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- Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...uments whose sound is produced mechanically, and only amplified electronically - for example an [[elec...
20: These early electronic instruments produced only pure tones and were frequently used to make [[av...
23: The most commonly used electronic instruments are [[synthesizer]]s... - Keyboard instrument (2521 bytes)
47: ...n until the 14th century, the organ remained the only keyboard instrument. Often, the organ didn't fea... - Flag (13245 bytes)
11: During the [[Middle Ages]], flags were used mainly during battles to identify individual leaders: i...
15: ...hdrawn from the battlefields, and have been used only at ceremonial occasions ever since.
22: ...aroe Islands|Faroe Islands]], [[Flag of Finland|Finland]], [[Flag of Iceland|Iceland]], [[Flag of Norw...
24: ...Union Flag]] of the [[United Kingdom]], more commonly (and correctly, when used by warships at sea) ca...
32: *The [[flag of Nepal]] is the only non-rectangular national flag in the world. - Albania (24647 bytes)
74: ... state (Shqip벩a) derives, a name which appears only in the time of the Turkish invasions. The Albani...
87: ...ht amongst themselves for most of their history. Only during the [[6th century BC]] did the Illyrians ...
89: ...as influenced by the Greek-Macedonian culture (mainly the south Illyrian tribes). Greek influence was ...
96: .... Prince William left Albania in September 1914, only six months after his arrival, while bands of Gre...
144: ...000]], Ionian beaches were heavily populated but only by residents, with very few tourists. Between 19... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
17: ...to be made so as to accomplish that which we can only suggest. Yet there are sufficient proofs and exa...
53: ... occurred on [[July 2]], [[1900]]. It lasted for only 18 minutes, as LZ 1 was forced to land on the la...
57: ...W) as he expected. Langley's assistant, Charles Manly, then reworked the design into a five-cylinder w...
61: ...as "wing warping". Although this method was used only briefly during the history of aviation, it worke...
65: ...g them arguably the first public flight and certainly the first well documented one. - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
46: ...'' or [[newsprint paper]]. The wiping leaves ink only in the incisions.
70: ...er repels the grease in the ink, the ink adheres only to the oily parts, perfectly inking the image. - Prehistory (4111 bytes)
6: ... disagree as to when prehistory began, it is commonly cited as having begun about 100,000 to 200,000 y... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
39: ...rtation and [[shipbuilding|sea-faring]] followed only centuries later, and later our earliest [[Timeli... - Food (24212 bytes)
108: ...nsport|transportation]]. Early food processing mainly involved [[salting (food)|salting]], [[curing]],...
148: ...luence over consumers. Nevertheless, in [[2000]] only 19% of all US consumer expenditure spent on food...
166: [[Foodborne illness]], commonly called "food poisoning," is caused by [[bacteriu...
172: Less commonly, acute adverse reactions can also occur if chemi...
179: ...d may provoke a reaction, however, this most commonly involves [[gluten]], corn, shellfish (mollusks),... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
3: ...or more [[Lens (optics)|lenses]] that produce an enlarged image of an object placed in the focal plane...
8: ... with multiple lenses, is a microscope that uses only one lens for magnification. [[Anton van Leeuwenh...
34: ...to examine a smear, a squash preparation, or a thinly sectioned slice of some material. With a few exc...
54: ...mself halfway the 17th century. The date is certainly not likely, as it has been shown that Zacharias ...
56: ...uwenhoek is, contrary to widespread claims, certainly not the inventor of the microscope. - Ohio (19444 bytes)
50: ...eded 60,000. Although Ohio's population numbered only 45,000 in December [[1801]], Congress determined...
122: ... in all but two contests since [[1892]], backing only losers [[Thomas E. Dewey]] in [[1944]] (Ohio's [... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
72: ...to the east. Illinois also borders Michigan, but only via a water boundary in Lake Michigan.
107: ...ates, Illinois is not overwhelmingly Protestant--only about half of the people profess that faith. Rom...
173: *[[Tinley Park, Illinois|Tinley Park]]
376: ...ten]] through the twelfth grade in Illinois, commonly but not exclusively divided into three tiers of ... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...uring the daytime, making it one of only two heavenly bodies that can be seen both day and night (the ...
7: The adjective ''Venusian'' is commonly used for Venus, but it is etymologically incorre...
14: ...nds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the heat.
16: ...ght back into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bol...
18: ... of force against obstructions. The clouds are mainly composed of [[sulfur dioxide]] and [[sulfuric ac... - Coal mining (4145 bytes)
- 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. - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
138: Neptune has been visited by only one spacecraft, ''[[Voyager 2]]'', which flew by...
152: ...ry day; because it was stationary in the sky and only beginning the planet's yearly retrograde cycle, ... - Shark (14021 bytes)
22: ...eet) and which, like the [[great whale]]s, feeds only on [[plankton]]. The [[bull shark]] is a unique...
46: *'''[[Heterodontiformes]]:''' They are commonly referred to as the bullhead, or horn sharks.
47: *'''[[Orectolobiformes]]:''' They are commonly referred to as the carpet sharks, including zebr...
48: *'''[[Carcharhiniformes]]:''' They are commonly referred to as the groundsharks, and some of the...
49: *'''[[Lamniformes]]:''' They are commonly referred to as the mackerel sharks. They includ... - Lightning rod (7638 bytes)
12: ...e, so an object outside the critical distance is unlikely to be struck by the leader if there is a gro...
16: It is commonly believed, erroneously, that a rod ending in a sh... - Sundial (16148 bytes)
7: The most commonly seen designs, such as the 'ordinary' or standard...
18: ...style or [[gnomon]] of a standard sundial is the only practical way to install a mass-produced garden ...
49: ...materials are a white marble face, with markings inlaid in black marble. Traditional styles are thick...
74: ...etal bars. Fancy sundials used to have faces of inlaid stone.
76: A problem is that vertical sundials only keep time for the part of the year in which the ... - DNA (29095 bytes)
8: ...re the electronic properties of DNA? Is junk DNA only molecular garbage?}}
10: ...arily a very accurate description, and that it's only meant as a generic overview.
14: ...entific dissection in a field you don't master ''only'' contained scientific data -- that would be fru...
27: ...rand of double-stranded DNA will "mate" properly only with a "T" on the other, complementary strand;
29: ...here are just four possible combinations, naming only one base on the conventionally chosen side of th...
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