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- compositional style, taking inspiration from the works of Béla Bartók and ... including Fritz Reiner, who conducted the premiere of the Symphonietta ...5 KB (687 words) - 14:08, 17 May 2021
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... spatial scale, speed, geographic location, the types of forces producing ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- The aeolian harp (also æolian harp or wind harp) is a musical instrument ... The aeolian harp takes its name from the Greek god of the wind, Aeolus ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- in 1937 for her immensely successful novel, Gone with the Wind, that was published in 1936. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling ...11 KB (1,758 words) - 04:02, 6 November 2022
- A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying ... apparatus to determine drag and did some of the first experiments in aviation ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part. The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- Harpy is the singular form for the mythical creatures called Harpies ... The word Harpy in English comes from Old French harpie from the Latin ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- The solar wind is a stream of charged particles — a plasma — ejected ... The solar wind creates the heliosphere, a vast bubble in the interstellar ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 00:46, 4 February 2023
- A windmill is a machine with rotating blades that is designed to convert ... Most modern windmills, more appropriately called wind turbines, are ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- lines, on mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, on temples or homes ... in a kindred relationship throughout the history of Buddhist expansion ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... Flutes produce sound by directing a focused stream of air below the ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- non-tropical coasts and in inland areas, the most common constituent is ... harmless, and children have fun playing in the sand. One must take appropriate ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- classical music that has been performed at the Imperial court for several ... Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794 ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- A sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups, the other ... of rock that covers about 75 percent of the Earth's land area. They ...11 KB (1,524 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- Literature. She is considered to be one of the most prominent writers of ... both southern Presbyterian missionaries. The family was sent to Zhenjiang ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- sophisticated musical works. Serenades of the eighteenth and nineteenth ... a type of cantata performed outdoors. From the Classical period until now ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- object, whether it is a planet (like the earth), a planet’s moon ... Human knowledge of the magnetosphere dates from 1958 when the first ...23 KB (3,695 words) - 05:21, 5 November 2022
- hill of sand formed by eolian (aeolian, or wind-related) processes. Dunes ... Some coastal areas have one or more sets of dunes running parallel ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- c.e.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the third of the philosophers ... Thales, the first philosopher of Ionia, conceived the original being ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- The Arapaho tribe of Native Americans historically lived on the eastern ... After adopting the Plains culture, Arapaho bands separated into two ...23 KB (3,297 words) - 21:30, 11 August 2023
- being struck, shaken, rubbed, and scraped with an implement, or by any other ... The word, "percussion," has evolved from the Latin terms: ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- In Mesopotamian religion Shamash was the Akkadian name of the sun ... In addition to being the god of the sun, Shamash was also the deity ...13 KB (2,138 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- Sediment is any particulate matter that is transported by the flow ... Sediments may be transported by the action of streams, rivers, glaciers ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:44, 25 January 2023
- An aurora is a natural display of glowing light in the night sky, ... as aurora borealis or northern lights, and the southern counterpart is called ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- Typha is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the Typhaceae family ... provide important ecological values. The plants are often home to many ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 15:57, 11 November 2022
- :This article is about the wooden implement. [[Image:Boomerang.jpg ... or tribal origin and intended function. The most recognizable type is ...18 KB (2,904 words) - 19:33, 20 November 2023
- A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow ... Turbines are often part of a larger machine. Nearly all of the electrical ...17 KB (2,749 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee ... After 34 years as a NASA engineer, she become manager of both the ...16 KB (2,224 words) - 08:41, 10 March 2023
- of Fire"), is an archipelago at the extreme southern tip of South ... The total area is 73746|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on about two-thirds of ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 23:33, 30 April 2023
- The Van Allen radiation belt (or Van Allen belt) is a torus of energetic ... uniformly distributed around its surface. On the Sun side, it is compressed ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- essays, and short stories, most notably in the fantasy and science fiction ... Le Guin was one of the pioneers of a sub-genre of science fiction ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- In geology and environmental science, erosion is the displacement ... a certain degree of erosion is healthy for the ecosystem. Excessive erosion ...24 KB (3,723 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- The Namib Desert is a coastal desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola ... The desert's aridity is caused by the descent of dry, warm air ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:13, 11 November 2022
