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- Sicily (18450 bytes)
34: ...ucts. The mines of the [[Caltanissetta]] district became a leading sulphur-producing area in the [[180...
43: ...ll mark the first time in history that Sicily has been connected by a land link to Italy.
51: ...emple ruins on Sicily, [[Jacob Philipp Hackert]], 1778.]]
52: ...[[Sigismondo d'India]] (from Palermo), [[Vincenzo Bellini]] (from [[Catania]]), as well as the [[sculp...
54: [[Noto]] and [[Ragusa]] contain some of Italy's best examples of [[Baroque]] architecture, carved in... - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
1: <!-- Introduction section. It is meant to be very nontechnial and accessible. Details come lat...
10: ...as the building material [[cellulose]], or it may be used as a fuel. This takes place through [[respi...
12: ...px|Fallen leaf. Areas where green chlorophyll has been destroyed now appear yellow]]
16: ...hesis takes place in the same way. Light is absorbed by chlorophyll, although various accessory pigme...
23: Photosynthesis begins when light ionizes a chlorophyll molecule, re... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]]. He is remembered not so much for his tenure as the third [[Vice...
9: ...r|Revolutionary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israe...
13: ...for a short distance during the retreat from [[Quebec]]. Burr's courage earned him a place on Washing...
14: ...r at [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in [[1782]], and began to practice in [[New York City]] after its eva...
18: ...]], born in [[1783]], became widely known for her beauty and accomplishments. She married [[Joseph Als... - Continental Congress (4041 bytes)
4: ... lasted only from [[September 5]], 1774, to [[October 26]], 1774, in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. ...
6: ...fting of the [[Articles of Association]] on [[October 20]]. The Articles formed a compact among twelv...
22: *Sept. 30, 1777- June 27, 1778 [[York, Pennsylvania]]
23: *July 2, 1778- June 21, 1783 Philadelphia
44: *Lynn Montross; ''The Reluctant Rebels; the Story of the Continental Congress, 1774-17... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...colonies]]. The war, which eventually widened far beyond [[British North America]], resulted in the ov...
3: ...lution included political and social developments before and after the war itself. This article refers...
5: ...llard in the late nineteenth century that came to be known as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or...
10: ...ining and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when led by talented officers.
12: ...r the colonies in any given year. The greatest number of men that Washington personally commanded in t... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: '''James Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]...
8: ...the English coast. While working for Walker, Cook began to study [[algebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navi...
12: ... the siege of [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] before the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]] in [[...
14: ...egard to the extent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]].
20: ...econd [[European]] in history to do so (behind [[Abel Tasman]] over a century earlier, in [[1642]]). C... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
3: ...ey were to study the [[Native Americans|Indian tribes]], [[botany]], [[geology]], Western Terrain and ...
7: ...m westward. [[Sacagawea]] and her [[Shoshone]] tribe came from further west. Not only did Lewis and Cl...
9: ..., Lewis spotted [[Mt. Hood]], a mountain known to be very close to the ocean.
14: ... on [[March 23]], [[1806]] and arrived on [[September 23]].
16: ...ndian Country much too soon, and there would have been total chaos. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...sted below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]])...
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...t in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
9: *[[Jacob Friedrich von Abel]], (1751-1829)
10: *[[Pierre Ab鬡rd]] (or ''Peter Abelard''), (1079-1142){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Native American (42651 bytes)
3: ...ical communities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "[[Classification of Native Americans...
5: ...tinent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
7: ...st Nations]] applies only to Native Canadians who belong to the same cultural and genetic mega-group o...
9: The term Native American may be construed to either include or exclude the [[M鴩...
17: ===The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory=== - Iodine (11416 bytes)
16: ... symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
124: | [[beta emission|Beta<sup>-</sup>]]
131: | [[beta emission|Beta<sup>-</sup>]]
139: ...ble]] that has the symbol '''I''' and [[atomic number]] 53. This is an insoluble element that is requi...
