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- Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
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4: ...]]<br> <small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
39: | 2.484 46°<br>(5.51? to Sun's equator)
41: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
42: | 113.715 04° - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
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10: | [[Clyde Tombaugh|Clyde W. Tombaugh]]
48: | 17.141 75°<br>(11.88? to Sun's equator)
50: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
51: | 110.303 47° - 2006 (7939 bytes)
5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1970s]] [[1980s]] [[1990s]...
11: ...nday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It has been designated:
12: * The ''International Year of [[Deserts]] and [[Desertification]]''
14: ...Austrian composer ''Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''.
19: ...[[January 1]] - Deadline by which the small remainder of non-metric road distance signs in the [[Repub... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
8: ... [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in [[Spain]], surrenders.
15: ...an]] was announced at a meeting of the [[AcadéŠe des Sciences]] in [[Paris]].
17: *[[1871]] - [[Amadeus I of Spain|Amadeus I]] becomes King of [[Spain]].
23: ... announces the [[Open Door Policy]] to promote trade with [[China]].
25: ...Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Russia]]n fleet surrenders at [[L?ou|Port Arthur]], [[China]]. - Clock (10086 bytes)
2: ... is called a [[chronometer]]. The clock in its modern form (24 hour clock) has been in use since at l...
12: It may also be used to ''control'' a device according to time, e.g. an alarm clock, a [[V...
14: ...hronized processing. (A few research projects are developing CPUs based on [[asynchronous circuit]]s)....
16: ===Ideal uses===
18: ...be circular. An ideal clock is more appropriately defined in relationship to the set of all physical p... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...s, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential buildings.
5: ...hts of stairs, and water pressure could only provide running water to about 50 feet (15 m).
7: ...her development essential to practical skyscraper development was the invention of the [[elevator]].
9: ...[[1931]] for the Field's building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright...
11: ... supported by these skeletal frames. Special consideration must also be given for wind loads. - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: ...b|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...orse code is the only digital [[modulation]] mode designed to be easily read by humans without a compu...
4: ...rly form of a digital code. International Morse code is composed of six elements:
11: ...by more regular formats, including the [[Baudot code]] and [[ASCII]].
13: ...s, became known as Railroad or [[American Morse code]], and is now very rarely used. - World (6524 bytes)
1: ...ts oldest meaning is "Age of Man." Its primary modern meaning is the [[planet]] [[Earth]], especially...
10: ...ll used vaguely in this sense (as in "the whole wide world"), which it is actually the most frequent s...
16: ...tly cited alongside ''the [[flesh]]'' and ''the [[Devil]]'' as a source of [[temptation]] that Christi...
20: ...[[knowledge engineering]] and [[knowledge level modeling]], a system's ''world'' is the knowledge that...
26: ... A [[radio]] program is also named ''[[The World (radio program)|The World]]'', as is a [[fiction]]al [[M... - Lightning (33113 bytes)
2: ...ning strokes are observed during a night-time thunderstorm.]]
6: ...e air, producing lightning's characteristic [[thunder]] sound.
10: ...but while waiting for its completion, he got the idea of using a flying object, such as a [[kite]] ins...
12: ...fallen during the storm had soaked the line and made it conductive.
14: ...ted the original high-object-with-some-spark-gap idea that they used, so he usually gets the credit. - Atmospheric pressure (6841 bytes)
6: ...ospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude.
7: ... air would weigh about 100 [[kilonewton]]s. See [[density of air]].
10: ...tmosphere''" (1 ''[[Atmosphere (unit)|atm]]'') is defined as 101.325 [[kilopascal]]s (kPa).
13: ...?F (20?C), air density = 0.075 lb/ft³, altitude = sea level, and relative humidity = 0%. In the a...
16: ...e reduced to sea level by an appropriate altitude dependant formula. Ships at sea and low-lying weathe... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
4: ...; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 85%;"
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
7: ...nd:#efefef;" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Image:DeGaullePortrait.jpg|180px]]
10: | [[President of France]] - Compass (8275 bytes)
3: ...bility. This device greatly improved maritime trade by making travel safer and more efficient.
5: ...ariation compass''' is a specific instrument of a delicate type of construction. It is used by observi...
9: ...s in a [[4th century]] Chinese book: "Book of the Devil Valley Master"
11: ...cer magnetized a needle by rubbing its tip with lodestone, and hanged the magnetic needle with one sin...
17: ...in the Oxford [[Bodleian Library]] contains great details about the use of compass in navigation. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...ook the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint ...
10: ... illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical e...
11: ...covered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]...
13: ...for the same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined t... - Badger (5174 bytes)
11: ...ubdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [[Suborders]]}}
12: ''[[Mydeus]]''<br>
17: ''[[Taxidea]]''
19: .... Typical badgers (''Meles'', ''Arctonyx'', ''Taxidea'' and ''Mellivora'' species) are short-legged an...
25: ...e badgers often walked on sloping ground on the sides of hills! - Bird ringing (5302 bytes)
1: ... re-find the same individual later. This can include [[bird migration|migration]], longevity, mortalit...
2: ... Green Warbler is one of 38 species of warbler banded]]
6: ... fine [[mist net]]s, [[Heligoland trap]]s, [[duck decoy]]s or similar.
8: ... be identified when they are re-trapped, or found dead.
10: The finder can contact the address on the ring, give the un... - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1869]], [[1882]], or [[1890]], depending on the account. See below.
9: ...ogo design:''' a red "C" with the word "REDS" inside
21: ... took most of his best players to Boston, and founded the Boston Red Stockings, now known as the [[Atl...
23: ...ers. The Red Stockings wandered through the remainder of the [[1890s]] signing local stars & aging vet...
27: ===From opening of Redland Field to the Great Depression=== - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1883]], as a member of the minor Inter-St...
7: ... -- originally a pejorative term for Brooklyn residents, shortened to ''Dodgers'' and officially adopt...
10: :'''Logo design:''' a cursive "Dodgers" superimposed over a r...
17: :'''General Manager''': [[Paul DePodesta]]
23: ...they were then known won two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]] in 1899 and 1900. - St. Louis Cardinals (18903 bytes)
5: ...Division of the [[National League]]. They are the defending [[2004 National League Championship Series...
7: :'''Founded:''' [[1882]] in the [[American Association (19th...
11: :'''Logo design:''' One or two [[Northern Cardinal|cardinal]]...
18: ... berth. Many St. Louisians were unhappy with this decision and refer to the 2001 Cardinals as "co-divi...
24: ...of the [[World Series]]. The Series of [[1885]] ended in dispute and with no resolution. St. Louis won... - Halloween (18290 bytes)
1: ...rt 3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Halloween Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...[[Scotland|Scots]] and other immigrants brought older versions of the tradition to North America in th...
4: ... a day of celebration for [[Wicca]]ns and other modern [[pagan]] traditions, though the holiday has lo...
5: ... clipart 2.jpg|thumb|150px|Halloween Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
8: ...s the celebration of the harvest and honoring the dead. These traditions were then passed on to the [[... - Philo Farnsworth (6489 bytes)
1: ...entor]] credited with the invention of the [[cathode ray tube]] [[television]].
5: ...ere he worked as a [[sharecropper]]. Young Philo developed an early interest in [[electronics]] after...
7: ..., California|San Francisco]] Bay area with his bride, Elma G. "Pem" Farnsworth. A local [[philanthrop...
9: ...lt Lake City to develop Farnsworth's television ideas. He married Elma "Pem" Gardner and moved to L...
11: ... and manufacture of radio tubes, Philco was persuaded to sever its relationship with Farnsworth in 193...
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