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- Blackbeard (5955 bytes)
2: ...ave run ashore near what is now Beaufort's Inlet, North Carolina in 1718.
4: ...or weaving [[hemp]] and lighted matches into his enormous black beard during battle. This image, which...
6: ...was a prize: a 300-ton frigate armed with 40 [[cannon]], which had ranged the west coast of [[Africa]]...
10: ...MS Scarborough|HMS ''Scarborough'']] added to his notoriety.
12: ...iquor, and weapons from the ship and if there was no resistance, let the merchant ship go. On ships wh... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ders of the [[American Revolution]], he was well known also for his many quotations and his experiment...
9: ...father, Josiah Franklin, was born at [[Ecton]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]] on [[December 23]], ...
15: ...9]], [[1689]]. He then remarried, to Abiah, on [[November 25]] [[1689]] in the [[Old South Church]] o...
17: ...ildren: John ([[December 7]], [[1690]]), Peter ([[November 22]], [[1692]]), Mary ([[September 26]], [[...
21: ...etts|Boston]]. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler, a maker of candles, who married twice... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: ...nd was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
12: ...to graduate with honors. He instead received an honorary degree without examination in 1814.
16: ...in [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]]. Charles' father did not approve of the marriage. The couple lived happil...
36: .../Mathematicians/Babbage.html] It calculated [[polynomial]]s using a numerical method called the [[Diff...
38: ...]]. It was the first publication on what we would now call [[operations research]]. - James Longstreet (9732 bytes)
12: .... [[Robert E. Lee]] took command of the [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. During the [[Seven Days Battles...
16: ...Lieut. Gen. [[Thomas J. Jackson]], switched their normal roles, with Jackson fighting defensively on t...
20: ... forces in the city of [[Suffolk, Virginia]], a minor operation but one that was very important to Lee...
22: ... Jackson had been killed at Chancellorsville, and now Lee wanted Longstreet—his best remaining l...
24: ...ishes, to attack the Union center in what became known as "[[Pickett's Charge]]", the Confederates los... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
2: ...ovanni Caboto''' (c. [[1450]] – [[1499]]), known as '''''John Cabot''''' in [[English language|E...
4: ...t [[Europe]]ans since the [[Viking]]s verifiably known to have done so.
6: ...birthplace is uncertain; some references give [[Genoa]], others [[Gaeta]]. The date was around [[1451]...
10: ...e incorrectly thought [[spices]] were coming from northern [[Asia]]; and a degree of longitude is shor...
12: ...er they be, whiche before this time have beene unknowen to all Christians." - Honolulu, Hawaii (19495 bytes)
2: city = Honolulu |
5: flag = Honoluluflag2.PNG |
6: seal = honolulucountyseal.jpg |
7: map = HIMap-doton-Honolulu.PNG |
9: ...ty = [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|City & County of Honolulu]] | - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
6: seal = No image.png |
19: time zone = Does not observe DST as of 2005 |
21: north_coord = 39.7671 |
29: ...]], designed by [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
31: ...ianapolis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational. - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
11: mayor = [[Thomas Menino]] ([[United_States_Democratic_Party|Dem]]) |
21: north_coord = 42.3604 |
25: ... on education, health care, finance, and high technology. Its nicknames include "Beantown", "The Hub" ...
31: ...ton)|Old State House]] in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries.]]
38: ... the largest manufacturing centers in the nation, noted for its [[garment]] production, [[leather]] go... - Roller coaster (14862 bytes)
3: ...ist that it must to be a true coaster. (Note that not all thrill rides that run on a track are roller ...
9: ...el launch, linear induction motors, linear synchronous motors, hydraulic launch, [[compressed air laun...
11: ...d roller coaster under good conditions will have enough kinetic, or moving, energy to complete the ent...
21: ...led sled running through a 13-foot diameter loop. None of these tracks were complete circuits.
23: ...and the rest of the world. Perhaps the most well known historical roller coaster, [[The Cyclone]], was... - Asparagus (3138 bytes)
4: ...obox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
11: ...ox_section_binomial_simple | color =lightblue | binomial_name = Asparagus officinalis}}
17: ... boiled, while the more tender heads are steamed. Tall cylindrical asparagus cooking pots have liners wi...
25: The [[amino acid]] [[asparagine]] gets its name from asparagu... - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
14: ''[[Bonobo|Pan paniscus]]''
17: ...est]] and [[Central Africa]]. Its cousin, the [[Bonobo]] or Pygmy Chimpanzee (''Pan paniscus''), is fo...