- Outer space (often called space) consists of the relatively empty ... For practical purposes, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- Acer pseudoplatanus, and all members of the genus Platanus. These trees ... Ficus sycomorus is the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible. It is ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- were as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and as Blanche ... #039;s best-selling historical novel Gone with the Wind. She heard that a film ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or Flügelhorn—from ... It resembles a trumpet, and the tube has the same length but a wider ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice ... Snow can act as an insulator that conserves the heat of the Earth ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- Enûma Eliš (also transliterated Enuma Elish) is the Babylonian or ... on seven clay tablets. This epic is one of the most important sources for ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- The piccolo (Italian for 'small') url= http://www.merriam ... is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 20:24, 26 December 2023
- The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe that ... The region covers almost 500|mi|km east to west and 3000|mi|km ...26 KB (3,847 words) - 07:33, 4 January 2024
- A wind instrument (or aerophone) is a musical instrument that contains ... without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively chordophones ...37 KB (5,471 words) - 15:52, 11 March 2024
- also known as Cyclonic Storm Akash) marked the first named tropical cyclone ... The storm initially brought heavy rainfall to the Andaman and Nicobar ...14 KB (1,970 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- :This article is about the astronomical term. [[Image:Solar eclips ... A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument ... in length with most instruments measuring around 1.2|m|ft|abbr=on ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- [[Image:Nez-perce-couple-teepee-1900.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|A tipi ... skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans of the Great ...15 KB (2,483 words) - 23:39, 30 April 2023
- films that featured elaborate performances with swimming, diving and "water ... skills. The film was second only to Gone with the Wind as the most successful ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- The igloo or iglu is the traditional shelter of Inuit living in the ... A similar construction is the quinzhee, which is a shelter made by ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:41, 4 February 2023
- The Arabian Sea is located in the northwestern part of the Indian ... The Sea provides an important link between the neighboring areas of ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting ... habitable but to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- Hickory is the common name for any of the deciduous trees comprising ... Reflecting the concept of bi-level functionality, members of this ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:46, 25 January 2023
- one of Hollywood's legendary figures, with leading roles in more than ... Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind but the teaming failed ...9 KB (1,222 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits ... available. Generally these devices decrease the amount of force required to ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- is an example of a gravity current--that is, the material falls or slides under ... An avalanche is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains. A ...28 KB (4,333 words) - 07:09, 23 August 2023
- artists like James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone in the late 1960s ... driven by sixteenth-note divisions of the beat; crisp and active rhythm ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- that act on any celestial body exposed to the harsh space environment. Airless ... == History: Space weathering on the Moon == [[Image:Weatheredrim.jpg ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 17:14, 14 October 2022
- is a form of hydropower that exploits the rise and fall in sea levels ... generation and is more predictable than wind energy and solar power. In ...18 KB (2,762 words) - 23:26, 30 April 2023
- and Romanian physicist, whose writings in the 1920s sparked a surge of interest ... Oberth was the son of Dr. Julius Oberth, the head of a Saxon family ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
- a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent ... The coastal area of Provence was settled by Greeks and Phoenicians ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal Jewish story which appears as ... Bel and the Dragon and other deuterocanonical books were included ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- was a celebrated pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the sixth century, circa 500-535 ... but he was also the subject of condemnation because of the content ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 12:38, 4 March 2024
- Rhett Butler in the 1930 epic film, Gone With the Wind, in which he starred ... the role of Miss Pittypat in Gone With the Wind) who encouraged him ...25 KB (3,981 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting ... Formerly, most parachuting was performed by the military forces of ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferae ... in gardens and enjoyed in nature around the world for their quiet beauty ...19 KB (2,759 words) - 20:26, 15 May 2020
- 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed ... com Grove Music] Retrieved January 3, 2008. the keyboard dominated much of ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- Ryōkan (良寛) (1758-1831) was a Zen Buddhist monk of the Edo period ... Ryōkan (良寛) was born at Izumozaki in Echigo Province, on the ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- The Takla Makan (also Taklamakan or Taklimakan) is China's largest ... The constantly shifting sands and extreme weather conditions of the ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- some type of marching or other movement with musical performance. Instrumentation ... Marching bands are generally categorized by function and by the style ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- :This article is about arid terrain. It should not be confused with ... mineral deposits that were formed in the arid environment or exposed ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 09:55, 29 January 2024
