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- Hand (6764 bytes)
4: ...holding. Each hand is a [[mirror image]] of the other.
7: ...ture [[opposable thumb]]s, as described later in the text.
9: == Structure of the hand ==
10: ...igits, attached to the forearm by a joint called the wrist (carpus).
13: ==== The four fingers ==== - Finger (2398 bytes)
1: ...pg|Human fingers; 15kb ]]<br><small>''Fingers of the human left hand''</small></div>
3: ...ith its [[flexor]] and [[rotators]] comprised in the hand itself.
5: ...below, from the most [[radius (bone)|radial]] to the most [[ulna|ulnar]]:
8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger
13: ...finger'' means the middle finger in anatomy, not the ring finger as in daily English. - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ...lli.jpg|thumb|150px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
3: ... theory]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
6: [[Image:Macchiavelli01.jpg|thumb|Statue at the [[Uffizi]]]]
8: ...lawyer of some repute and belonged to an impoverished branch of an influential old Florentine family.
10: ...]], and these characters fill a large space of ''The Prince''. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...esy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas...
7: ...]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...[[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...o Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, wat...
11: ...d by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averro... - El Salvador (12362 bytes)
1: ... state on the [[Americas|American]] mainland and the most [[Industrialization|industrialized]] in Cent...
39: ...P)<br /> - Total ([[Year]])<br /> - GDP/head
50: From the [[Central American Federation]]: [[1842]]
52: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || ''[[Saludemos la Patria orgullosos]]''
61: ...from [[Spain]] on [[September 15]], [[1821]] and the [[Central American Federation]] in [[1839]]. - Archery (18991 bytes)
1: [[Image:Archery_competition.jpg|thumb|400px|Archers in Competition]]
3: ...[bow (weapon)|bow]] to shoot [[arrow|arrows]]. Archery has historically been used in hunting and comba...
5: ==Modern competitive archery==
7: ... popular form of archery and is called 'Target Archery'.
9: ... tend to be dominated by European and American archers. - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
1: ...'s most popular [[spectator sport]]s and perhaps the most thoroughly [[commercialization|commercialize...
5: === The Start===
6: ... [[gasoline|petrol]]-fuelled autos. In [[1894]], the first contest was organized by Paris magazine [[L...
8: ...e. First over the line was [[ɭile Levassor]] but he was disqualified because his car was not a requir...
10: An international competition began with the [[Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing]]. - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
2: ...[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]].
4: ...]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Association in [[1871]]. Became a chart...
5: ...e ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call the team the ''Spuds'' around this time, but that name didn't ...
8: ...es a smaller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon bear cub.
18: ...e organization of the first professional league, the [[National Association]], in [[1871]]. - Architect (6342 bytes)
4: ...ildings]], or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan.
6: ...onal licensure, similar to the requirements for other [[professional]]s, with requirements for practic...
8: ...ards for excellence in architecture are given by the [[American Institute of Architects]] and [[Royal ...
9: ...ther paragraph). This one is intended to define the professional term Architect, which has a legal de...
11: ...tion industry]] are prohibited from referring to themselves as architects in most countries. - Sodalite (4894 bytes)
11: |[[Chemical formula]]||[[Sodium]] [[aluminium]] [[silica...
17: | [[Crystal habit]] || Massive; rarely dodecahedrons
21: | [[Cleavage (crystal)|Cleavage]]|| Dodecahedral (six directions), poor
29: | [[Refractive index]]|| 1.48 - isotropic (sodium light)
47: ...te is a member of the [[sodalite group]] and together with [[hauyne]], [[nosean]] and [[lazurite]] is ... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...ent of Agriculture|USDA]] [[food pyramid]], published in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for re...
2: ...between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and states of [[health]] and [[disease]]. Absence of adequate nutrie...
4: ...c]] and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.
5: ...nd how and why specific dietary aspects influence health.
8: ... [[phospholipids]], [[hydroxyapatite]]), both in the [[human body]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, ani... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
2: ...nds|Dutch]] [[humanism|humanist]] and [[theology|theologian]].
6: ...attack in his lifelong assault upon the evils of the Church.
8: ...the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He stayed at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] and may ...
10: ...dus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from this he had a less active association with Italian schola...
12: ... the great publisher [[Froben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Eu... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
5: nickname = The City by the Bay |
9: map_caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
31: ...nd the [[Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
33: ...S. census data show that San Francisco has the highest population density of any major U.S. city aside...
35: ...ish]], in [[1776]]. The city grew rapidly due to the [[California gold rush]] starting in [[1848]]. - Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
1: ...n]], with trace amounts of other gases. The atmosphere protects life on [[Earth]] by absorbing [[ultra...
5: ...lso frequently used as the boundary between atmosphere and space.
7: ==Temperature and the atmospheric layers==
8: ...e and altitude varies between the different atmospheric layers:
10: ... and weather factors, temperature decreasing with height. - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
1: ...Hz]]) [[radio propagation]] to distant places on the Earth.
2: ...ht|350px|Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosphere]]
6: ...ce, but they are too energetic to stay fixed together in an electrically neutral molecule.
8: ...f balance between these two processes determines the degree of ionization present at any given time.
10: ... particles into the [[solar wind]] which reaches the Earth and interacts with its [[geomagnetic]] fiel... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...Comata]] extended the Roman world all the way to the [[Atlantic Ocean]], introducing Roman influence i...
4: ...g of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
9: ...ak several languages, including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Gaul|Gallic]] dialects.
11: ...gained political clout, the Caesar family gained the wealth.
13: ...left Caesar much of their property and wealth in their wills. - Film speed (5065 bytes)
1: ...', while stock with higher sensitivity can shoot the same scene with a shorter exposure and is called ...
3: The standard known as '''ISO 5800:1987''' from the
6: ...ding 3° to the numeric value that designates the film speed. For example, a film rated ISO 2...
8: The most common ISO film ratings are 25/15°, 50/1...
10: ...following table shows the correspondence between these scales: - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ..., completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most expensive government building of its time. T...
3: ...] census, it has a population of 95,658. It is the [[county seat]] of [[Albany County, New York|Alba...
5: ...]], and slightly to the south of the juncture of the [[Mohawk River|Mohawk]] and [[Hudson River]]s.
33: ...he Scottish King. The name is derived from Alba; the Gaelic name for Scotland.
37: ...lan of Union, the first formal proposal to unite the colonies. - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...d in population, following [[China]], [[India]], the [[United States]], [[Indonesia]], [[Brazil]], [[P...
4: ...991]]. In the [[Soviet Union]] Russia was called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (...
6: ...luence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ...s the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ... centuries]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due t... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...h transition. However, no two countries have had the exact same experience in this process. Russia's e...
5: ''Main article: [[Economic history of the Soviet Union]]''
7: ...r force with substantial technical expertise. At the same time, Soviet-era management practices, a dec...
9: ...ning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its transition to a ...
11: ...tion that if each unit met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
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