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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: *[[Roald Amundsen]], (1872-1928), [[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first ...
131: ...lls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]...
134: *[[Sir Edmund Hillary]], with [[Tenzing Norgay]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
191: *[[Tenzing Norgay]], with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]] was the first person to the summit of [[Mount Everes...
210: ...entury]] [[Portuguese]] explorer and adventurer, was among the first [[Europeans]] to reach [[Japan]]... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
7: ...e, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election, 1856]]) to [[James Buchanan]].
9: ...mmand in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a different post (in [[West Virg...
11: Frémont was appointed [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territor...
13: ...t County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont County, Wyoming|Wyoming]]. Severa... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...March 19]], [[1813]] – [[May 1]], [[1873]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[missionary]] and [[Lis...
6: Livingstone was born in the village of [[Blantyre, South Lanarks...
8: ... the protests of the Moffats – although she was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] wit...
12: ...the African continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be establis...
14: ...time he believed the key to achieving these goals was the navigation of the [[Zambesi River]]. He retu... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...h as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] p...
11: ...rite phase, resulting in an excess of carbon. One way for carbon to leave the austenite is for [[cemen...
15: ...orms, then '''[[quenching]]''' the hot metal in [[water]] or [[oil]], cooling it so rapidly that the t...
26: Iron was in limited use long before it became possible to...
28: ...haeological sites more than 1000 miles (1600 km) away. When the [[United States|American]] polar expl... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
12: ...ward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
49: *[[Edward Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Edward]] (1810-1887) - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
17: ...olphe-Charles Adam|Adam, Adolphe-Charles]], (1803-1856), composer
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government minis...
41: ...s Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Rai... - Susan B. Anthony (3977 bytes)
3: ...ry 15]], [[1820]] – [[March 13]], [[1906]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] l...
5: She was born in [[Adams, Massachusetts]], the daughter o...
7: ... temperance society in America, and becoming in [[1856]] the agent for New York state of the [[American ...
9: ...speaker and writer. From [[1868]] to [[1870]] she was the proprietor of a weekly paper, ''[[The Revolu...
13: ...views of Susan B. Anthony. Many early feminists, aware of how the procedure endangered women's health ... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ... [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Robert Schumann]], was one of the leading [[pianist]]s of the [[Romanti...
7: ...farther than the outskirts of [[Germany]], and it was thanks to her efforts that his compositions beca...
9: ...[[1888]] she appeared each year. In [[1878]] she was appointed teacher of the piano at the [[Hoch Con...
11: ...s considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and of some ...
14: ...y-six. It is suggested that negative attitudes toward women's ability to compose influenced this as w... - Dye (6033 bytes)
9: ...d by [[William Perkin|William Henry Perkin]] in [[1856]]. Many thousands of dyes have since been prepare...
11: '''[[Acid dye]]s''' are [[water]]-[[soluble]] [[anionic]] dyes that are applie...
13: '''[[Basic dye]]s''' are water-soluble cationic dyes that are mainly applied ...
17: ...], which improves the fastness of the dye against water, [[light]] and [[perspiration]]. The choice of...
19: ...er, reduction in [[alkaline liquor]] produces the water soluble [[alkali metal salt]] of the dye, whic... - Sarrusophone (1431 bytes)
1: ...x]] repeatedly filed lawsuits against Sarrus. It was named after the French bandmaster [[Pierre Augus...
3: .... Its fingering is similar to a saxophone, and it was made in sizes from sopranino to subcontrabass.
5: ...oito]]'s ''[[Nerone]]'' (1924). These parts are nowadays often played on the [[contrabassoon]]. - Nile (13738 bytes)
8: ...me for the Nile. Another Greek name for the Nile was ''Aigyptos'' (Αιγυπ&...
12: ...mark at the [[Atbara River]] in [[Sudan]] all the way to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
26: ...he [[White Nile]], from the clay suspended in its waters. From there, the river flows to [[Khartoum]]...
30: ... White Nile join to form "the Nile." Most of the water carried by the Nile originates from Ethiopia, ...
36: ...tributary (the Atbara) joins it approximately halfway to the sea. From that point north, the Nile dim... - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...c figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was sometimes referred to as "the leader of the free...
7: The United States was the first nation to create the office of [[Presi...
12: ...e United States at the time the U.S. Constitution was adopted), be at least 35 years of age, and have ...
14: ...] [[Elaine Chao]], born in [[Republic of China|Taiwan]]; [[United States Director of National Intellig...
16: ...endment XXII]] (which took effect in [[1951]] and was first applied to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] starti... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[George Washington]]
18: ... United States]]. His son, [[John Quincy Adams]], was the sixth President of the United States ([[1825...
22: ...o [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams.
24: ...se of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at len...
26: ...h]], Massachusetts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
22: ... descent]], and the only whose [[first language]] was not [[English language|English]].
25: ... farmer and popular [[tavern]]-keeper. His mother was Maria Hoes ([[February 27]], [[1747]]–[[Fe...
27: ... did not fall under his influence. In [[1803]] he was admitted to the bar and continued in active and ...
29: ...ia County]] from [[1808]] until [[1813]], when he was removed. In [[1812]] he entered the state Senate...
33: ...s a member of the Senate, until [[1819]], when he was displaced to make room for a Federalist. He had ... - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Greenway, Virginia]]</td></tr>
21: ... States|President]] of the [[United States]]. He was the second President born after the signing of t...
25: John Tyler was born the son of John Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary ...
27: ...ed [[United States Whig Party|Whig Party]], Tyler was elected [[Vice President of the United States|Vi...
29: ...ely [[Acting President]], and as the Constitution was not explicit on that aspect of succession (until... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: ...10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[P...
5: ...he declined to be a candidate for reelection. He was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
7: ...9]], when he was recalled at his own request. He was elected Vice President of the United States on t...
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]] [[Alexand... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
20: ...er elected to the presidency in his own right. He was the last president from the [[United States Whig...
26: ...resentatives and was Comptroller of New York. It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate fr...
29: ...[Mexico]] in the [[Mexican-American War]]. Taylor wanted the new states to be free states, while Fillm...
39: ... the extension of slavery, without any progress toward settling the major issues.
41: Clay, exhausted, left Washington to recuperate, throwing leadership upon S... - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
18: ...urned down several important positions. Later, he was nominated for president as a "[[dark horse]]" ca...
20: ...nfederacy]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
22: ...cope with a changing America. In addition, Pierce was hounded by guilt, temptation, and just plain bad...
25: ...wo-time [[governor of New Hampshire]]. His mother was Anna Kendrick. Pierce had six older and two you...
27: ... whom he formed a lasting friendship, and [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]. He also met [[Calvin E. Stow... - James Buchanan (15634 bytes)
50: ...liding]] into [[schism]] and the [[American Civil War]] and as a result, he is widely considered to be...
53: ...tee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in [[1830]]. B...
55: ...orians, but there isn't any decisive evidence one way or the other.
57: ...5]], [[1845]], to accept a Cabinet portfolio. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (...
61: ...ster to the [[United Kingdom]] from [[1853]] to [[1856]], during which time he help to draft the [[Osten... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
26: | '''Place of death:''' || [[Washington, D.C.]]
42: ...ail Splitter''', and the '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President o...
44: ...es. These events soon led to the [[American Civil War]].
46: ... toward a common goal. He personally directed the war effort, which ultimately led the Union forces to...
48: ... the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] as a pragmatic war measure which would set the stage for the comple...
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