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- Penny Marshall (1609 bytes)
5: Penny played the role of the wise-cracking brewery worker [[Laverne DeFazio]] in the popular... - Pottery (17136 bytes)
4: ...ed [[ceramics]], where the glaze and body fuse completely, are generally referred to as "products of c...
19: ...ic motor. Oftentimes a disk of plastic, wood, or plaster is affixed to the wheel head and the ball of...
21: ...illed potter can produce many virtually identical plates, vases or bowls in a day. Because of its natu...
25: ... mature at a variety of temperatures. Once the [[plaster]] has absorbed most of the liquid from the o...
32: ... it is centered on the wheel. Although, in principle, any clays can be combined, differing rates of d... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...bach-Schmieden]] in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]....
13: ...tumn Period]]. Lu Ban is said to have brought the plane, chalkline, and other tools to China. His teac...
19: ...ely and then applied, rather than being worked in place
22: * burl: wood with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on ...
38: ...shtail chisel or gouge: a chisel or gouge with a splayed end - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...cal piece of wood, doubled over onto itself, and split into several sections so it can be disassembled...
6: ...the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to allow finger-holes to be dr...
10: ...knowledge made possible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Dutch painting, "De...
16: ...he desired tuning. <!--The bocal, made of ... and plated with ... and must be carefully matched to the...
18: ...istance between the widely-spaced holes with a complex system of keywork, which extends throughout nea... - Earth (30908 bytes)
1: {{Planet Infobox/Earth}}
7: ...ern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the Earth|formed]] around 4.57 [[bil...
17: ...or of Earth, like that of the other [[terrestrial planets]], is chemically divided into an outer [[sil...
55: ...rth reaches temperatures of 5270 [[kelvin]]s. The planet's internal heat was originally generated duri...
68: ... to sink towards the center in a process called [[planetary differentiation]], while less dense materi... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - Tsunami (29462 bytes)
2: ...ted when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale. [[Earthquake]]s, [[landsl...
4: ... deep [[ocean]]; it simply has a much smaller [[amplitude]] (wave heights) offshore, and a very long [...
6: ...rmed by wind action upon the ocean (with which people are more familiar). However, since they are not ...
10: ...by any disturbance that rapidly [[displacement|displaces]] a large mass of [[water]], such as an [[ear...
12: ...here denser oceanic plates slip under continental plates in a process known as subduction. - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
2: ...' [[List of programmers]], [[List of computing people]], [[List of computer scientists]], [[computer s...
19: [[16-bit application]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] --
75: [[8514 (display standard)]] --
107: [[APL programming language]] -- - Calvin Coolidge (18374 bytes)
11: ...'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Plymouth, Vermont|Plymouth]], [[Vermont]]</td></tr>
13: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Northampton, Massachuse...
25: ...as "Did you marry me to darn your socks?" Without cracking a smile and with his usual seriousness, Calvin an...
27: ...ttp://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0071560-0&templatename=/article/article.html]
35: ...unger son, Calvin, Jr., contracted a blister from playing tennis on the White House courts. The bliste... - Roald Amundsen (8034 bytes)
3: ...June 18]], [[1928]]) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedi...
6: ...Greenland]] in [[1888]] he decided on a life of exploration.
12: ... two winters exploring over land and ice from the place today called [[Gjoa Haven, Nunavut|Gjoa Haven]...
14: ...s time Amundsen studied the local [[Netsilik]] people in order to learn Arctic survival skills and soo...
18: ...[[Robert Peary]] claimed the Pole, he changed his plans. Using [[Fridtjof Nansen]]'s ship ''[[Fram]]''... - Cerium (12377 bytes)
176: ...bits an interestingly variable chemistry. For example, compression or cooling of the metal can change ...
182: == Applications ==
190: ...fine the grain]] and give sound [[casting]] of complex shapes. It also adds heat resistance to magnesi...
197: ** Cerium(IV) oxide has largely replaced [[Rouge]] in the [[glass]] industry as a poli...
198: ** Cerium(IV) oxide is finding use as a petroleum cracking catalyst in petroleum refining. - Lanthanum (10184 bytes)
104: == Applications ==
107: * Carbon [[lighting]] applications, especially by the [[film|motion picture]...
117: * Petroleum cracking catalysts.
121: * [[Lanthanum Nitrate]] is mainly applied in specialty glass, water treatment and cataly...
124: ...arl Mosander]], when he partially decomposed a sample of cerium nitrate by heating and treating the re... - Lutetium (10459 bytes)
153: == Notable characteristics and applications==
156: ...tion, [[hydrogenation]], and [[polymerization]] applications.
179: ... is a [[fire]] and [[explosion]] hazard. Lutetium plays no biological role in the human body but is th... - Palladium (9737 bytes)
8: '''Pd'''<br>[[Platinum|Pt]] <br>
151: ...l]] of the platinum group, palladium resembles [[platinum]] chemically and is extracted from some [[c...
154: ...nse and has the lowest [[melting point]] of the [[platinum group]] metals. It is soft and ductile when...
160: == Applications ==
161: ...genation reactions, as well as in [[petroleum]] [[cracking]]. It is also [[alloy]]ed and used in [[jewelry]]... - Protactinium (7744 bytes)
152: == Applications ==
158: ... first converting the oxide to an iodide and then cracking it in a high vacuum by an electrically heated fil...
160: ...pending 500,000 USD; this was the world's only supply of the element for many years to come, and it is...
163: Protactinium does not play any biological role.
195: ...precautions similar to those used when handling [[plutonium]]. - Scandium (10820 bytes)
110: == Applications ==
111: ...rmore, it has been shown to reduce solidification cracking during the welding of high strength Al alloys. - Thorium (11307 bytes)
155: == Applications ==
156: Applications of thorium:
164: ...nd with low dispersion. Consequently, they find application in high quality lenses for cameras and sci...
167: ** In [[petroleum]] cracking.
170: ...posed [[energy amplifier]] reactor design would employ thorium. Since thorium is more abundant than u... - Alaskan husky (4973 bytes)
16: ...ognition that the Alaskan husky is expected to display a degree of northern dog type.
29: ...es” to protect their feet from abrasion and cracking. Thus the considerations of hardiness and climate...
32: ...eople, the dogs must not be aggressive towards people. (Source: personal communication, Paul Reid, own... - Pumpkin (6104 bytes)
7: ...bita mixta'', or ''Cucurbita moschata'', a native plant of the [[Western hemisphere]]. Today, it is we...
15: The name "squash" is applied in America to this and other species of the ge...
19: ...C. pepo'') species. If carefully handled to avoid cracking of the skin, and kept dry and fairly warm, winter...
27: ...to [[pesticide]] sensitivity, and most commercial plantings are pollinated by [[honeybees]] today. One...
31: [[Image:Pumpkin_pollination4365.jpg|thumb|Placing honeybees for pumpkin pollination Mohawk Val... - Woodwork (12397 bytes)
9: ...bach-Schmieden]] in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]....
13: ...tumn Period]]. Lu Ban is said to have brought the plane, chalkline, and other tools to China. His teac...
19: ...ely and then applied, rather than being worked in place
22: * burl: wood with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on ...
38: ...shtail chisel or gouge: a chisel or gouge with a splayed end
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