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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
24: *[[Wolfert Acker|Acker, Wolfert]] (1667-1753)
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...er 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
8: ... [[salon]]s, and her own drawing room became a centre for the discussion and consumption of the litera...
10: ...n a convent in 1656 at the behest of [[Anne of Austria]], Queen of France and regent for her son [[Lou...
14: ...concentrated more on her literary friends -- from 1667, she hosted her gatherings at l'h? Sagonne, which... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the...
2: ...r]]. [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and w...
4: ...silica also holds a relic of the ''[[Cathedra]] Petri'', the episcopal throne of the basilica's namesa...
8: ...officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great basilica in this exac...
12: ... the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ...y of Earth's observed weather is located in the [[troposphere]].
5: ...[[atmospheric dynamics]], and [[atmospheric chemistry]] are sub-disciplines of the [[atmospheric scien...
12: ...this list of the most important meteorological instruments in [[1780]] with the hair [[hygrometer]], w...
16: ...[[Trade Wind]]s, which gave rise to calling the [[tropical]] cell of [[zonal mean]] atmospheric circul...
18: ...d when [[Luke Howard]] and [[Francis Beaufort]] introduced their systems for classifying clouds ([[180... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who w...
4: ...lity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[...
21: ...b|left|Engraving after [[Enoch Seeman]]'s 1726 portrait of Newton]]
23: ...rantham Grammar School]]. In [[1661]] he joined [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where his uncle Willia...
25: ...ry was invented by him in his later life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events. - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: [[Image:Locke-John-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|400px|thumb|John Locke Im...
3: ...George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
8: ... of Shaftesbury]], who had come to Oxford seeking treatment for a liver infection. Cooper was impresse...
10: Locke had been looking for a career and in [[1667]] moved into Shaftesbury's home at Exeter House i...
12: ...he advice of several physicians and was likely instrumental in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an op... - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...le [[building]], usually higher than 150 [[metre]]s (500 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]). Mo...
7: ...tall buildings, some of which are well over 300 metres (987 ft) tall. The other development essential ...
9: ...e was constructed in [[1884]]-[[1885]] and was destroyed in [[1931]] for the Field's building. Anothe...
15: ...on of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as determining the "world's tallest..." d...
17: == 50 Tallest Skyscrapers by Structural/Architectural Height == - History of California (38344 bytes)
5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jp...
6: ...aly]], [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus ...
22: | '''Petrus''', <small>Head of the Church</small>
28: | '''Petrus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...is many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a member of the [[Freemasons...
8: ===Ancestry===
9: ...antucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, a...
21: Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. His fathe...
23: ...vvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young man earned him a great... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...he Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra.
2: [[Image:Rene-Descartes-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descarte...
4: Descartes frequently contrasted his views with those of his predecessors. In...
6: ...uch later, impelled by the invention of the [[electronic computer]] and by the possibility of [[machin...
13: ...ntention was to see the world and to discover the truth. - Antigua and Barbuda (8199 bytes)
29: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 180th]] <br> [[1 E8 m2|442 km&s...
32: | [[List of countries by population|Ranked 185th]]<br>67,448 <small>...
51: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
58: ...|English]] who formed a [[colony]] in [[1667]] by transporting [[Irish Catholic]] slaves to Antigua. [...
65: == Administrative Divisions ==
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