- The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, encompasses ... The Thar Desert's name derives from the word t'hul, the ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- Ragweed is the common name for any of the various wind-pollinated ... The scientific name of this genus is sometimes claimed to be derived ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- The Shoshone (also spelled Shoshoni) are a Native American tribe with ... Possibly the most famous member of the Shoshone tribe was Sacagawea ...26 KB (4,027 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- Pollination, an important step in the reproduction of seed plants ... Plants, being immobile, normally require agents for the transport ...25 KB (3,659 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- attach a ship or boat to a specific point at the bottom of a body of water ... of a large mass, such as a rock, resting on the seabed, and it is usually ...30 KB (5,219 words) - 01:04, 9 January 2023
- 3, 1931) was a conductor, violinist, and the most internationally known ... in a poor peasant family in Sortelung on the Danish island of Funen, not ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Khayyám contributed a number of insights to the development of geometry, algebra ... known as a poet, and particularly for the volume The Rubaiyat of Omar ...11 KB (1,780 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- name is Yongshu, also self nicknamed The Old Drunkard 醉翁, or The ... In his prose works, Ouyang followed the example of Han Yu, promoting ...18 KB (2,877 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- 1190) was a Japanese Buddhist priest-poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura ... and other seasonal and miscellaneous topics. The Mimosusogawa utaawase (“Poetry ...14 KB (2,344 words) - 18:56, 22 December 2022
- The reed organ is a keyboard instrument that operates via bellows ... Most pressure wind type reed organs were built in Europe, although ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 03:00, 8 December 2022
- Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- generally using electromagnetic induction. The source of mechanical energy ... and have led to many modern advances. In the future, we may see electrical ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Babylonia and arguably ... The essential story tells of the spiritual maturation of the heroic ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- She is probably best known, however, as the sister of famous English Romantic ... Dorothy Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. She was the ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 21:07, 13 August 2020
- "lap organs," which were built in the United States around 1840 ... The melodeon is the forerunner of the more familiar pump organ reminiscent ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- 1866 – March 1, 1912) is considered to be the first world-level Russian ... Moscow High Engineering College. Alhough the career of civil engineering ...6 KB (842 words) - 03:37, 7 December 2022
- Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with studying ... Aerodynamics forms the scientific basis for heavier-than-air flight ...26 KB (3,914 words) - 06:23, 15 June 2023
- rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal or chest register (or ... In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- or thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth) or naturally replenished ... The term renewable energy is often used interchangeable with alternative ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC (United ... The Enlightenment had placed humanity at the center of the world, ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family ... Because the oboe's penetrating sound and expressive abilities ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- Weasel is the common name for various carnivorous mammals in the genus ... Originally, the name "weasel" was applied to one species ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- Pecan is the common name for a large, North American deciduous hickory ... The pecan provides an important food resource for many animals, including ...12 KB (1,631 words) - 07:10, 23 November 2022
- forms of diagonal bracing (called "wind braces") to stabilize ... standardized dimensional lumber has become the dominant construction method ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 06:40, 1 April 2024
- The respiratory system is an integrated network of organs and tubes ... Harmony is seen in the fact that the respiratory system in animals ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 19:44, 16 April 2023
- A fishing reel is a device used for the deployment and retrieval of ... is generally given credit for inventing the first fishing reel in America ...18 KB (3,010 words) - 00:51, 30 July 2022
- and piano miniatures, and founder of the American Academy in Rome and ... MacDowell is considered among the first American composers to achieve ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- The Crab Nebula (catalog designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a ... This nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- ; named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands) is the southernmost ... Cape Horn is widely considered to be the most southerly point of South ...25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name ... of differing sizes and pitches. It is the largest such instrument family ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- "forethought") is the Titan honored chiefly for ... ===Place among the gods=== Prometheus was a son of the Titan Iapetus ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... having useful energy available in adequate amounts to meet the needs ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific Ocean signatures, ... The atmospheric signature, the Southern Oscillation (SO) reflects ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- into useful mechanical power or motion. If the engine produces kinetic energy ... ==Usage of the term "engine"== Originally, an engine was ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Dà Xué (大學 or 大学), usually translated as The Great Learning ... Prior to this popularization, the Da Xue had previously been a single ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 14:25, 13 May 2020
- Surf fishing is the sport of catching fish while standing on the shoreline ... including tide, moon phase, current, wind, weather, water temperature ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 23:52, 26 February 2023
