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- Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...Post Oak/Black Jack Oak savanah territory of the Cross Timbers, to the plains and semi-arid regions of...
48: The state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...ry (Northeastern Oklahoma, including the Tulsa Metropolitan area), Kiamichi Country (Southeastern Okla...
60: From a [[bioregional]] perspective, Oklahoma is recog...
61: Tall Grass Prairie, [[Cross Timbers]], Caves & Prairie, [[Ozark]] Highlands... - Nevada (17565 bytes)
37: ...us]] figure of 1,998,257. Nevada is the fastest growing state in the country. Between 2000 and 2003, ...
41: ... ''cat'' or ''hat''. (Residents often regard the pronunciation as a test of whether visitors such as p...
47: ...ng up. This discovery brought a flood of miners, prospectors, merchants and others hoping to strike it...
49: ... 36th state in the union. Statehood was rushed through despite Nevada's tiny population to help ensur...
51: ...]] west of the Colorado River. The transfer was prompted by the discovery of gold in the area, and it... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...dirty snowballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] ...
5: ...r [[volatile]] materials may come to resemble asteroids.
9: ... the tails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...s of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, i...
15: ... tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary surfaces... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ... [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scienc...
11: ...work, looking closely at the ways in which they "produce" and "construct" scientific knowledge. Since ...
13: ...progressive, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any othe...
21: ...s a direct outgrowth of [[religion]], often as a project of a particular religious community.
23: ...hat would describe nature as it was in the world around them. - History of biology (3053 bytes)
3: ...: Geologia, biologia, phytologia generalis et dendrologia'', published in [[1766]].
5: ...tes]] of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s in the world around him, which he devote considerable attention to...
7: ...ulated his [[laws of inheritance]] published in [[1866]]. However, his work was not recognized for a few...
9: ... of evolutionary theory|opposition and support]] from different parts of society.
13: ...ore as ''[[unsolved problems in biology|unsolved problems]]''. [[Clone]]s of both [[plant]]s and [[ani... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
4: ...ive. His father wanted him to go into the family grocery store business, but Claude Monet wanted to pa...
8: ...g open spaces and light painted with thick brushstrokes.
10: ...Camille, ou la femme � la robe verte)'', which brought him recognition, depicted [[Camille Doncieux]...
15: ...is. From the painting's title, art critic Louis Leroy coined the term "impressionism".
21: ...ints. His first series is of [[Rouen]] Cathedral from different points of view and at different times ... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, destroying the wings and causing Icarus to fall into the...
5: ...ngs ([[Wright brothers]]). Modern planes are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that ...
15: ...etation of his design, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo als...
17: ...l the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers.
19: ...r "rage" in Europe in the late [[18th century]], providing the first detailed understanding of the rel... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
32: ''Briefly from March [[1865]]''
50: ...n the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 [[Northern United States|northern states]...
53: ...]), [[Arkansas]] ([[May 6]], [[1861]]), [[North Carolina]] ([[May 20]], [[1861]]), and [[Tennessee]] (...
55: ...1861|rioting in Baltimore]] and other events had prompted a federal declaration of [[martial law]]. [...
58: ...stern counties of Virginia organized a secession from Virginia and entered the Union (with a plan for ... - Timeline of United States history (1860-1899) (10289 bytes)
3: ...eline of United States history]] concerns events from '''[[1860]] to [[1899]]'''.
9: *[[1860]] - [[Crittenden Compromise]]
10: *[[1860]] - [[South Carolina]] secedes
23: *[[1863]] - Lincoln issues [[Emancipation Proclamation]]
25: *[[1863]] - Pro-Union counties become sovereign state of [[West V... - History of the United States (1865-1918) (52094 bytes)
2: ...ive population. U.S. industry expanded rapidly throughout the era; by the dawn of the 20th century, i...
7: ...deral government, established the conditions and procedures for reintegrating the southern states.
9: ...w Johnson]], who vetoed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1866]]; however, his veto was overridden. This failur...
11: ...e governments or adequate protection for life or property now exist in the rebel States."
13: ...he formation of the original [[Ku Klux Klan]], in 1866; but it lasted for only three years. - Columbus Day (5999 bytes)
6: ...in 1905, and in 1937, President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] set aside Columbus Day as a holiday in t...
8: ... by most private American employers as a day off from work.
11: ...s of [[Europe]] and [[the Americas]] which would produce the new [[Mestizo]] race, culture, and identi...
16: ...e United States, this has caused a persistent controversy between Native Americans and [[Italian Ameri...
18: ...ed. Thus, [[Ward Churchill]] (the controversial professor of Ethnic Studies at [[University of Colora... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...tisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate has se...
4: ...the Senate. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary for the passage of...
6: ...f the United States was named after the ancient [[Roman Senate]]. The chamber of the United States Sen...
10: ...fe and their weight of property, and bearing as strong a likeness to the British House of Lords as pos...
12: ...gislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Representatives)". <!--Sources ... - Ernest William Brown (1403 bytes)
1: ... – [[July 22]] [[1938]]) was a British [[astronomer]].
3: ...s. He also calculated the orbits of [[Trojan asteroid]]s.
5: He won the [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] in [[1907]], the [[Bruce Medal]]...
7: ...s named after him, as is the [[asteroid]] [[1643 Brown]].
11: ...[http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Brown/index.html Bruce Medal page] - World Series (40101 bytes)
1: ...ine playoff]]) and is awarded the [[World Series Trophy]]. The World Series has been an annual event s...
3: The [[2004 World Series]] was played from [[October 23]] until [[October 27]], between the...
4: ==Introduction==
7: ... preceding it - is used to fund a Players' Pool, from which descending shares are distributed to the W...
11: ...supposed sponsorship. (For details, see [http://roadsidephotos.com/baseball/name.htm Mr. Pappas's we... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - Alexander Graham Bell (18688 bytes)
4: ... the telephone and innovations in aviation and hydrofoil technology |
12: ...e for important advances in [[aviation]] and [[hydrofoil]] technology.
17: ...lexander Melville Bell]], in Edinburgh, were all professed elocutionists. The latter has published a v...
19: ... spent at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. From [[1866]] to [[1867]], he was an instructor at Somersetsh...
21: ...eclined the post in favor of his son, who became Professor of Vocal Physiology and Elocution at [[Bost... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...timate 2004-01-01). The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy [[lagoon]] along the ...
6: ...y anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of autonomy and eventual [[independence]]. Ven...
8: ...rom Verona in 1178, opening a lifeline to silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michie...
10: ...s [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the defence of Venetian sovereignt...
12: ...d the [[Latin Empire]]. Considerable plunder was brought back to Venice, including the [[Mark the Evan... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
11: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] (1595 - 1654)
22: *[[Pietro da Barga]]
32: *[[Miguel Berrocal]] (1933 - )
45: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475 - 1564)
54: *Sir [[Anthony Caro]] (1924 - )
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