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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ...he Alexandrian mint, there were four statues of [[triton]]s blowing horns, one on every corner of the buil...
9: Legend has it, the fire from the lighthouse could be used to burn enemy...
17: ...e Lighthouse shortly thereafter. The building was finished during the reign of his son, Ptolemy II Phi... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: ...rom the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of fire in [[Roman mythology]].
12: ...square km. Note that the terms ''felsic'' and ''mafic'' are sometimes substituted by the older chemist...
15: ...ually build a wide mountain with a shield-like profile. Their lava flows are generally very hot and ve...
21: ... hard to identify given that there is no formal definition of the term.
41: ...espans, however, they are not. Complicating the definition are volcanoes that become restless but do n... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''None'' |
25: ...Malheur County, Oregon|Malheur County]] is in Pacific)</small> |
36: ...ited States]]' northwest, and bordering the [[Pacific Ocean]], [[California]], [[Washington]], [[Idaho...
43: ...hout losing what attracts people to Oregon in the first place. The state has pioneered some innovativ...
49: ...ritain|British]] gained control of all of the Pacific Fur Company posts. - Andronicus of Cyrrhus (550 bytes)
3: ...s. In antiquity a bronze figure of [[Triton (god)|Triton]] on the summit, with a rod in his hand, turned r... - Planet (8450 bytes)
1: ...cts in orbit around other stars, the problem of defining a planet has become rather more acute.
17: ...(♃) - [[Jupiter's natural satellites|63 confirmed natural satellites]]
18: ... (♄) - [[Saturn's natural satellites|46 confirmed satellites]]
21: ...47;) (many astronomers contend it should be classified as a [[Kuiper belt|Kuiper belt object]] and not...
24: ===Classification=== - Illinois (27007 bytes)
10: Capital = [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] |
14: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
39: ...al]] of Illinois is [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]] while its largest city is [[Chicago]], along...
56: ...ania and Ohio. Beginning with President Lincoln's first call for troops and continuing throughout the ...
60: ...ltivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution, there are three bran... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
144: ... methane, ammonia, and water as it approaches and finally blends into the liquid interior. Comparing ...
146: ... planet's physical center. Comparing the magnetic fields of the two planets, scientists think the extr...
152: ...o the ''extremely'' slow motion of ''any'' random fixed star found in the [[night sky]].
154: ...o Sir [[George Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sen...
156: ...uced his own calculations but also experienced difficulties in encouraging any enthusiasm in his compa... - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
71: | [[1 E22 kg|1.25]][[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>22</sup> [[kilogram|kg]...
120: ...tails). Its symbol is a combination of the name's first two letters, "P-L", which are also [[Percival ...
124: ...anuary 29|29]]. After the observatory obtained confirming photographs, the news of the discovery were ...
126: ...'[[Zeus]]'', then ''Lowell'', and finally her own first name, none of which met with any enthusiasm. O...
128: ... which was almost unanimous, the name Pluto was officially adopted and an announcement made by Slipher... - Ocean (6829 bytes)
6: ...tioned only in [[2000]], and is unique in being defined only by a line of [[latitude]] with no landmas...
12: ...y water. Oceanic crust is the thin layer of solidified volcanic [[basalt]] that covers the Earth's [[m...
26: ...cean is the [[Mariana Trench]] located in the Pacific Ocean near the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. It ...
37: *[[fish]]
51: ...ans that have now frozen, such as [[Triton (moon)|Triton]]. The planets [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] and [[N... - Rome (33048 bytes)
49: ...er and the ford, Rome was at a cross roads of traffic following the river valley and of traders travel...
68: ...us]] and his successors: if anything, the [[Great Fire of Rome]] during the reign of [[Nero]] acted as...
70: ...and even these did not stop the city being sacked first by [[Alaric I|Alaric]] in [[410]] and then by ...
80: ...nder the supervision of a [[prefect]] and other officials appointed by and responsible to the Byzantin...
82: ...ither the remaining senators or local Byzantine officials. In practice, local power in Rome devolved t... - Geyser (14881 bytes)
6: ...ead of geothermal energy. The [[nitrogen]], liquefied by a kind of [[greenhouse effect]], may erupt t...
12: As the geyser fills, the water at the top of the column cools off,...
31: The specific colours of geysers derive from the fact that des...
33: ...0s, when the research of '''biology of geysers''' first appeared, scientists were generally convinced ...
35: ...and outside of [[solar system]]. Among these, the first discovered and the most important for biotechn... - Hamster (25289 bytes)
21: ...he subfamily contains about 18 [[species]], classified in six or seven [[genera]]. Most have expandab...
28: ...and Chinese striped Hamsters are somewhat more difficult to breed and keep, they are usually only avai...
30: ... that may be changed, essentially making them artificially [[diurnal]]. However, many people prefer t...
36: ... not be higher than their width to allow for a sufficient air circulation. Although smaller in size, d...
40: ...ght tubes are often densely closed, preventing sufficient air circulation, and the plastic surfaces, w... - Mouse (5574 bytes)
19: ...ich share homology to human genes have been identified. In the [[2006]] [[Biosatellite]] project, a g...
32: ==Fiction and mythology==
33: ...ognized throughout the whole world. See [[List of fictional mice]].
39: ...truction crew five minutes before the question is finally calculated. The mice re-appear to commission...
68: ***''Mus triton''
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