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- History of the United States (21226 bytes)
24: ...mitted this trade when it benefitted them, but opposed it when it did not.
26: ...against U.S. trade practices, Britain imposed a loose blockade of the American coast.
30: ...icultural exports. The New England Federalists opposed the war, and their reputation consequently suff...
38: In May 1846 Congress declared war on [[Mexico]]. The U.S. def...
43: In 1854 the proposed [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] abrogated the [[Missour... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...en described as "dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane...
5: ...ifferent process, but very old comets which have lost all their [[volatile]] materials may come to res...
9: ...d the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be larger than the Sun, and the ta...
11: ...and the gases glowing due to [[ion|ionization]]. Most comets are too faint to be visible without the a...
17: ...highly charged [[ions]] fly through a cometary atmosphere, they collide with cometary atoms and molecu... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...ntific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of ...
6: ... [[theory|theories]] on established [[fact]], philosophy also enquires about other areas of knowledge,...
11: ...d on the ways in which scientists work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "const...
13: ...nature of ''theory change'' in science. Three philosophers in particular who represent the primary pol...
15: ... lines of those in the scientific community and those in the social sciences or humanities (for exampl... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
1: ...ors running inside a shield) runs along the rightmost leg of the 3 legged "tripod" mount that's attach...
5: ...ssure]] of the wind, but inasmuch as there is a close connection between the pressure and the velocity...
7: ... dimensions of the cups and arms, and may have almost any value between two and a little over three. T...
9: ..., however, as air meters, are employed, and give most satisfactory results.
11: ...uare or circular, while a wind vane keeps this exposed normally to the wind, and the pressure of the w... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
41: *[[Edwin Beard Budding]], (1795-1846) England — [[lawnmower]] and [[adjustable s...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]] - United States territorial acquisitions (5763 bytes)
13: ...]''', ceded to the U.S. by the Great Britain in [[1846]] under the [[Oregon Treaty]], the two countries ... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
50: ... between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 [[Northern United States|northern ...
53: ...vis]] as President, and with a [[Constitution]] closely modeled on the [[U.S. Constitution]] (see also...
56: ...l War. Blue represents Union states, including those admitted during the war; light blue represents U...
58: ...]], originally convened to vote on secession.<!--most of this MO detail should go in sub-article--> A...
67: ...Slavepatrols.jpg|275px|thumb|Slave "patrollers," mostly poor whites, were given the authority to stop,... - Timeline of United States history (1820-1859) (8457 bytes)
20: ...sident) anonymously publishes ''South Carolina Exposition and Protest'' arguing that states can [[null...
43: *[[1836]] - [[Gag Rule]] imposed
54: *[[1838]] - [[Aroostook War]]
68: *[[1846]] - [[Mexican-American War]] begins
69: *[[1846]] - [[Wilmot Proviso]] proposed - Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War (11837 bytes)
6: ... which the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, ra...
12: ...John C. Calhoun|Calhoun's]] ''[[South Carolina Exposition and Protest]]'' outlines [[nullification|nul...
15: ... 27, denouncing the notion that Americans must choose between liberty and union. "Liberty and Union, n...
20: ...tart seeing it not as a "necessary evil," but a "positive good."
47: |valign=center|'''[[1846]]''' - Michigan (29427 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = MI |
40: ...n became a major fur-trading and shipping post. Most of the rest of the region remained unsettled by ...
44: ..., and [[copper]], which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources.
57: ...ant [[Alphonse de Tonty]], established a trading post on the [[Detroit River]] which they name ''Fort ...
61: *[[1796]] Detroit and other posts in Michigan were turned over to the United Stat... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
12: | [[September 23]], [[1846]]
116: ...f" colspan="2" | [[celestial body's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] characteristics
136: ...eighth [[planet]] from the [[sun]], and the outermost [[gas giant]] in our [[solar system]]. It is fou...
142: ...o space. Neptune's [[celestial body atmosphere|atmosphere]] has the highest wind speeds in the solar s...
144: ... to 20 percent of the way towards the center, is mostly hydrogen and helium at high altitudes, but has... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...habitants after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins ...
5: ...e, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|...
10: ...Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early in...
13: ...from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsid... - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1199 bytes)
2: ...ty]] that ended the [[Mexican-American War]] of [[1846]] to [[1848]]. Under the treaty, [[Mexico]] surre... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
6: ...upreme Pontiff]] of the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|Universal Church]], [[Patriarch]] of...
27: | <small>''post''[[42]]/''ante''[[57]] to [[64]]/[[67]](?)</smal...
315: | '''[[Pope Zosimus]]'''<br><small>Saint Zosimus</small>
316: | Papa '''Zosimus''', <small>Episcopus Romanus</small>
405: | <small>[[Frosinone]], Southern Latium, Italy</small> - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...Boston Tea Party''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents against the [[Kingd...
2: ...n tea party.jpg|thumb|Destruction of tea at the "Boston Tea party".]]
3: ... Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard on...
7: ...s, huge stocks of tea in its warehouses, and no prospect of selling it because smugglers such as Hanco...
9: ...g as most American ports turned the tea away; at Boston however, the East India Company had the assist... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
33: ...co-Oakland [[Combined Statistical Area]] (CSA), whose population is over 7 million. U.S. census data ...
46: ...ce under Commodore [[John D. Sloat]] took it in [[1846]] in the name of the [[United States]]. It was th...
48: ... without water or firewood, San Francisco lacked most of the basic facilities for a nineteenth century...
58: ...the order opened its own charity hospital, Mercy Hospital of San Francisco, which is still in operatio...
60: ... late 19th century San Francisco was "Emperor" [[Joshua A. Norton]]. - Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
9: ...Gentry, and set up a [[trading post]] (''Wigwam Neosho'' near [[Fort Gibson, Oklahoma|Fort Gibson, Che...
22: ... (1848) and the [[Compromise of 1850]] and his opposition to the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]]. He was a [[l...
34: ... | before= none | after=[[John Hemphill]] | years=1846–1859}} - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
19: ...1849]]. Polk was born in [[North Carolina]], but mostly lived in and represented the [[U.S. state|stat...
21: ...gton Monument]], and the issuance of the first [[postage stamp]]s in the United States.
24: ...unty, Tennessee|Maury County]]. The family grew prosperous, with Samuel Polk becoming one of the leadi...
31: ... of Tennessee (1821–1823); he resigned the position in order to run his successful campaign for ...
33: ... violation of the will of the people; he even proposed (unsuccessfully) that the [[Electoral College]]... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ...ngdom|English]] [[mathematician]], analytical philosopher and (proto-) [[computer scientist]] who orig...
5: ...]] on [[December 26]], [[1791]], probably at 44 Crosby Row, Walworth Road, London. Charles' father, Be...
25: *Henry Prevost Babbage (born [[16 September]] [[1824]])
38: ... the rooms in his home to a workshop and hired [[Joseph Clement]] to oversee the construction of the e...
40: ...hematics]]. He initially wanted to turn down the position but several friends convinced him to accept.
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