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  1. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    8: '''Anne''' ([[6 February]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became Queen of [[E...
    10: ...es II of England|James II]], had been forcibly deposed in [[1688]]; her sister and brother-in-law then...
    12: ...e [[Whig]]s. Her closest friend, and perhaps her most influential advisor, was [[Sarah Churchill, Duch...
    15: ...rlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals.
    26: ...shed, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne. To preclude a...
  2. Botany (8977 bytes)
    11: ...gy]]); and [[algae]] (studied in [[phycology]]). Most algae, fungi, and microbes are no longer conside...
    13: ...], an important [[greenhouse gas]], through [[photosynthesis]]. A good understanding of plants is cruc...
    25: ...nally, [[Barbara McClintock]] discovered '[[transposon|jumping genes]]' by studying [[maize]]. These a...
    28: ..., [[tobacco]] and [[tea]] also come from plants. Most [[alcoholic beverages]], come from [[fermentatio...
    30: ...biofuel]]s which are important alternatives to [[fossil fuel]]s.
  3. Carpet (15753 bytes)
    3: ...that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
    16: ...anels (usually 27" or 36"). Larger works are composed of several stripes sewn together. Moquette car...
    19: ..., 3-dimensional flowers. Patterns for tiled (composed of a series of squares) carpets, called [[Berli...
    39: ...rigin of this carpet is debated. It has been proposed to be a product of either the Iranian [[Scythia...
    48: ...h century. Until the mid-18th century they were mostly used on walls and tables. Except in royal or ...
  4. Comet (30542 bytes)
    3: ...en described as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane...
    5: ...ifferent process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to res...
    9: ...d the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the ta...
    11: ...and the gases glowing due to [[ion|ionization]]. Most comets are too faint to be visible without the a...
    17: ...highly charged [[ions]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with cometary atoms and molecu...
  5. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
    37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
    93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
    158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
    171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]])
  6. Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
    1: '''[[Timeline]] of [[microscope]] [[technology]]'''
    3: [[Image:Microscope_08.jpg|thumb|200px]]
    5: ...668) to have invented a [[Microscope|compound microscope]].
    6: ...ilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
    8: ...[[1633]]) presents, in [[London]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses.
  7. Cell (biology) (28190 bytes)
    3: ... century]], states that all [[organism]]s are composed of one or more cells; all cells come from preex...
    5: ...[Latin]] ''cella'', a small room. The name was chosen by [[Robert Hooke]] because of the likeness he ...
    9: ...ch individual cell is about 10 [[micrometre]]s across.]]
    16: *[[protein biosynthesis|Synthesis]] of [[protein]]s, the function...
    21: ...ntermediate blue''), the capsule (''orange''), ribosomes (''dark blue''), and a flagellum (also ''blac...
  8. Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
    4: ...t cells reminded him of [[monk]]s' cells. Also in 1665 he gained appointment as Professor of [[Geometry]...
    6: ...h Observatory]] and the infamous [[Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (which became known as 'Bedlam').
    14: ...und microscopes in [[1590]]. However, Hooke's microscopes achieved 30x magnification, which far outstr...
    16: ...talian mathematician [[Girolamo Cardano]] had proposed the idea about a century earlier and may or may...
  9. Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
    2: ...sopher]], and [[alchemist]] who wrote the ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'' (publis...
    4: ...also notable for his arguments that light was composed of [[particle]]s (see [[wave-particle duality]]...
    6: ...describing the rate of cooling of objects when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entiret...
    19: ...versity]] at the age of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss St...
    23: ...obtained his degree in [[1665]], the University closed down as a precaution against the [[Great Plague...
  10. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
    76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
    111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
    163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
    179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]...
  11. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
    17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
    38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
    41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130)
  12. Sikhism (31029 bytes)
    6: [[Guru Nanak]] was opposed to the caste system. His followers referred to ...
    10: Guru Nanak's doctrinal position is clear, despite the appearance that it is ...
    12: ...ch tended to erect "a wall of falsehood" around those who live totally in the mundane world of materia...
    24: ...to have Langar. Guru Amar Das also trained 140 apostles of which 52 were women to manage the rapid ex...
    28: ...n [[1661]]. [[Guru Teg Bahadur]] became Guru in [[1665]] and led the Sikhs until [[1675]], when he sacri...
  13. Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
    1: ...d defence of [[pilgrim|pilgrims]]. Following the loss of Christian territory in the [[Holy Land]], the...
    5: ...t]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusalem]]. The hospice, which was built on the site of the monastery...
    7: ...n Jerusalem. Initially the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order ...
    9: ...s, at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and 140 other est...
    11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]]
  14. Viking (18085 bytes)
    12: ...dbergsstenen 20041231.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A composite image made from several sides of the [[Ledberg...
    19: ...'quos illi Wichingos as appellant, nostri Ascomannos regi Danico tributum solvunt''.
    33: ...tone]] in Sweden, raised by a man who mourns the loss of all his five sons:
    39: :''endaš©³ Ossur'' (Assur came to his end)
    52: ...y, was a refugee center for Slavic pirates, as opposed to the descriptions in the [[Norse saga]].
  15. Cell (29541 bytes)
    3: ... century]], states that all [[organism]]s are composed of one or more cells; all cells come from preex...
    5: ...[Latin]] ''cella'', a small room. The name was chosen by [[Robert Hooke]] because of the likeness he ...
    9: ...ch individual cell is about 10 [[micrometre]]s across.]]
    16: *[[protein biosynthesis|Synthesis]] of [[protein]]s, the function...
    21: ...ntermediate blue''), the capsule (''orange''), ribosomes (''dark blue''), and a flagellum (also ''blac...
  16. Hank Aaron (72330 bytes)
    1: ...rts|1957]], one [[MLB Most Valuable Player award|Most Valuable Player]] in 1957, three [[Gold Glove Aw...
    4: ... and was an outstanding hitter though he batted cross-handed. His team won the [[Negro High School Ch...
    6: ...'s last two years of high school were spent at [[Josephine Allen Institute]], a private high school. ...
    12: ...nd batting average (.362) to become the league's Most Valuable Player. One writer said, "Henry Aaron l...
    21: ...as moved to [[right field]], where he played for most of his career, winning three Gold Gloves. [[195...
  17. Theater in the United States (12545 bytes)
    2: ... theater, though this [[art]] form appears all across the country. [[Regional theatre|Regional or resi...
    11: ...ies|colonies]]. They brought a repertoire of the most popular plays from London, including ''[[Hamlet]...
    13: ...means nothing more or less than the loss of that most valuable treasure: the immortal soul.". However ...
    19: Most cities only had a single theater. Productions we...
    21: ...ers such as the heroic but ill-fated Indian. The most enduring melodrama of this period is ''[[Uncle T...

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