- recordings, Winston came to prominence with his 1980 album Autumn, which ... recordings brought him acclaim, and allowed the world to enjoy his music, ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 21:17, 29 October 2023
- Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down an inrun with ... Ski jumping, like skydiving, is a sport practiced by those who enjoy ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... Pentecost is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, or Whit Sunday in the ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- The Sanskrit word dvaita means "dualism". For definition ... This school was established as a new development in the Vedanta exegetical ...14 KB (2,041 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- flat surfaces which revolve or oscillate. The most common applications of ... climate control, cooling systems, personal wind-generation (such as an electric ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- composer, and pianist. John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and ... over 100 million singles, making him one of the most successful artists of ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... The Trinitarian doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct "person ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards ... policy in a vastly improved climate from the authoritarian South Korean ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere that contains ... The ozone in this layer absorbs most of the Sun's high-frequency ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- The grass family, Poaceae, is one of the largest plant families, and ... While the Poaceae family comprises those species that are botanically ...14 KB (2,146 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... in both the novel and the movie Gone With The Wind. That myth argued that ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding our planet ... The atmosphere protects and sustains life on Earth in a variety of ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- The Liezi (列子 in Chinese characters, Lièzĭ in pinyin) is a Daoist ... The text is divided into eight thematically-organized chapters, each ...18 KB (2,907 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- A season is one of the major divisions of the year, generally based ... In some tropical and subtropical regions, where the amount of precipitation ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 17:37, 25 January 2023
- The Tripitaka Koreana (lit. Goryeo Tripitaka) or Palman Daejanggyeong ... Buddhist scholars consider the Tripitaka Koreana the best preserved ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- Populus is a genus of deciduous trees in the flowering plants family ... The Populus genus is native to most of the Northern Hemisphere, including ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (original: The Rime of the Ancyent ... The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was the first poem in the volume; ...18 KB (2,959 words) - 15:42, 30 April 2023
- This article is about the Roman philosopher. For the Native American ... [[Image:Seneca.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Seneca the Younger]] ...18 KB (2,996 words) - 09:45, 26 January 2023
- Buddhism. Hinduism's oldest scripture, the Rig Veda, contains hymns of ... The word Deva likely derives from the Proto-Indo-European deiwos, ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- #039;s atmosphere. Almost 90 percent of all the incoming cosmic ray particles ... sources--ranging from energetic processes on the Sun all the way to the farthest ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found ... The flower structure contains the plant's reproductive organs ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 15:42, 21 January 2023
- The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the ... The Hills, which cover an area 125 miles long and 65 miles wide, include ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- woodlands, and lakes, preserving much of the Mount Desert Island associated ... Acadia National Park is the only national park in New England and ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the valley of the Red Deer ... park is well known for being one of the largest known dinosaur fossil ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all ... Trombones are usually characterized by a telescopic slide with which ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- Hanuman (from the Sanskrit "having a large jaw") is an important ... Hanuman is one of the more popular deities in the Hindu pantheon, ...19 KB (3,063 words) - 19:40, 29 January 2022
- Shaanxi province, China) was one of the greatest Chinese strategists ... Zhuge Liang is considered the most popular Chinese hero and statesman ...18 KB (2,855 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- conductor, band leader, and author of the late nineteenth and early ... effects that became emblematic of the genre. Among his best known ...15 KB (2,115 words) - 07:04, 3 August 2022
- His most famous works is Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)... The Little ... Saint-Exupéry disappeared on the night of July 31, 1944 while flying ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- was a Scottish broadcasting executive. As the general manager of the BBC ... in Scotland John Charles Walsham Reith was the youngest, by ten years, of ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- Shoshone National Forest was the first federally protected National ... Three major mountain ranges are partially in the forest: the Absaroka ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... The islands were named by the Spanish Francisco Eliza who explored ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Aesop (also spelled Æsop, from the Greek Αἴσωπος – Aisōpos) is the figure traditionally credited with the collection ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Tracy is still widely considered one of the most skillful actors of his ... In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- they have been and are still flown all over the world. See also gliding and ... A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- The Scopes Trial (often called the Scopes Monkey Trial) was a highly ... The Scopes Trial (Scopes v. State, 152 Tenn. 424, 278 S.W. 57 (Tenn ...29 KB (4,801 words) - 17:27, 25 January 2023
