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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[Oregon Trail]] and into the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nev...
7: ...e, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
18: *Miles Harvey, ''The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime''. New York : [[Ran...
22: ...ncoln]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] (lost)}} - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ...sgow]]. While working in [[London]], he became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffa...
8: ...hristianity. He married in [[1844]], and his wife travelled with him for a brief time at his insistenc...
12: ...ent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...pport for his ideas, and to publish a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionar...
17: ... Livingstone had failed to explore on his earlier travels. - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ...ontent can be made harder and [[tensile strength|stronger]] than iron, but is also more [[brittle]]. O...
8: ... material with limited uses on its own. Iron is extracted from [[ore]] by removing the oxygen by combi...
11: ...ementite-ferrite mixture. Cementite is a stochiometric phase with the chemical formula of Fe<sub>3</su...
13: ...cal chemical composition. As such, it requires extremely little thermal [[activation energy]] to form...
15: ...place. The transformation into martensite, by contrast, occurs almost immediately, due to a lower act... - 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
12: ...ward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
17: ...olphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
7: ... temperance society in America, and becoming in [[1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American ...
11: :''"The true republic — men, their rights and nothing ... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: Clara trained from an early age with her father, the well-...
9: ...hich she held until [[1892]], and in which she contributed greatly to the modern improvement in techni...
14: ... songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, a [[piano trio]] with violin and cello, and three Romances for... - Dye (6033 bytes)
1: ...[[pigment]] generally has no affinity for the substrate, and is insoluble.
9: ...ted upon the dyed materials, quickly replaced the traditional natural dyes. Dyes are now classified ac...
11: ...al to acid dyebaths. Attachment to the fibre is attributed, at least partly, to salt formation between...
15: ...ntive dye]]ing''' is normally carried out in a neutral or slightly [[alkaline]] dyebath, at or near [[...
17: ... [[potassium dichromate]], is applied as an after-treatment. - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ...trument]] invented by [[Pierre-Louis Gautrot]] in 1856 to compete with the [[saxophone]] as a replacemen...
3: ... and it was made in sizes from sopranino to subcontrabass.
5: ...These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]]. - Nile (13738 bytes)
12: ...y Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at the [[Atbara Rive...
14: If the remote headstream — the Ruvyironza — is taken as the...
24: ...es]] of Africa. In particular, the farthest headstream of the Nile is the [[Ruvyironza]] River in Bur...
32: [[Image:Nile_trans.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Composite image|Compos...
36: ...rtoum. The Nile is also unusual in that its last tributary (the Atbara) joins it approximately halfwa... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
14: ...ia|Gov.]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], born in [[Austria]]; [[Florida]] [[United States Senate|Sen.]] [[...
21: ... the oath — and even judges of [[federal district court]]s have fulfilled this duty in emergenci...
23: ...ugural address which sets the tone for his administration.
25: ...es)|Election Day]] and campaigning across the country to explain their views and plans to the voters. ...
29: ...e chosen to affirm rather than swear. The oath is traditionally ended with, "So help me God," although... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ... to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authorit...
33: ...our colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer wh... - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...r" colspan=2>[[Image:Martin Van Buren.jpg]]</td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>8th President</td></tr>
6: ...h 4]], [[1837]]–[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Andrew Jackson]]</td></tr> - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...resdent.jpg|200px|Presidential Seal]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>10th President</td></tr>
6: ...April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]], [[1845]]</td></tr>
7: ...owed:'''</td><td>[[William Henry Harrison]]</td></tr> - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
5: ...nited States district attorney for the eastern district of [[Pennsylvania]] from 1829 to [[1831]]. He...
7: ...nted by President [[Martin Van Buren]] as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia f...
9: ...Britain]] by President [[Franklin Pierce]] from [[1856]] to [[1861]], when he returned to Philadelphia, ...
11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexander J. Dallas]] and is ...
15: ... States Attorney|U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]|before=?|after=?|years=1829-... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
1: ...border="0" align="right" style="margin-left:1em"><tr><td>
4: ...[[Image:Millard Fillmore.jpg|250px|]]</div></td></tr>
5: <tr><td>'''Order:'''</td><td>13th President</td></tr>
6: ...[July 9]], [[1850]] - [[March 4]], [[1853]]</td></tr>
7: ...>'''Followed:'''</td><td>[[Zachary Taylor]]</td></tr> - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
20: ... [[Jane Means Appleton Pierce]] fell apart. He destroyed his reputation by declaring support for the [...
22: ... with her aristocratic, nervous ways and show her true affection. He was one of the most popular men i...
25: ...|Hillsborough]], [[New Hampshire]], part of the [[Transcendental Generation]]. The site of his birth i...
27: ...cademy in spring [[1820]]. Later that year he was transferred to [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] to prepar...
38: ...in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]]. He was district attorney for New Hampshire, and declined the a... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ... been criticized for failing to prevent the [[country]] from [[sliding]] into [[schism]] and the [[Ame...
53: ... of the [[United States District Court for the District of Missouri]]. Buchanan served as Minister to...
59: ... during which he negotiated the [[1846]] [[Oregon Treaty]] establishing the 49th parallel as the north...
61: ...ster to the [[United Kingdom]] from [[1853]] to [[1856]], during which time he help to draft the [[Osten...
64: ...ited States in [[U.S. presidential election, 1856|1856]] and served from [[March 4]], [[1857]], to [[Mar... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
44: ...he [[Confederate States of America]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their...
48: ...akness after Reconstruction and the modern administrative state would only emerge with the [[New Deal]...
50: ...though is criticized by some for overstepping the traditional bounds of executive power.
53: ...site the following year, the 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, [[canoe]]ing down the Sangamon...
59: ...Sangamon in the hopes of attracting [[steamboat]] traffic to the river, which would allow sparsely pop...
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