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- Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mouse-mechanism-cutaway.png|thumb|300px|'''Operating a mechanical ''mous...
13: ...system)|NLS]]), which was both a hardware and software system. The other devices were designed to exp...
15: ...dicular to each other: the rotation of each wheel was translated into motion along one [[Coordinate_ax...
19: ...he mouse resembled an inverted [[trackball]], and was the predominant form used with [[personal comput...
21: ...niel Nicoud]] and the hands of [[engineer]] and [[watchmaker]] [[Andr頇uignard]]. A spin-off of EPFL,... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ... are due to human causes. The most common global warming theories [[attribution of recent climate cha...
5: ...over the next one hundred years due to the lag in warming caused by the oceans.
7: ...effects by causing [[flood]]s, [[drought]]s, heat waves, reduction of [[agricultural]] yields or in ex...
11: Use of the term "global warming" generally implies a human influence —...
16: ...tributable to human activities]]". This position was recently supported by an international group of ... - Andes (13210 bytes)
6: ... the [[Pacific Ocean]] as far as [[Venezuela]], always leaving the same valley more or less visible to...
13: ...of the Andes began in the [[Jurassic]] period. It was during the [[Cretaceous]] Period that the Andes ...
20: ...cally. [[Tropical rainforest]]s exist just miles away from the snow covered peak, Cotopaxi. The mounta...
24: ...appearing during the Incan period when much of it was used for building material and cooking fuel. The...
32: ... cities the Spanish never found in their conquest was [[Machu Picchu]], which lay hidden on a peak on ... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Wapiti}}<br/>{{StatusConcern}}
17: ...wnee]] name for this animal meaning 'white rump'. Wapiti are a subspecies of the European red deer.
19: ...urope the red deer is on average smaller than the wapiti. Nevertheless, it is [[United Kingdom|Britain...
24: ... Rival stags challenge opponents by bellowing and walking in parallel. If neither stag backs down a cl...
34: ...eer, like other cervids, are subject to [[chronic wasting disease]], which may be similar to [[mad cow... - Sheep (9256 bytes)
44: ...res, especially in the [[Mediterranean]] area and Wales, where they form the most common type of lives...
59: ... and the English "[[Inclosure |inclosing]] of the commons".
76: ... the ''bellwether'', which never goes first but always follows an outlier, signals to the others that ...
79: ....stm] For example, in [[Yorkshire]] sheep found a way to get over [[cattle grid]]s by rolling on their... - Dog (69384 bytes)
22: ...t livestock. Bodies are usually tied to fences as warning to other dogs]]
35: ... prey. Consequently, they have small, tight feet, walking on their front toes; their rear legs are fai...
37: ...though broad-headed breeds with their eyes set forward have a much narrower field of vision, as low as...
80: ...ngth of the two parts of a dog's coat, its thick, warm ''undercoat'' (or ''down'') and its, rougher so...
83: ... is usually dense enough to resist penetration by water and a stronger, rougher weather-resistant oute... - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ... [[islet|rock]], that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called '''[[islet]]s''...
6: ...y spelled phonetically: ''iland''. The letter "s" was added to attempt to link it to the [[Latin]] ''i...
16: ...e are ephemeral, and may disappear if the river's water volume or speed changes, others are stable and...
23: ... An example is the [[Hawaiian Islands]], from [[Hawaii]] to [[Kure Atoll|Kure]], which then extends be...
25: ...c island. The reef rises above the surface of the water and forms a new island. Atolls are typically r... - Declaratory Act (2406 bytes)
1: ..., part of which (known as the [[French and Indian War]] in America) were fought in the colonies.
11: ... consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons of Great Britain, in parliament assembled, had, h... - Chile (39914 bytes)
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56: ...a with that of the [[Casma]] in Peru, where there was a town and valley named ''Chili.'' Other theorie...
64: ...uropean settlement, [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], was founded in [[1541]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], on...
66: ...the southern border of the colony was driven northward. The abolition of [[slavery]] in [[1683]] defus...
68: ...h attempts to reimpose arbitrary rule during what was called the ''[[Reconquista]]'' led to a prolonge... - American Bison (6740 bytes)
3: ...storic.jpg|Historic drawing]]—[[Media:Bison.wav|Bison call audio]]}}
20: ...lowed to mate, following them around and chasing away rival males.