20: ... kg (57-110 pounds) and stand 0.66-1 m (2-3.5 ft) tall.
23: ...ve past the age of 50 in the wild, but have been known to reach the age of 60 in captivity.
26: ...individuals, darkening as maturity is reached. Bonobos have longer arms and tend to walk upright most... - Iguana (2984 bytes)
16: Iguanas tend to have tall, flat plates jutting from their back like spines,...
33: ...ridge''' (1989) ''A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)''. Uni...
34: ...he Iguania (Squamata: Iguania).'' American Museum Novitates 3343: 38 pp. - Jaguar (9341 bytes)
13: ...axobox_section_binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Panthera onca | author = [[Carolus Lin...
19: ...ttp://www.aptv.org/Schedule/showinfo.asp?ID=76679&Nola1=NAGS]
21: ...ng ball]]s using their teeth. "They are powerful enough to drag an 800-pound bull 25 feet in its jaws ...
25: ...ns. The jaguar's wide range means that it should not be in danger of extinction in the foreseeable fu...
27: ...guar for its pelt. Fossils of jaguars from as far north as [[Missouri]] confirm these cats inhabited m... - Stratus cloud (1046 bytes)
1: ...s at low altitudes over a region. These clouds do not usually bring precipitation, although if suffici...
3: ...ations that are accompanied by precipitation are known as [[nimbostratus]]. Stratus formations at hig...
6: * Ackerman, Steven A. and John A. Knox, ''Meteorology: Understanding the Atmosphere''. ... - Neanderthal (12705 bytes)
14: {{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Homo neanderthalensis | author = [[Wil...
18: ...an]]s. On average, Neanderthals stood about 1.65m tall (just under 5' 6") and were very muscular, compar...
26: ...sen]] and in [[1857]] the discovery was jointly announced.
28: That discovery is now considered the beginning of [[paleoanthropology]...
33: ''Neanderthal'' is now spelled two ways: The spelling of the [[German l... - Homo erectus (3723 bytes)
13: {{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Homo erectus | author = [[Eugene Duboi...
19: ...average standing about 1.79 m (5 feet, 10 inches) tall.
21: ... and ended about 500,000 years ago. The primary innovation associated with Acheulean handaxes is that ...
23: ...ly into the category of a hunter and predator and not as prey for larger animals. Early man, in the pe...
25: ...olled fires have been evidenced in excavations in Northern [[Israel]] from about 690,000 to 790,000 ye... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...53;ον''). Constantine named the city [[Nova Roma]] (New Rome, ''Νέα Ρ&#...
3: ...[florin]], is synonomous with Byzantium (Constantinople), where most gold coins circulating in Europe ...
5: ...her provinces to the east in Asia beyond Constantinople, allowing the east to develop relatively unmol...
7: Constantinople was captured and sacked by the [[Fourth Crusad...
9: ...]], the capital was moved to [[Ankara]]; Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in [[1930]]. - Min (god) (6198 bytes)
2: ... [[Convoy|caravan]]s, in [[Egyptian mythology]], known since the [[Predynastic Period of Egypt|Predyna...
4: ...ontributing to this separation. Min's phallus is known to be exceptionally large, but rather than sexu...
6: ...ey named [[Akhmim]], his main cult centre, as ''Panopolis'' (meaning ''city of Pan''). He was also ass...
8: ...ssed the harvest, and played games naked in his honour -- the most important of these being the climbi...
10: ...to be an [[aphrodisiac]], as Egyptian lettuce was tall, straight, and released a milk-like substance whe... - Limestone (3809 bytes)
7: ...erdon Gorge]] in [[France]]; [[Malham Cove]] in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]]; and the [[Ha Long Ba...
19: ... plates for covering rather than solid blocks. In North America, most limestone used in construction c... - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
3: ...rn was to spend several months or years exploring North America and then he would have to head back to...
7: ... of a [[fur trading]] expedition. Although he had no official assignment on the voyage, he created a [...
9: ...e a report on his discoveries, Champlain joined another expedition to New France in the spring of [[1...
13: ...y building three main buildings (each two stories tall) and also moat 15 feet wide. This was to become t...
19: ...quently discovered [[Lake Champlain]]. Having had no encounters with the Iroquois at this point many o...
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