- The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred ... The center was initiated in 1960 by a Lower Manhattan Association ...31 KB (4,719 words) - 11:15, 19 May 2023
- addition to charting more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs ... Travis is considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music ...14 KB (2,016 words) - 00:35, 8 December 2022
- The America’s Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- ions that gush into space from regions near the Earth's poles. The faint ... An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- Willow is the common name for any of the deciduous trees and shrubs ... moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Some ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 21:53, 25 November 2022
- known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: ... watching foreign movies, especially Gone with the Wind. It also revealed that ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province) is the only self-governing province ... For most of the island's history, Jeju-do had little contact ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- As a member of the angiosperms or flowering plants, monocots (and ... Monocots dominate great parts of the earth and comprise the majority ...8 KB (1,275 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose ... has existed since prehistoric times. Though the human voice is likely to have ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. The term orchestra derives from ... In the history of Western musical tradition, the evolution of symphony ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- is known as an airbase or air station. The terms airfield, airstrip, ... one runway or helipad (for helicopters), with other components such as terminal ...33 KB (5,029 words) - 20:47, 27 October 2023
- 1984) was an American writer, best known for the novel Trout Fishing in America ... Brautigan's work captured the zeitgeist of the 1960s youth culture ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched of the brass instruments ... Among the instrumental groups of definite pitch in the modern symphony ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- form, source, or technology differing from the current popular forms, sources ... The term alternative energy also is used for energy derived from sources ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- of folk music and rock music. Originally the term referred to a genre that ... Folk rock had antecedents in the labor movement of the 1930s, notably ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- Bird migration refers to the regular (and often seasonal) journeys ... The most common pattern among the migratory birds of Europe and North ...22 KB (3,318 words) - 17:57, 31 October 2023
- Weathering is the process of disintegration of rocks and soils and ... and chemical. Mechanical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks and soils ...18 KB (2,677 words) - 22:02, 11 June 2020
- chalk-like sedimentary rock. It consists of the fossilized remains of diatoms ... Given that diatomite is produced from the remains of waterborne diatoms ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 12:00, 29 January 2024
- officer and explorer. Fremont mapped most of the Oregon Trail and climbed the ... Fremont was the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful ... With Asian countries on the western Pacific rim projected to continue ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the opening ... The Golden Gate Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world ...15 KB (2,265 words) - 13:23, 19 December 2022
- Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from ... . He is considered one of the best pitchers ever to have played the game. ...22 KB (3,298 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- recorded over 40 live and studio albums, the biggest body of her work being ... rhythm and blues singing to a higher level with her ease at storytelling through ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of ... figure in his own time, but he became the idol of later generations ...20 KB (3,154 words) - 00:32, 24 November 2022
- Catamarans can be sail- or engine-powered. The catamaran was first discovered ... Catamarans are a relatively recent introduction to the design of boats ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- in the United States since Gone with the Wind (1936) and still at ... seller in the United States since Gone with the Wind. Both the novel and ...24 KB (3,406 words) - 16:05, 28 November 2023
- The General Electric Company, or GE ( GE and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- Korea. Korean folk dancers perform Geom-mu with special costumes, dance motions ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) is the name of two Chinese mythological ... Often viewed as the sacred union of male and female, Feng being male ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, ... This planet is heavily cratered and appears similar to the Moon. It ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United ... Wyoming has the distinction of being a state that provided several ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- Poppy is the common name for any of the plants comprising the Papaver ... The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact ... Most tornadoes have wind speeds of 110 miles per hour (mph) (175 kilometers ...56 KB (8,507 words) - 00:50, 20 February 2024
- The Spanish Armada or Great Armada was the Spanish fleet that sailed ... The Armada was sent by King Philip II of Spain, who had been king ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- The most common design today uses a thin membrane that vibrates in ... In a condenser microphone, also known as a capacitor microphone, the ...49 KB (7,389 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a federally ... The Crow had migrated west to the plains where they adopted the lifestyle ...27 KB (4,037 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- measure atmospheric pressure. It can measure the pressure exerted by the atmosphere ... pressure predicts stormy weather" is the basis for a primitive weather ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in northeastern ... on Alaska's North Slope. It extends from the Beaufort Sea on ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil, located on ... Once magnificent settlements, these ksour began their decline in the ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- enterprises he conducted in Paris: The Banque Générale and the ... A gambler, banker, murderer, royal adviser, exile, and adventurer ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- best known for his invention of the barometer. In addition he ... Torricelli was born in Faenza Papal States, near Ravenna, Italy. The ...8 KB (1,143 words) - 04:50, 23 March 2024
