terrestrial electricity
31Scientific revolution — This article is about a period in the history of science. For the process of scientific progress via revolution, proposed by Thomas Kuhn, see Paradigm shift …
32Interplanetary spaceflight — or interplanetary travel is travel between planets within a single planetary system. In practice, spaceflights of this type are confined to travel between the planets of the Solar System. Current achievements in interplanetary travel Remotely… …
33Storm — Windstorm redirects here. For the type of storm in Europe, see European windstorm. For the Gloria Jones album, see Windstorm (album). For other uses, see Storm (disambiguation). A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over… …
34Satellite Instructional Television Experiment — The Satellite Instructional Television Experiment or SITE was an experimental satellite communications project launched in India in 1975, designed jointly by NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The project made available… …
35global warming — an increase in the earth s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. [1975 80] * * * Potential increase in global average surface temperatures resulting from… …
36Fair weather condition — concerns the electric field and the electric current in the air as well as the conductivity of the atmosphere. [ [http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd15jun99 1.htm Soaking in atmospheric electricity] ] It is the electromagnetic mode or… …
37Croatia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Croatia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats …
38Greece — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Greece <p></p> Background: <p></p> Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the… …
39Italy — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Italy <p></p> Background: <p></p> Italy became a nation state in 1861 when the regional states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King …
40chile — /chil ee/, n. chili. * * * Chile Introduction Chile Background: A three year old Marxist government was overthrown in 1973 by a dictatorial military regime led by Augusto PINOCHET, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990 …
