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- Alexander of Aphrodisias (2599 bytes)
1: ...styled, by way of pre-eminence, ''o exegetes'' ("the expositor"), was a native of [[Aphrodisias]] in [...
3: ...he end of the [[2nd century]] AD, became head of the [[Lyceum]] and lectured on [[peripatetic]] [[phil...
4: ...of [[Ammonius Saccas|Ammonius]] and to reproduce the pure doctrine of Aristotle.
6: Commentaries by Alexander on the following works of Aristotle are still extant:
7: *the ''Analytica Priora'', i - Ammonius Hermiae (1773 bytes)
1: ...ias]] or Hermeias, a fellow-pupil of [[Proclus]]. He taught at [[Alexandria]], and had among his schol...
4: ...mentary on the ''Isagoge'' of [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]] (Venice, 1500 fol.);
5: ...on the ''Categories'' (Venice, 1503 fol.), the authenticity of which is doubted by Brandis;
6: ...nii, et aliorum de Fato quae supersunt'' (Zurich, 1824).
7: ...ntaries on the Topics and the first six books of the [[Metaphysics]] of [[Aristotle]] still exist in m... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
1: This section of the [[Timeline of United States history]] concerns ev...
13: *[[1824]] - First presidential nominating [[political con...
14: ... new [[Secretary of State]], which Jackson calls their "[[Corrupt Bargain]]"
15: *[[1824]] - ''[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'' cements Congressiona...
20: ...un]] (Jackson's vice-president) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguin... - History of the United States (1964-1980) (21973 bytes)
3: ...al savvy to push Kennedy's agenda; most notably, the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].
5: ...er turnout—74%—and led the nation in the number of black leaders elected. In [[1969]], [[T...
11: ...nto a launch countdown and a nuclear explosion. The ads were a response to Goldwater's advocacy of ta...
13: ...ctoral trends for Democrats, who had depended on the "solid South" as an electoralt base for a hundred...
15: ...ed conservative southern whites from the rest of the party (see [[Dixiecrat]]). - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...istory of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of Califor...
3: ...s after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Eur...
5: ...ty and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigio...
11: ...he traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about...
13: ...m, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
30: *[[Arnold Henry Bergier]]
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
97: *[[Victor Fisher]] (1938-)
100: *[[Emmanuel Frémiet]] (1824 - 1910)
103: *[[Daniel Chester French]] (1850 - 1931) - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
3: ...the only person in [[U.S. history]] to have been the [[governor]] of two different [[U.S. state|states...
5: ...ned as an Indian agent to the Cherokees. He left the army in March [[1818]].
7: ...| House of Representatives]] for Tennessee, where he was a staunch supporter of fellow Tennesseean [[A...
9: ...ng a trial for assault in Washington he left the Cherokee and his wife to enter [[Mexico|Mexican]] Tex...
11: ...ch [[1836]]. He negotiated a settlement with the Cherokee in February 1836. - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
19: ... unexpectedly gains the party nomination) to win the presidency.
21: ... the issuance of the first [[postage stamp]]s in the United States.
24: ...el Polk becoming one of the leading gentlemen of the area.
26: ...the risky surgery, enjoying better health during the rest of his life.
28: ...Polk was admitted to the bar in 1820, and established his own practice in [[Columbia, Tennessee|Columb... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...fectly. It was built to tolerances achievable in the [[19th century]], indicating that Babbage's machi...
5: ...nmouth]], and Charles' father became a warden of the nearby St. Michael?s Church.
8: ...Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
10: ...orge Peacock]], and several other friends formed the [[Analytical Society]].
12: ...t Peterhouse, but failed to graduate with honors. He instead received an honorary degree without exami... - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
3: ... the [[Naming the American Civil War|War Between the States]]).
6: ...]] and receiving his commendation for bravery in the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
10: ...ntucky]] in [[1821]]. In [[1824]], Davis entered the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Poin...
12: ... [[sawmill]] in the [[Yellow River]] in [[1831]], he contracted [[pneumonia]], causing him to return t...
14: ... illegally entering what would eventually become the state of [[Iowa]]. - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
3: ... history, and his death was a severe setback for the Confederacy.
6: ..., in what is now [[West Virginia]], when Thomas, their third son, was born.
8: ...grave in a homemade coffin in a small town along the [[James River and Kanawha Turnpike]] in [[Fayette...
12: ..., but he died of [[tuberculosis]] in [[1841]] at the age of 20.
14: ... Jackson's Mill, Thomas was a [[teacher|schoolteacher]]. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Republican Party (United States) (31573 bytes)
13: headquarters = 310 First Street SE<br> [[Washingto...
18: ...GOP is the more [[conservatism|conservative]] of the two major parties.
20: ...nter of 1833-1834 but was defunct by the time of the [[American Civil War]].
22: ...nce its inception, its chief opposition has been the Democratic Party.
24: The Republican 2004 [[political platform]] ''A Safer ... - Boron (9084 bytes)
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16: {{Elementbox_heatcapacity_jpmolkat25 | 11.087 }} - Silicon (13233 bytes)
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16: {{Elementbox_heatcapacity_jpmolkat25 | 19.789 }} - Zirconium (9876 bytes)
1: ...-- Here is a table of data; skip past it to edit the text. -->
19: | [[Chemical series]]
55: | Hexagonal
63: | 2128 [[Kelvin|K]] (3371 ?[[Fahrenheit|F]])
71: | [[Heat of vaporization]] - U.S. Electoral College (46986 bytes)
1: ... ratification of the [[Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution|23rd Amendment]].
5: For a historic overview of the U.S. Electoral College election maps, see [[U.S. ...
8: ... and Vice President. These electors in turn cast the official votes for those two offices.
10: ... [[1972]] and Nebraska since [[1996]], though neither has ever split its electoral votes.
12: ...toral votes for President becomes President, and the candidate who receives a majority of electoral vo...
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