- The Solar system (or solar system) Capitalization of the name varies ... is the home stellar system for human beings and all known forms of ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to ... His main focus as Prime Minister was on the economy, but in the end ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 09:22, 19 January 2024
- poems. He is best known for his books about the teddy bear, Winnie the Pooh ... Milne's generosity lives beyond him. Royalties from the Pooh ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 06:49, 13 June 2023
- The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system ... About 74 percent of the Sun's mass is hydrogen, 25 percent is ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- Date palm or date is the common name for a palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera ... While the term "date palm" by itself typically is associated ...25 KB (3,862 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- The Arctic Circle is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33' ... ==The Geometry of the Circle== The Arctic Circle marks the southern ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and ... from a nebula that collapsed to produce the solar system, about five billion ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- and actor. He is generally regarded as the most influential filmmaker ... Tarkovsky, son of the prominent poet Arseny Tarkovsky, was a product ...16 KB (2,516 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... Although the key of a piece may be named in the title (e.g. Symphony ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed ... The Badlands Wilderness, designated by Congress in 1976, is located ...20 KB (3,121 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- had been constructed on a site that had been the scene of much suffering. First ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- to more than 100 micrometers in diameter. The field of aerosol science and ... and sea spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, also ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- in a garden, lawn, or agricultural field. The term often is used to describe ... Weeds may be unwanted because they are unsightly, or they limit the ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 22:25, 11 June 2020
- as "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- excess salt and other minerals from water. The term desalination may also ... or irrigation, or, if almost all of the salt is removed, for human ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- :This article is about the aviation term. [[Image:FA-18 Hornet breaking ... In aerodynamics, the sound barrier usually refers to the point at ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- on their mineral and chemical composition, the texture of the constituent ... The Earth's crust (including the lithosphere) and mantle are ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- He was founder of the Woodcraft Indians and one of the founding pioneers ... Seton is also recognized, along with William Bartram, John Audubon ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, and gases ... and shelter to many animals, and it is the home to bacteria, fungi, and ...27 KB (4,112 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2022
- company of Dutch and British origins. It is the second largest private sector ... The company's main business is the exploration for and the production ...44 KB (6,285 words) - 21:48, 16 April 2023
- Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting ... using a radio frequency system to implement the data link), but can also refer ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- part of Scarlett in the epic film Gone with the Wind, director David O. ... *Lambert, Gavin. GWTW: The Making of Gone with the Wind. Bantam, 1976 ...25 KB (3,800 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- A lichen is a composite organism composed of a fungus (the mycobiont ... The body (thallus) of most lichens is quite different from that of ...19 KB (2,789 words) - 22:35, 25 October 2022
- The Aleuts (Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people ... They received assistance and support from the Russian Orthodox missionaries ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific ... 40 to 55 miles (60km to 90km) of open sea. The three atolls are located in ...17 KB (2,411 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- structure traditionally used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia. The ... a modern tent, apart from its portability—the structure packs up small ...18 KB (2,825 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the ... The honorees are selected based on excellence in music, dance, theater ...22 KB (2,997 words) - 16:12, 20 July 2023
- The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ... National flags can be important patriotic symbols with varying interpretations ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- was an Italian composer. As a student of the Neapolitan School and a follower ... who became a Dominican monk and helped the composer in his old age, and ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- (born June 17, 1882, Oranienbaum (in the Soviet times Lomonosov) near ... Russian period: L'Oiseau de feu ("The Firebird") (1910), Petrushka ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- The Dutch Empire is the name given to the various territories controlled ... With Dutch naval power rising rapidly as a major force from the late ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 18:52, 24 August 2020
- and thunderstorms that produces strong wind and flooding rain. A tropical ... The adjective "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- of Sino-Japanese Buddhism, especially among the Chinese school of Hua-Yen ... Derived largely from the teachings of the Mahavairocana Sutra and ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- Welsh poet who is widely considered one of the most influential English-language ... Dylan Thomas was born in the coastal city of Swansea, Wales. His father ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- ) is an ancient Greek word meaning the "right or opportune moment ... Kairos time is usually perceived as a time of crisis. With this in ...9 KB (1,381 words) - 22:33, 4 October 2022
