unlike most stringed instruments, the fretboard is mo...
9: ...cally made of ivory or bone, now more commonly of plastic. The frets are made of loops of gut tied complete...
11: ...h the highest-pitched course usually consists of only a single string, called the ''chantrelle'' (Fren...
35: ...ound in museums or private collections. They are only rarely found in music stores, and generally must...
37: The lutes most commonly encountered today are the 8-course tenor lute in... - Performing arts (1198 bytes)
5: ... of [[prop]]s. Dance was often referred to as a ''plastic art'' during the [[Modern dance]] era.
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