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  1. Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
    1: ...dominated by industry and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[stea...
    10: ...d to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened]]efficient and less labor-intensive, for...
    12: ...e presence of a large domestic market should also be considered an important catalyst of the Industria...
    14: ... trade. The number of deaths decreased and the number of births increased. As there were more people, ...
    16: ...trialists to produce more products quicker and of better quality, so they invested in the production o...
  2. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
    4: ...] and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy R...
    6: ...ath ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
    8: ...ngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, heir apparent to t...
    12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the tit...
    15: ...man Emperor]] (1741-1790), married HRH Infanta Isabel of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Jo...
  3. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
    3: ...ance]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlig...
    5: ... an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
    7: He was educated by the [[Jesuits]], and became a bookseller in [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married...
    10:
    12: ... uncertainty of the philosophy which professes to be so high above both church and world.
  4. Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
    1: ...an]] in the south and east, [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Tajikistan]] in the north, and [[Pe...
    3: Between the fall of the [[Taliban]] after the [[U.S....
    55: ...pedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_name_etymologies], being the founders of modern Afghanistan. The remain...
    60: ...es, the region today known as ''Afghanistan'' has been occupied by many forces including the [[Persia...
    62: ...ate as it is known today came into existence in [[1746]] under the [[Durrani Empire]], but control was c...
  5. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
    24: *[[Edwin Austin Abbey]] ([[1852]]-[[1911]])
    26: *[[Bernard Accama]] ([[1697]]-[[1756]])
    37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
    38: *[[Mariotto Albertinelli]] ([[1474]]-[[1515]])
  6. United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
    3: ... of '''United States territorial acquisitions''', beginning with [[American Revolutionary War|American...
    5: ...s negotiated by [[Robert Livingston (1746-1813)|Robert Livingston]] during the presidency of [[Thomas ...
    11: ...]], [[1845]]. On [[December 29]], [[1845]], Texas became the twenty-eighth state.
    23: ...anish-American War]] in [[1898]]. The Philippines became an independent nation in [[1946]].
    27: ...r I|First World War]]. Virgin Islands inhabitants became American citizens in [[1927]].
  7. January 17 (12233 bytes)
    7: * [[1746]] - [[Charles Edward Stuart]], "Bonnie Prince Cha...
    8: * [[1773]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic ...
    16: * [[1912]] - [[Robert Falcon Scott]] reaches the [[South Pole]], one ...
    21: * [[1945]] - The [[Nazi]]s begin the evacuation of the [[Auschwitz concentratio...
    22: ... 1945 - [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappears in [[Hungary]] while in [[Soviet U...
  8. Capacitor (29664 bytes)
    2: ...on which equal but opposite electric charges have been placed. Intentional capacitors have thin conduc...
    7: ...the plates, at the boundary with the dielectric. Because each plate stores an equal but opposite char...
    18: ... plate and inversely proportional to the distance between the plates. It is also proportional to the [...
    22: ...he accumulated charge. Ever increasing work must be done against this ever increasing electric field ...
    34: The [[impedance]] in [[frequency domain]] can be written as
  9. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...sted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]])...
    9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
    15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
    22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
    24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
  10. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[19...
    10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
    11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
    20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &nda...
    37: *[[Sylvain Arend]] ([[Belgium]], [[1902]] – [[1992]])
  11. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
    9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
    10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
    14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
  12. Thallium (12570 bytes)
    15: ... symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]</td><td>Thallium, Tl, 81</td></tr>
    48: ...g point]] </td><td>1746 K (2683 ?F)</td></tr>
    85: ...e|{syn.}]]</td><td>119 Ms</td><td>[[beta emission|Beta<sup>&minus;</sup>]]<br>[[electron capture|Epsil...
    94: ... since it can also cause [[cancer]], this use has been cut back or eliminated in many countries. It is...
    97: This metal is very soft and malleable and can be cut with a knife. When it is first exposed to air...
  13. Zinc (12445 bytes)
    17: ... symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
    156: ...le]] that has the symbol '''Zn''' and [[atomic number]] 30.
    167: * [[Brass]], in turn, has wide application because of its strength and [[corrosion]] resistance...
    170: ...s and [[paint]]s, and as an activator in the [[rubber]] industry. As an over-the-counter ointment, i...
    173: ... (Zn(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>) is used in a number of organic [[chemical synthesis|syntheses]].
  14. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    4: ...ber 21]], [[1694]] &ndash; [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was...
    8: ...s were long established in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, througho...
    10: ...e was seven years old. His father appears to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical...
    12: ... Fran&ccedil;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a f...
    14: ...nally. The Abb&eacute; de Ch&acirc;teauneuf died before his godson left school, but he had already in...
  15. List of U.S. states by elevation (16995 bytes)
    8: All units shown below are in [[metre|meter]]s.
    11: ...Death Valley]] at -86 meters (-282 feet) which is below [[sea level]].
    13: ==Alphabetical==
    49: | 4,399 m ([[Mount Elbert]])
    223: | 472 m ([[Campbell Hill, Ohio|Campbell Hill]])
  16. History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
    2: ...tinction of [[chemistry]] from [[alchemy]] by [[Robert Boyle]] in his work ''The Skeptical Chymist'' (...
    8: ...[1828]]. Never before had an organic [[compound]] been synthesized from inorganic material. This opene...
    12: ...Boltzmann]] made great advances in explaining the behavior of [[gas]]es, this dispute was not finally ...
    14: ... a branch of [[physics]], but was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry, not physics, for his work.
    20: ... decades, the list of known chemical elements had been [[Timeline of chemical element discovery|steadi...
  17. 18th century new (49640 bytes)
    2: ...rdance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering system.
    4: ...mb|250px|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [...
    6: ...o a nightmare during the terror of Maximlien de Robespierre in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchi...
    8: ...volution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically c...
    19: ...'[[Daily Courant]]'' and the ''The Norwich Post'' becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
  18. Leyden jar (3953 bytes)
    10: [[Image:Leidse_flessen_Museum_Boerhave_december_2003.jpg|thumb|left|222px|Leyden jars, Museum Bo...
    12: ...eeks used balls of amber on spindles that they rubbed to generate sparks. This is the [[triboelectric ...
    14: ... went on to be known as the Leyden jar because in 1746, [[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] of the [[University...
    16: ... a magnetic field). The displacement current must be included, for example, to apply [[Kirchhoff's cir...
    20: ...Leyden jar involves taking one apart after it has been charged and purportedly showing that the energy...

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