- The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed inland sea located in Northern Europe ... Similar to the Black Sea, the Baltic is one of the most brackish bodies ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- Dendroclimatology is the science of determining past climate conditions ... By combining multiple tree-ring studies (sometimes with other climate ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 00:41, 27 July 2022
- born pianist, composer and champion of the saxophone and the Concert ... not otherwise be well known. By utilizing the music of cultures other than ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres ... for photosynthesis, and water vapor for the precipitation that replenishes ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- A lake (from the Latin word lacus) is an inland body of water, not ... Some have defined a lake as a water body with a minimum surface area of ...31 KB (4,835 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- aesthetician, actor and playwright. At the age of 12 he attracted the ... Zeami wrote more than 50 plays for the Noh theater, as well as Fūshi ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 05:44, 13 June 2023
- Wang Xizhi (Wang Hsi-chih, 王羲之) (303 – 361) was the most celebrated ... Wang Xizhi’s most famous work is Lantingji Xu (Preface to the Poems ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 22:52, 3 May 2023
- The Griffin (sometimes spelled gryphon or griffen, gryphos in Ancient ... Griffins have had a rather consistent physiology throughout the ages ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica in Portuguese) is a region of ... Because of its isolation from the Amazon Basin by a drier region to ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- called an airplane or aeroplane, (from the Greek: aéros- "air" ... large airliners and military cargo aircraft. The term also embraces aircraft ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, ... and understanding the processes that deposit them. Gary Nichols, Sedimentology ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- The trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash are a folk ... was an instant hit. When Neil Young joined the supergroup, their first album ...21 KB (3,245 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- 6, 1542) was a poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. Although ... While the Renaissance in literature began centuries earlier in Italy ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- writer who lived in Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. Liu Zongyuan ... Born in Chang'an, Liu Zongyuan was promoted very rapidly in the ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- lines called a "ballad meter" with simple repeating rhymes, often ... In traditional and preliterate societies, the ballad served to carry ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- more effective action of one domain on the other. The most basic tools are simple machines. For example, a hammer typically ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 17:21, 18 April 2023
- forms when separate drops of water fall to the Earth's surface from ... Rain plays a role in the hydrologic cycle in which moisture from the ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 00:07, 8 December 2022
- Recreation Area are adjacent to it on the southwest and south, respectively ... The park, which lies along the northwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau ...19 KB (2,793 words) - 22:09, 25 November 2023
- A balloon is a flexible bag normally filled with a gas, such as helium ... tapped from rubber trees and can be filled with air, helium, water, or any ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Lincoln. He was a staunch supporter of the Union and of the emancipation ... Chi. In 1861, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Illinois ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- The Sahara, located in Northern Africa, is the world's largest ... Immediately after the last ice age, the Sahara was a much wetter place ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western ... scenes depicted in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind). Union troops occupied ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 11:49, 14 November 2021
- of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player ... vibratory length of tubing, thus changing the available harmonic series ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- Japanese 公案) is a story, dialog, question, or statement from the ... some aspect of Zen teaching, and a test of the student’s understanding; ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale revolt, waged from 1851 until ... Most accurate sources put the total deaths during the fifteen years ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari, 平家物語) is an epic ... The Tale of the Heike was compiled in 1240 by an unknown author from ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- ) is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist ... beauty and elegance that are proficient in the art of dancing. They are the ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- The climate of India comprises a wide range of weather conditions ... influence its climate, particularly in the Himalayas in the north and ...54 KB (7,582 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- a Hindu god. He is in close communication with Nature, and is said to rule ... However, in the post-Vedic period, as Hindu religion became more internalized ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:13, 30 November 2022
- It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture ... and harm the local economy. [http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/environmen ...11 KB (1,569 words) - 09:42, 15 January 2023
- The Serengeti Plain, located in north-central Tanzania, (Africa) is ... A significant portion of the Serengeti Plain is protected and preserved ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- Ivy (plural ivies) is the common name for any of the evergreen woody ... The term ivy also is used more broadly to refer to any climbing or ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 03:54, 13 March 2024