142: ...ny elements, but is less active than the other member of its series and has some metallic-like propert... - Molybdenum (10247 bytes)
16: ... symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
130: | β
137: | β
169: ...le]] that has the symbol '''Mo''' and [[atomic number]] 42.
175: ...d in [[paint]]s, [[ink]]s, [[plastic]]s, and [[rubber]] compounds. [[Molybdenum disulphide]] is a good... - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
3: ... have been known since time immemorial. Most have been discovered in historic times.
16: (Aluminium ''may'' have been synthesized in Roman times, however it is usual...
19: *[[1250]] - [[Arsenic]] discovered by [[Albertus Magnus]]
22: *[[1450]] - [[Antimony]] first described by [[Tholden]]
42: *[[1776]] - [[Hydrogen]] isolated and described by [[Henry Cavendish]], named by [[Antoine Lavoi... - Abraham Clark (2137 bytes)
1: ...Clark''' ([[February 15]], [[1725]]—[[September 15]], [[1794]]) was an [[Politics of the United ...
3: ...s elected to the Provincial Congress. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety.
5: ...dependence from [[Great Britain]]. When the issue became most important, the state convention replaced...
7: ...83]] and from [[1786]] to [[1788]]. Clark retired before the state's [[Constitutional Convention]] in ... - History of sport (6368 bytes)
3: ...ly as old as the existence of people as purposive beings, and that it was a useful way of people incr...
9: ...y which provide evidence of [[ritual]] ceremonial behaviour. Some of these sources date from over 30,0...
13: ...of staying alive, and is itself evidence of there being leisure time available. It depicts other non-f...
15: ... [[American Indians]] engaged in games and sports before the coming of Europeans, such as [[lacrosse]]...
17: ...l sources that sport has origins which lie in the beginnings of mankind itself. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...ber 21]], [[1694]] – [[May 30]], [[1778]]), better known by the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was...
8: ...s were long established in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, througho...
10: ...e was seven years old. His father appears to have been strict, but neither inhospitable nor tyrannical...
12: ... François' mother, instructed him in ''les belles lettres'' and deism, and the child showed a f...
14: ...nally. The Abbé de Châteauneuf died before his godson left school, but he had already in... - Carolus Linnaeus (8550 bytes)
2: ...' ([[May 23]], [[1707]] – [[January 10]], [[1778]]), was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[botanist]] who lai...
5: ...l grandfather, Linnaeus was groomed as a youth to be a churchman, but he showed little enthusiasm for ...
7: During this time Linnaeus became convinced that in the [[stamen]]s and [[pisti...
11: ...brothers]] almost 200 years earlier, Linnaeus may be said to have popularized it within the scientific...
13: ...o sapiens'' (see [[sapience]]), but he also described a ''second'' human species, ''Homo [[troglodyte]... - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...e of the United States. The items enumerated here begin with the establishment of the states in 1776, ...
4: ... items are the U.S. wars most often considered to be ''major conflicts'' by historians and the general...
12: **[[Bear Flag Revolt]] (1846)
21: *[[Boxer Rebellion]] (1900)
28: **[[Polar Bear Expedition]] ([[Russian Civil War]]) (1918&ndas... - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ...tinction of [[chemistry]] from [[alchemy]] by [[Robert Boyle]] in his work ''The Skeptical Chymist'' (...
8: ...[1828]]. Never before had an organic [[compound]] been synthesized from inorganic material. This opene...
12: ...Boltzmann]] made great advances in explaining the behavior of [[gas]]es, this dispute was not finally ...
14: ... a branch of [[physics]], but was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry, not physics, for his work.
20: ... decades, the list of known chemical elements had been [[Timeline of chemical element discovery|steadi... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...y to continue to do so. Scientific classification belongs to the science of [[taxonomy]] or [[systemat...
11: ...4), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), and [[Robert Hooke]] (1635–1702).
17: ...ditions during his lifetime (1st ed. 1735). He is best known for his introduction of a method of moder...
19: ...d an author label and publication details have to be added.
21: Before Linnaeus, long many-worded names had been used, sometimes with one additional adjective, ...
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