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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

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Roman Catholic Saints

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Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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Key People

Archimedes

Archimedes

Greek mathematician

Alfred Krupp, portrait by Julius Grün, c. 1880

Alfred Krupp

German industrialist

Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gustav

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

German diplomat and industrialist

Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

German industrialist

Grace, William R.

William R. Grace

American businessman

Zaharoff

Sir Basil Zaharoff

Greek merchant

Albert Speer

Albert Speer

German architect and Nazi official

Shimazu Nariakira

Japanese feudal lord

John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.

American financier

Eugène Schneider

French industrialist

William S. Knudsen

William S. Knudsen

American industrialist

Vannoccio Biringuccio

Italian metallurgist

Emil von Škoda

Bohemian engineer

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James Watt as a young man, c1769. Scottish engineer and instrument maker. Invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britain's textile mills. His engine had a separate condenser in which steam from the cylinder; (see notes)

Weaponry, Energy, and Power Systems Quiz

A British North Lancashire Regiment patrol a street in the southern part of Cambrai, France, October 9, 1918.

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German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.

Weapons of World War I

Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

7 Deadliest Weapons in History