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- Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...dro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ...re a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the re...
6: ...isi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the ...
7: ...iddle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links...
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...fried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of differential [[calculus]]. While they...
4: ...a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in t...
6: ...ped a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the rate of cooling of objects when expos...
12: ...ief biography of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life a...
14: ... said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three months bef... - Tampa Bay Devil Rays (7282 bytes)
1: {{MLB Devil Rays franchise}}
3: The '''Tampa Bay Devil Rays''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team b...
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1998]] ([[American League]] expansion)
8: ... words "TAMPA BAY" superimposed on a [[ray (fish)|devil ray (manta ray)]]
14: == Before the Devil Rays == - Pliers (2624 bytes)
3: ...ings. They are a tool common to many dexterous trades and occupations.
7: ... and electronic components. Because of the multitude of possible objects and operations, the variety o...
9: [[Image:Lockjawpliers.jpg|thumb|Lock jaw pliers (also called ''vise grip'' pliers)]]
11: ==Design==
13: The basic design has changed little since its origins, with th... - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: [[Image:Genoa 139a.jpg||thumb|250px|Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ... a boat". Often local [[law]] and regulation will define the exact size (or the number of [[mast (sail...
4: ... have a [[bowsprit]] but this was not part of the definition. The same economic pressures which increa...
10: ... [[volume]] rather than weight, and are used when describing merchant ships for the purpose of tolls, ...
12: ... ship-owners could load their vessels until their decks were almost awash, resulting in a dangerously ... - Canal (2513 bytes)
2: ...ade waterways for the delivery of water and preceded the use of [[transport]]ation canals used by [[b...
4: ...e young United States, inland canals preceded the development of [[railroad]]s during the earliest pha...
6: ...ge of [[Amsterdam]] a port. Canals are so deeply identified with [[Venice]] that all cities that have ...
9: ...for commercial transportation, and many fell into decay. A movement that began in Great Britain and Fr...
26: * [[Rideau Canal]] - [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] - Computer keyboard (4428 bytes)
3: ... after the [[typewriter keyboard]]. Keyboards are designed for the input of text and characters, and a...
5: ==Designs==
11: ...S keyboard]] has been designed for small wireless devices.
13: ...le to reassign these keys (such as converting CapsLock into another Shift), though it may be more work.]...
23: ...e most famous being [[Control-Alt-Delete|Ctrl+Alt+Del]], used for various tasks which are useful shoul... - Wildfire (23185 bytes)
8: ...; the word got its present meaning by people misunderstanding the expression "spread like wildfire". [...
14: ...anization of wildlands, these fires often involve destruction of suburban homes located in the wildlan...
16: ...al [[butenolide]]. Most native animals, too, are adept at surviving wildfires.
18: ...ge communities, destroying many homes and causing deaths.
20: ...logging]]) has historically provided the fuel for devastating fires such as the fires in [[Michigan]] ... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
6: ... that marriage on April Fools' Day is not a good idea for a man, for he will be permanently ruled by h...
15: ...stime. The advent of the [[Internet]] as a worldwide communications medium has also assisted the prank...
23: ...on of [[odor]] over the airwaves to all viewers. Despite the fact that no such capability existed, ma...
25: ...n is some power of 10 smaller than the next. The idea to metricise time was suggested in [[France]] af...
27: ...t the only way to keep your television from being detected was to wrap it in [[aluminum foil]]. Within... - Amphibian (4720 bytes)
8: ...ion_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
13: [[salamander|Caudata]]<br />
16: ...irely terrestrial existence found in most other modern tetrapods ([[amniote]]s). There are about 5,700...
19: ...ed almost every climate on earth from the hottest deserts to the frozen arctic, and have adapted to cl...
20: ...Frog3_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Massachusetts (31663 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 3<sup>rd</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 312.68 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 6<sup>th</sup> |
26: Latitude = 41?10'N to 42?53'N |
27: Longitude = 68?57'W to 73?30'W | - Professional Wrestling (14198 bytes)
1: ...rld Wildlife Fund]] against the World Wrestling Federation over the rights to the initials "WWF" in th...
