Contrivances
811715 in literature — The year 1715 in literature involved some significant events.Events* Nicholas Rowe becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain. * Peter the Great takes lessons in maritime affairs from Hermann Boerhaave, before departing for Holland. * The 15, a… …
82Busking — is the practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities. People engaging in this practice are called buskers. Busking performances can be just about anything that people find entertaining. Buskers may do: acrobatics, animal tricks …
83Alistair MacLean — Infobox Person name=Alistair MacLean caption= Alistair MacLean, late in life dead=dead birth date=birth date|1922|4|28|mf=y birth place= Glasgow, Scotland death date=death date and age|1987|2|2|1922|4|28 death place= Munich, GermanyAlistair… …
84The Gods Must Be Crazy — Infobox Film name = The Gods Must Be Crazy caption = director = Jamie Uys producer = Jamie Uys writer = Jamie Uys music = John Boshoff cinematography=Buster Reynolds editing = Stanford C. Allen Jamie Uys starring = Nǃxau Sandra Prinsloo Marius… …
85Sphingidae — For a complete species list of this family, see the Sphingidae species list. Taxobox name = Hawk moths image width = 200px image caption = Hummingbird hawk moth Macroglossum stellatarum regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo …
86Thames Tunnel — The Thames Tunnel is an underwater tunnel, built beneath the River Thames in London. 35 feet wide (11 m), 20 feet (6 m) high and 1,300 feet (396 m) long, it runs between Rotherhithe and Wapping at a depth of 75 feet (23 m) below the river s… …
87Isaac Newton's early life and achievements — IsaacNewtonSegmentsThe following article is part of an in depth biography of Sir Isaac Newton, the English mathematician and scientist, author of the Principia .ChildhoodSir Isaac Newton was born on December 25, 1642 [ OS: 25 December 1642] in… …
88Quote mining — is the practice of purposely compiling frequently misleading quotes from large volumes of literature or speech.cite book | last = Forrest | first = Barbara | authorlink = Barbara Forrest | coauthors = Paul R. Gross | title = Creationism s Trojan… …
89Hannah Cowley — (14 March 1743 – 11 March 1809) was an English dramatist and poet. Although Cowley’s plays and poetry did not enjoy wide popularity after the nineteenth century, critic Melinda Finberg rates Cowley as “one of the foremost playwrights of the late… …
90Academic art — is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies or universities.Specifically, academic art is the art and artists influenced by the standards of the French Académie des beaux arts, which practiced under the …
