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  1. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    5: *[[Evaristo Abaco|Abaco, Evaristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
    17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
    51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
    71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
    91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam
  2. Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
    42: ...[England]], and once from the [[Native American]] tribes which lived on the land.
    52: ...er, only landowners could vote. Before the [[Industrial Revolution]], when most people were employed a...
    56: [[King Philip's War]] occurred during 1675-1676. King Philip ([[Metacomet]]) was the chief ...
    60: As the Industrial Revolution moved large numbers of workers into...
    65: ... district one) and [[Jim Langevin]] (Democrat, district two). (See [[list of Rhode Island Governors]]...
  3. 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.
  4. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
    188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
    206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
    219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
    287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]])
  5. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
    13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
    24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
    25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
    37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
  6. 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.
  7. 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...
    12: ...he advice of several physicians and was likely instrumental in persuading Shaftesbury to undergo an op...
    16: ...e fled to the [[Netherlands]] in [[1683]], under strong suspicion of involvement in the [[Rye House Pl...
  8. Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
    6: ...pan="2" | [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]])
    9: ...26,725,413]] [[kilometre|km]]<br>9.537 070 32 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
    12: | 8.958 [[Tera|T]][[metre|m]]<br>59.879 AU
    14: ! align="left" | [[Eccentricity (orbit)|Eccentricity]]
    53: | [[1 E8 m|120,536 km]] [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&head=f&anim=129&obj=p06]<...
  9. Electricity (13894 bytes)
    1: ...scussed under [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism]].
    3: ...ample, "''Q'' = 0.5 C" means "the quantity of electric charge is 0.5 coulomb."
    6: ...ty", from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''&#275;lektron'' = "[[amber]]", which came from an old [[root ...
    8: ...ve been alleged to be [[battery (electricity)|electrical batteries]].
    10: ... of static electricity was equivalent to an [[electric current]].
  10. 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]])
  11. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
    33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] &ndash; [[1874]])
    35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] &ndash; [[1557...
    72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] &ndash; [[1856]])
    82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] &ndash; [[1993]])
  12. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    2: ... a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
    12: ...ave followed his own curriculum; he was "little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not comp...
    14: ...s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|Eng...
    20: ... with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved to enter into society, ...
    22: ...nts of Law''. This means his initial political doctrine was not shaped by the [[English Civil War]].
  13. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
    102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
    187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
    191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}}
  14. Sikhism (31029 bytes)
    2: ...t departs from some of the social traditions and structure of [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] (such as the ...
    4: ... as well as certain ritualistic practices that distracted people from focusing on [[God]]. He wanted t...
    10: ...rnally One, the Sovereign and omnipotent God (the Truth of Love).
    12: ...hat only spiritual minds, free of desire, can penetrate it by the grace of the Guru (Gurprasad).
    14: ...taining the Hindu doctrine of the [[reincarnation|transmigration of souls]], together with its corolla...
  15. Timpani (31735 bytes)
    3: ...aple of the [[Classical music|classical]] [[orchestra]] in the [[17th century]]. Today, they are used ...
    12: == The instrument ==
    18: The basic timpano consists of a drumhead stretched across the opening of a bowl typically made...
    20: The shape of the bowl contributes to the tone quality of the drum. For exampl...
    22: ...panist must play the F sharp at the bottom of the treble clef!
  16. Massachusetts (31663 bytes)
    38: ...bbreviation for Massachusetts is '''MA''' and its traditional abbreviation is '''Mass.'''
    47: ...ounded [[Connecticut]]. [[King Philip's War]] ([[1675]]-[[1676]]), the bloodiest [[Indian Wars|Indian w...
    58: ...achusetts to be in rebellion, and sent additional troops to restore order to the colony.
    82: ...llion]], [[Siege of Boston]], [[Thanksgiving]], [[Transcendentalism]], [[Volleyball]], and [[Western M...
    88: ...[John Kerry]] (Democrat); as of the [[2001]] redistricting, Massachusetts has ten seats in the [[Unite...
  17. Fin Whales (8533 bytes)
    4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
    5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
    6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Mammal]]ia}}
    7: {{Taxobox_subclassis_entry | taxon = [[Eutheria]]}}
    8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}}
  18. Comedy of manners (2474 bytes)
    5: ...[William Wycherley]] (''[[The Country Wife]]'', [[1675]]) and [[William Congreve (playwright)|William Co...
    7: The tradition of elaborate, artificial plotting and epig...

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