6: ...nt of five. This strategy is used very often in order to escape from a submission hold, and also, more...
8: Offenses punishable by disqualification include:
10: *Any outside interference involving a person not involved in t...
15: ...arious "motto" in the pro-wrestling world used to describe this situation is: "You can't call what yo... - Amphibia (4647 bytes)
8: ...ion_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Orders}}
13: [[salamander|Caudata]]<br />
16: ...irely terrestrial existence found in most other modern tetrapods ([[amniote]]s). There are about 5,700...
19: ...ed almost every climate on earth from the hottest deserts to the frozen arctic, and have adapted to cl...
20: ...Frog3_classroomclipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Automobile (19750 bytes)
4: ...s being the most popular by far. Older terms include '''horseless carriage''' and '''motor car''', wit...
13: ...]] by [[Germany|German]] inventors working independently: [[Carl Benz]] on [[3 July]] [[1886]] in [[Ma...
15: ...automobiles were built in Britain in 1895 by [[Frederick William Lanchester]] who also patented the [[...
19: ...blowing a horn. This effectively killed road auto development in the UK for most of the rest of the [[...
27: ...o [[Oliver Evans]] in [[1789]]; in [[1804]] Evans demonstrated his first successful self-propelled veh... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
5: ...ver one billion in the world today, bicycles provide the principal means of transportation in many reg...
7: The bicycle has impacted history considerably in both the cultural and industrial realms. ...
13: ...never existed, but were made up by [[Louis Baudry de Saunier]], a 19th century French bicycle historia...
14: ...|280px|Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1886-model bicycle for two.]]
15: ...drive mechanism, in [[1840]], which enabled the rider to lift his feet off the ground while driving th... - Gregor Mendel (6112 bytes)
1: {{redirect|Mendel}}
2: [[image:mendel.png|frame|right|Gregor Johann Mendel]]
3: ... of the 20th century, when its significance was understood for the first time.
6: ...-memorial-plaque.jpg|right|thumb|Johann Gregor Mendel - memorial plaque in Olomouc]]
8: ...del worked as a gardener, and as a young man attended the Philosophical Institute in [[Olomouc]]. In 1... - Milk (13238 bytes)
2: [[Image:Milk_l_de.jpg|thumb|200px|A glass of milk]]
3: ...[mammary gland]]s of female [[mammal]]s. It provides the primary source of nutrition for [[newborn]]s...
16: ...roduction of lactase falls off towards adulthood (depending on the person's ethnic origin), in many ca...
18: ...ones. However, the composition of milk differs widely from species to species; cow's milk is a comple...
21: ...Farmers even use machines which attach to the [[udder]] of the cow and [[milking|milk]] it automatical... - Motorcycle (40437 bytes)
7: ...o steer the motorcycle, in conjunction with the rider shifting their weight through their feet, which ...
9: ...ped with floorboards instead of footpegs, and [[sidecar]]s and other three-wheeled variations, commonl...
13: The world's first motorcycle, designed and built by [[Germany|German]] inventors [...
15: ...late 60's and early 70's who were able to produce designs faster and cheaper.
23: ...ear suspension being an integral component in the design. - Radar (16746 bytes)
3: ...nal returned is tiny, radio signals can easily be detected and [[amplification|amplified]].
5: ...like sound or visible light, would be too weak to detect.
11: ...l]], making radar particularly well suited to the detection of [[aircraft]] and [[ship]]s.
13: ...he targets and received a vague signal, whereas modern systems use shorter [[wavelength]]s (a few [[ce...
15: ...ally the same reasons objects attempting to avoid detection will angle their surfaces in a way to elim... - Global Positioning System (28209 bytes)
5: ...|satellite navigation system]] used for determining one's precise [[location]] and providing...
7: ...s controlled by the [[United States Department of Defense]] and can be used by anyone, free of charge....
8: The GPS system is divided into three segments: space, control, and user.
10: ...es, synchronizing the satellites' onboard atomic clocks, and uploading data for transmission by the sate...
12: A GPS receiver decodes time signal transmissions from multiple satellit...
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