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- James Madison (15187 bytes)
118: ...s limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting the compact; as no further valid tha...
124: ...efence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a st... - Prime Meridian (3211 bytes)
8: ...he meridian passing through the principal transit instrument at the Observatory at Greenwich was to be the "in... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
132: ...although (because of the [[Pressler amendment]]) only a few were eventually supplied. However, China c...
138: ...r Soviet allies, [[Libya]] and [[Syria]] are the only two middle eastern countries with whom Pakistan ...
140: ...te a [[renaissance]] and [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]] in the Islamic world. Besides the OIC...
142: ...ar states|declared nuclear power]] – the only Islamic nation to have that status – als...
165: ...he structure of the economy, and agriculture now only accounts for roughly one-fifth of the GDP. There... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
80: ... the [[Aceh|Sultanate of Aceh]]; and the attacks only stopped in [[1641]], when the [[Netherlands|Dutc...
88: ...ho wanted a more pro-Malay system, and demanding only single citizenship as opposed to the dual-citize...
105: ...ount Ruler or ''[[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]]'', commonly referred to as the king. Kings are selected for ...
154: ...1]]. [[Gross Domestic Product|GDP]] in 2001 grew only 0.3% due to an estimated 11% contraction in expo...
156: ...all external debt(50 billion, 2004 est), make it unlikely that Malaysia will experience a crisis simil... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
9: * [[1754]]: Learned the trade of mathematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgo... - Hathor (11883 bytes)
4: ...milky way]], which was seen as the milk of a heavenly cow. Her name refers to her position as the cele...
22: ...nusual by Egyptian artistic conventions, indeed, only she and [[Bes]] were ever depicted in this manne...
28: ...ho was associated with the [[sistrum]], a musical instrument, brought with it an association with music. In th...
49: ...rring to [[Bedhet]], where the view was most commonly held, or as ''Ihy'', referring to his aspect as ... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
47: ...overnments or [[county seat]]s; rather, there is only the state government and the governments of the ...
89: ...her tax-paying businesses with them, and leaving only the [[urban poor]] in the now impoverished Conne...
93: ...and [[pharmaceutical]] products, and [[scientific instrument]]s.
97: ...ed that industry, in all senses of the word, not only strengthened individual moral fiber, but also se...
99: ...ract from the [[secretary of war]], which led to enlarging his factory to 8,500 square feet (790 m&sup... - Texas (39610 bytes)
38: ...or ''allies''; [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers mistakenly applied the word to the people and their locatio...
66: ..., go to the [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/bfp2.htm Handbook of Texas On...
70: ...ndians, see [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/II/bzi4.html Handbook of Texas O...
94: In 1845, Texas became the first and, to date, only [[diplomatic recognition|internationally recogni...
122: ...rly in 1835 [[Stephen F. Austin]] announced that only war with Mexico could secure Texian freedom. - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
60: ...[EPA]] as having 11 different ecoregions (one of only 4 US states to have more than 10 ecoregions). Th...
122: The "[[Five Civilized Tribes]]" were not the only ones forced to Oklahoma. Nations such as the [[D...
157: ... Black and American Indian voters (they were the only party to continue to resist [[Jim Crow]] laws), ...
175: ...a's liquor laws are still fairly unusual in that only 3.2 beer can be sold in grocery/convenience stor...
198: ...ion with 11.4% of the state's population, topped only by Alaska at 19% of that state's population. [ht... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
10: ...ronomy". Theoretical astrophysics is concerned mainly with figuring out the observational implications...
27: ...tragalactic astronomy]]: the study of objects (mainly galaxies) outside our galaxy.
49: In astronomy, [[information]] is mainly received from the detection and analysis of [[el...
56: ...ost common tool is the [[telescope]] but with the instrument optimized for infrared. [[Space telescope]]s are ...
71: In early times, astronomy involved only the observation and predictions of the motions o... - Sun (20830 bytes)
135: [[Image:SunLayers.png|thumb|left|220px|Structure of the Sun]]
147: The core is the only part of the Sun where an appreciable amount of h...