30: ...nx Zoo]] maintained a remnant herd, some of which was transported in the early [[20th century]] to [[Y...
37: There is now a proposal known as [[Buffalo Commons]] to restore large parts of the drier portion of ...
42: ...ity]], and [[North Dakota State University]], and was depicted on the reverse side of the U.S. "[[buff... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ... February]] [[1809]]–[[19 April]] [[1882]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[natural history|n...
4: ... in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early join...
6: ...he Emotions in Man and Animals]]''. His last book was about earthworms.
8: ...national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir ...
15: ...e]]. He was the fifth of six children of [[Robert Waring Darwin|Robert]] and [[Susannah Wedgwood|Susan... - William R. King (5588 bytes)
3: ...office without becoming President ([[John Tyler]] was the shortest-serving, with [[Andrew Johnson]] al...
5: ... [[November 4]] [[1816]], when he resigned. King was secretary of the [[legation]] at [[Naples]] and ...
7: ...enth [[United States Congress|Congresses]]. King was Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands and th...
9: ...Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]" In May [[2005]], Washington State Governer Christine Gregoire signed ...
11: ...He was interred in a vault on his plantation, and was later reinterred in Live Oak Cemetery, [[Selma, ... - Squash (fruit) (4665 bytes)
26: Squash is native to [[North America]] and was one of the "[[Three Sisters (agriculture)|Three ...
44: {{commons|Cucurbita}} - Commons:Template:Newpagelinksmain (1176 bytes)
5: ...wpagelinksmain|Look for Newpagelinksmain]] in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, an...
7: ...gelinksmain&action=purge purge], otherwise please wait and check again later before attempting to recr... - Human societies (6587 bytes)
22: ...sceptible to this type of action and subsequent reward, even at the risk of their lives. Action by som...
24: ...f community action, generosity, and shared risk/reward, in common with other more technology-based civ...
52: ...ons/topics/culture/glossary/society.html Learning Commons - What is Culture ? - Glossary Item - Society] - Golden Eagles (3752 bytes)
17: ...is a mountain-dweller, but in former centuries it was also distributed in the plains and the forests.
19: There was a great decline in Central Europe, where the Gol...
27: ...while hunting: one partner drives the prey to its waiting partner. The prey is [[marmot]]s, [[hare]]s ...
36: {{commons|Aquila chrysaetos}} - Lemurs (4235 bytes)
9: ...s'''}}<br>{{Taxobox_authority | author = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]] | date = [[1821]]}}
20: ...raorder '''Lemuriformes'''. This type of primate was the evolutionary predecessor of [[monkey]]s and ...
26: ...hunting. Although conservation efforts are under way, options are limited because of the lemurs' limi...
38: ***** Family [[Cheirogaleidae]]: dwarf and mouse lemurs
48: {{commons|Lemur}} - Stag Beetles (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...f in the soil for about 3 months, then during the warm summer months it emerges to fly off (somewhat b...
32: ...es can inflict a nasty bite. Capable of a slow awkward lumbering flight usually at dusk making a very ... - Watergate (19196 bytes)
1: ...' ([[1972]]-[[1974]]) (or just '''"Watergate"''') was an [[United States|American]] political [[scanda...
5: ...the basement stairwell and the parking garage. It was holding the door unlocked, so Wills removed it, ...
9: ...d to as CREEP. This quickly suggested that there was a link between the burglars and someone close to...
11: ...eep Throat — a claim later confirmed by Woodward.
13: ...50px|[[ChapStick]] [[microphone]]s used by [[E. Howard Hunt]] and [[G. Gordon Liddy]] during the burgl... - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
2: ...hat helped fuel the [[Industrial Revolution]]. It was patented by [[John Kay]] (1704 - 1764) in 1733.
5: ...on (called a "pick") requires a lot of bending forward over the fabric; more importantly, however, the...
8: ...so as have sufficient inertia to carry it all the way through the shed.
12: ...it supplied with pirns of weft thread, a job that was simplified with the invention of the [[Northrop ...
15: ...elihood of spinners and weavers, and Kay's patent was largely ignored. His home attacked, he fled to F...
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