Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote in his Aeneid: "sic itur ad astra" ('thus one journeys to the stars') and "opta ardua pennis astra sequi" ('desire to pursue the high[/hard to reach] stars on wings'). Another origin is Seneca the Younger, who wrote in Hercules: "non est ad astra mollis e terris via" ('there is no easy way from the ...

The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks that form the family Sphyrnidae, so named for the unusual and distinctive structure of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a "hammer" shape called a cephalofoil.Most hammerhead species are placed in the genus Sphyrna, while the winghead shark is placed in its own genus, Eusphyra.Many different, but not …

カーディフのキャラハン男爵レナード・ジェームズ・キャラハン（英語： Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff 、1912年 3月27日 - 2005年 3月26日）は、イギリスの政治家。 財務大臣、内務大臣、外務・英連邦大臣、首相を歴任した。 労働党の「巨人」と称された他にも「サニー・ジム」や ...

ハロッズの創業者 チャールズ・ヘンリー・ハロッド （英語版） は1824年、25歳の時に起業した。 社屋をテムズ川南岸のサザークに構え、店舗はバラ・ハイ・ストリート228に所在した。 彼は1831年まで洋服店、生地商としてこの企業を経営した 。 1825年には'Harrod and Wicking, Linen Drapers, Retail ...

La diocesi comprende, oltre alla cattedrale, altre due basiliche minori: Santa Maria del Carmine ad Avigliano, e il Sacro Monte di Viggiano. Il territorio si estende su 1.634 km² ed è suddiviso in 60 parrocchie, raggruppate in 6 zone pastorali: città di Potenza, Tito, Avigliano, Muro Lucano, valle del Melandro, valle d'Agri.

(c. 600 BC – AD 1600) Maha Janapadas (c. 600–300 BC) Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) Ror Dynasty (450 BC – AD 489) Shaishunaga dynasty (424–345 BC) Nanda Empire ... This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (March 2020) Orissa Timeline; 1947 ...

1904 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1904, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead …

The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa via a thermocouple. A thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature on each side. Conversely, when a voltage is applied to it, heat is transferred from one side to the other, creating a temperature difference. At the atomic scale, an applied ...

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El mes más caluroso en Berlín fue julio de 1834, con una temperatura media de 23,0 °C y el más frío fue enero de 1709, con una temperatura media de -13,2 °C. El mes más húmedo registrado fue julio de 1907, con 230 mm de lluvia, mientras que los más secos fueron octubre de 1866, noviembre de 1902, octubre de 1908 y septiembre de 1928 ...

La ley de 13 de agosto de 1834 señaló al pueblo de Matucana como capital provincial, este pueblo fue elevado a la categoría de ciudad por ley N° 1810, [2] de 5 de septiembre de 1913. Geografía. Está ubicada en la zona centro del Perú situada en la parte central y oriental del departamento de Lima. Abarca una superficie de 5 657,93 km².

The history of Iran, which was commonly known until the mid-20th century as Persia in the Western world, is intertwined with the history of a larger region, also to an extent known as Greater Iran, comprising the area from Anatolia in the west to the borders of Ancient India and the Syr Darya in the east, and from the Caucasus and the Eurasian Steppe in the north to the …

A traditional landline telephone system, also known as plain old telephone service (POTS), commonly carries both control and audio signals on the same twisted pair (C in diagram) of insulated wires, the telephone line. The control and signaling equipment consists of three components, the ringer, the hookswitch, and a dial. The ringer, or beeper, light, or other device …