Childrens Illustrated Encyclopedia

Egypt, Ancient 178- 179 FARMING AND FISHING Most Egyptians were farmers who worked for priests, wealthy landowners, or the phara ...

180 PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN was one of the greatest scientific thinkers of all time. His theories, or ideas, on matter, space, ...

181 ELECTRICITY A FLASH OF LIGHTNING leaping through the sky during a thunderstorm is one of the most visible signs of electrici ...

ELECTRICITY 182 Basic generator ELECTRICITY FROM CHEMICALS Chemical energy from food changes into movement in your muscles. Chem ...

183 SEMICONDUCTORS Most electronic components are made of materials such as silicon, which are called semiconductors. Semiconduc ...

184 GREAT TUSKS, huge ears, and a strong trunk make the elephant one of the most magnificent creatures on Earth. Elephants are t ...

185 Elizabeth I ELIZABETHAN AGE Elizabeth was the first monarch to give her name to an age. During her reign, the arts of music, ...

186 THE MOVEMENT OF A CAR, the sound of a trumpet, the light from a candle—all these things occur because of energy. Energy is t ...

187 Engines 187- WHEN PREHISTORIC PEOPLE discovered fire, they found a way of obtaining energy, because burning releases heat an ...

ENGINES 188 JET ENGINE The jet, or gas turbine, engine now powers most high-speed aircraft. The engine blasts a jet of hot, fast ...

189 BATTLE OF NASEBY At the Battle of Naseby in 1645, the heavily armed and well-organized pikemen and musketeers of Cromwell’s ...

COMPARED TO ITS mighty eastern neighbor, Asia, Europe is a tiny continent. But the culture of Europe has extended far beyond its ...

191 TRADE Europeans have always been great traders. Between the 15th and 18th centuries, the countries of Europe were the most p ...

192 ALBANIA Area: 11,100 sq miles (28,748 sq km) Population: 3,029,000 Capital: Tirana ANDORRA Area: 181 sq miles (468 sq km) Po ...

193 LISBON MADRID LA VELLA AMSTERDAM BERLIN BRUSSELS BUDAPEST LONDON REYKJAVIK PARIS PRAGUE VIENNA WARSAW ZAGREB CHIfiINÂU MINSK ...

European Union 1951 France, Germany, Italy, and the Benelux countries set up European Coal and Steel Community. 1957 ECSC member ...

195 EUROPEAN DOMINATION In the mid-1400s, the Portuguese set out to explore the coast of Africa in a new, fast ship—the caravel. ...

196 EUROPE, HISTORY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT In the 18th century, European thinkers began to reject old beliefs based on religion an ...

197 NATURAL SELECTION Charles Darwin wrote a book called On the Origin of Species, published in 1859, which explained his theory ...

198 The ichthyosaur is an extinct reptile. Its paddle-like front limb had many small bones. The dolphin is a mammal. Its paddle ...