162: ...space and its energy escapes the Sun entirely. Sunlight has a [[black-body]] spectrum that is charact...
168: It is about 4,000 [[kelvin]]s. It is the only part of the Sun cool enough to support simple mo...
181: ...produced by the nuclear reactions in the Sun was only one third of the number predicted by theory, a r... - Comet (30542 bytes)
11: ...ugh the inner solar system, the dust reflecting sunlight directly and the gases glowing due to [[ion|i...
15: ...vered that [[Comet Borrelly]]'s surface reflects only 2.4% to 3% of the light that falls on it; by com...
17: ...-rays and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits].
29: ... their discoverers, but comets that had appeared only once continued to be referred by the year of the...
31: ...y, the large numbers of comets discovered on some instruments has rendered this system impractical, and no att... - Writing (6476 bytes)
1: ...imultaneously; however one may write while doing only one of the activities.
15: ...ample. The most important (and, to a degree, the only surviving) modern logographic writing system is ...
36: ...rge bird, most often a goose. Quills were used as instruments for writing with ink before the pen came into us...
41: A ''''pencil''' is a handheld instrument used to write and draw, usually on paper. The wri... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
3: ...e [[pressure]] of the [[wind]], and is one of the instruments found in a [[weather station]].
7: ...wn that the actual ratio, or factor as it is commonly called, of the velocity of the wind to that of t...
11: ...n writing on a sheet of paper moved by clockwork. Instruments of this kind have been in use for a long series ...
13: ...ed by the springiness of the connection, and not only is the plate itself driven too far back, but als...
21: ...ps the original form from which the tube class of instrument has sprung. If the wind blows into the mouth of a... - Wind instrument (2214 bytes)
1: ...mber of a family of [[musical instrument]]s. Wind instruments consist of a tube containing a column of air whi...
11: Wind instruments fall into one of the following categories:
13: * [[Brass instrument]]s
14: * [[Woodwind instrument]]s
16: ...f wood, the material used to make the body of the instrument is not always a reliable guide to its family. - Woodwind instrument (3308 bytes)
1: ...ed by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. They were originally made of wood, as the name ...
2: === [[Woodwind instrument]]s ===
41: There are three main sorts of woodwind instrument:
43: ...de the [[clarinet]] and [[saxophone]] families of instruments.
44: ...ished, bound reed is inserted into the top of the instrument and vibrates as air is forced between the two pie... - Percussion instrument (2859 bytes)
1: ...trument]]s. Some percussion instruments play not only [[rhythm]], but also [[melody]] and [[harmony]]....
5: ... distinction is usually made based on whether the instrument can play a definite pitch or not.
8: ...riangle]], [[vibraslap]], [[washboard]], [[whip (instrument)|whip]] and [[wood block]] do not in general. How...
10: ...hich sound of themselves, such as the [[triangle (instrument)|triangle]]. The [[tambourine]] is both membranop...
15: ... general term for a musician who plays percussion instruments is ''percussionist''. - String instrument (8163 bytes)
1: .... In the [[Hornbostel-Sachs]] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]], used in [[organology]], they ar...
3: ==Sound production in string instruments==
5: In order for a string instrument to produce sound, its string or strings must vibr...
7: ... or by some other device such as a [[plectrum]]. Instruments like the [[cello]] and [[rebec]] are usually pla...
8: ...lly plucked (this is known as [[pizzicato]]), and instruments normally plucked are sometimes bowed ([[Jimmy Pa... - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...- for example an [[electric guitar]]. Usually the instrument will have some way of controlling the sound, such...
3: ...e border between sound effects and actual musical instruments is often hazy.
7: Electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music.
9: == Early electronic musical instruments ==
10: ...roadest sense, the very first electrified musical instrument was the [[Denis d?or]] dating from [[1753]]. It w... - Keyboard instrument (2521 bytes)
1: ...t]]s, [[percussion instrument]]s, or [[electronic instrument]]s. The most common ones are probably the [[pian...
4: ==Types of keyboard instruments==
5: Keyboard instruments are usually divided into four categories, listed...
24: * [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]]
45: == History of keyboard instruments ==
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