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- Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...apid, beginning with the disastrous invasion of [[Russia]], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered ...
5: ...mes considered to have begun when Bonaparte [[18 Brumaire|seized power in France]], in November [[1799...
13: ...es, etc.) had left a mark. Even though Napoleonic rule was authoritarian, it was often less authoritar...
14: ... new and potentially powerful movement had been sprung: [[nationalism]]. Nationalism was to re-shape t...
20: ...rilliantly demonstrated in his rout of the Austro-Russian forces in 1805 in the [[Battle of Austerlitz... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
30: *[[Henry Cavendish]], (1731-1810), Bristish scientist
61: *[[Alexander Naumovich Frumkin]], (1895-1976), electrochemist
138: *[[Rudolph Pariser]], (born 1923), [[theoretical chemis...
156: *[[Henri Victor Regnault]] (1810-1878), [[France|French]] chemist and [[Physics|ph...
161: *[[Leopold Ruzicka]], (1887-1976), [[1939]] [[Nobel Prize in Ch... - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
4: It is estimated that at its height between [[1810]] and [[1850]], nearly 100,000 people escaped ens...
8: ===Structure===
23: ...ular train station in an attempt to intercept the runaways, while Still was able to meet them at the c...
44: ...]], and west to where the Appalachians become too rugged for foot travel. At the center of the funnel ...
48: Runaways also crossed the southern border to [[Mexic... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
42: *[[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
62: *[[Antoine-Denis Chaudet]] (1763 -1810)
173: *[[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]]
182: *[[Bruce McLean]]
199: *[[Clark Mills (sculptor)|Clark Mills]] (1810-83) - Montgolfier brothers (3356 bytes)
3: ...'' ([[August 26]], [[1740]] – [[June 26]], [[1810]]) and '''Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier''' ([[Jan... - African American (19830 bytes)
17: ...reviously had been denied. However, when [[Reconstruction]] ended in [[1877]], southern, white landown...
54: ...logy|anthropologists]] call it the ''hypo-descent rule'', meaning that racially mixed persons are assi...
56: ...egation]] and upheld the State of [[Louisiana]]'s ruling that, despite being 7/8 white, [[Homer Plessy...
58: ...icant, percentage. Native Americans often took in runaway bondsmen and women and accepted them as memb...
84: | [[1810]] || 1,377,808 || 19.0% - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: His father's money allowed Charles to receive instruction from several schools and tutors during the c...
10: ...as seriously disappointed in the mathematical instruction available at Cambridge. In response, he, [[J...
36: ...mpting the government to grant ?1500 for its construction in [[1823]].
38: ... and hired [[Joseph Clement]] to oversee the construction of the engine. Every part had to be formed b...
40: ...bage's father, and an infant son interrupted construction in [[1827]]. Work had already taxed Babbage ... - Lewis and Clark Expedition (11755 bytes)
12: ...''Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia'' by C.M. Russell]]
46: *Private [[Pierre Cruzatte]] (dates unknown)
74: *Interpreter [[George Drouillard]] (? – 1810), civilian - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
12: ...braham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
22: *[[Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
62: ...igory Barenblatt|Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt]] (Russia, USA, [[1927]] - ) - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...ce ([[Rail gauge|gauge]]) apart. Usually vehicles running on the rails are arranged in a [[train]] (a ...
8: ... the weight of the car on two four wheel support trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel ...
17: ...ifficult, and because securing the tracks as they run through cities and the countryside is impractica...
22: ...em on which to run. This system includes [[infrastructure]] such as tracks, [[railroad switch]]es, [[R...
26: ...yred metros]] and [[maglev]], since the cars also run in a guided path. The term "guideway" better des... - Harp (23216 bytes)
2: The '''harp''' is a [[stringed instrument|chordophone]] whose strings are positioned pe...
20: ...lue and all C strings are red or orange. The instrument rests between the knees of the harpist and al...
26: ...ented by [[Sebastien Erard|S颡stien Erard]] in [[1810]]. Earlier pedal harps had a single-action mechan...
35: == Wire-strung harps (clarsach or clairseach) ==
36: ...r a "'''clairseach'''" in [[Ireland]]. A metal-strung harp has a clear bell-like sound much prized fo... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
14: In 1810 [[Alexander von Humboldt]] originated the modern ...
25: Cities under Aztec rule seem to have paid heavy [[tribute]]s immediatel...
27: Archaeological excavations in the Aztec-ruled provinces show a steady increase in the welfar...
29: The main contribution of the Aztec rule was a system of communications between the conq...
49: ... see an [[eagle]] devouring a snake perched on a fruit-bearing [[nopal]] cactus. (It was said that Hu... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem'' or ''Knights of Malta'' or ''Knights of Rh...
5: ...aschid of [[Egypt]] to rebuild the hospice in [[Jerusalem]]. The hospice, which was built on the site ...
7: ...up just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into providing a...
9: ...r Hospitallers, at the height of the Kingdom of Jerusalem the Hospitallers held seven great forts and ...
15: ...g islands, as well as the Anatolian ports of [[Bodrum]] and [[Castellorizon]]. - War of 1812 (34444 bytes)
54: ...the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. [[Napoleon's invasion of Russia]] in 1812 is also sometimes referred to as th...
90: ...o intention of honoring this promise, but the ''[[ruse de guerre]]'' worked, and the United States rei...
99: ...states, were not amenable to discipline and, as a rule, performed poorly in the presence of the enemy....
110: ...icans aimed to cause disruption through [[hit and run]] tactics, such as the capture of [[prize]]s and...
116: ...three hours, the ''Java'' [[striking the colors|struck her colours]] and was burned after being judged... - Jacob Broom (291 bytes)
1: ...' ([[October 17]], [[1752]]–[[April 25]], [[1810]]) was a delegate to the [[United States|U.S.]] [... - Chlorine (10751 bytes)
17: {{Elementbox_crystalstruct | orthorhombic }}
53: ...s substituted for [[hydrogen]] (as in [[synthetic rubber]] production).
58: ...ined [[oxygen]]. Chlorine was given its name in [[1810]] by [[Humphry Davy]], who insisted that it was i... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
54: | [[Crystal structure]]
101: | 1810 kJ/mol
177: ...' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] '''''hydrargyrum''''', for ''watery'' (or ''liquid'') ''silver'')...
192: ...eter|coulometers]], and many other laboratory instruments.
210: ...mical symbol]] for mercury. It comes from hydrargyrum, a [[Latin]]ized form of the [[Greek]] word hydr... - Tellurium (8984 bytes)
53: | [[Crystal structure]]
65: | 1261 K (1810 ?F) - Samuel F. B. Morse (8859 bytes)
9: ...ay]]. He earned money by painting portraits. In [[1810]], he graduated from Yale University. Morse later...
11: ...tte]]'s portrait (for [[Dollar|$]]1,000). On [[February 7]] of that same year, Morse's wife, Lucretia,...
15: ...es take walks together at night among the ancient ruins. Morse also painted Thorvaldsen's portrait. In...
26: ...first time it worked was on [[January 6]]). On February 21, Morse demonstrated the telegraph to Presid...
40: ...Baron Kelvin|Lord Kelvin]], [[Joseph Henry]], [[Cyrus West Field]], [[Ezra Cornell]], [[Washington All... - Arthur Middleton (2124 bytes)
3: ... (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] was said to be ruthless.
5: ...St. Augustine]], [[Florida]] (along with [[Edward Rutledge]]), until exchanged in July the following y...
7: ...815]]-[[1819]]), and held the post of Minister to Russia ([[1820]]-[[1830]]).
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