Thomas Hart Benton (March 14, 1782 – April 10, 1858), nicknamed "Old Bullion", was a U.S. Senator…
The seal is an aquatic mammal, whose limbs are formed into flippers. The tail tapers at the end of the…
Armadillos live on carrion, insects and fruit. They are all small, except for the Gigantic armadillo…
The Emu, a native of Australia, is nearly as large as the Ostrich, but has shorter legs and neck and…
The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body,…
The body of the cuttlefish is soft and covered only with a leathery skin. Its eight arms are very long.
Octopus, a mollusk related to the squid. It has eight arms with suckers, arranged around a central soft,…
In the land salamander, the body is black and warty with long irregular yellow spots distributed over…
When irritated, the neck of a cobra swells at the same time it raises the front part of its body vertically,…
The loon is a diving bird that finds its food under the water. It will dip its bill into the water and…
The Emu, a native of Australia, is nearly as large as the Ostrich, but has shorter legs and neck and…
This wagtail is remarkable for the vibratory motion of their body while standing or walking, (Figuier,…
This wagtail is remarkable for the vibratory motion of their body while standing or walking, (Figuier,…
This wagtail is remarkable for the vibratory motion of their body while standing or walking, (Figuier,…
This wagtail is remarkable for the vibratory motion of their body while standing or walking, (Figuier,…
A Break is a large four-wheeled carriage with a straight body, a calash top, and seats for 4 and for…
The fallow deer may easily be known from the stag by its smaller size and flat horns, and the white…
The seal is an aquatic mammal, whose limbs are formed into flippers. The tail tapers at the end of the…
The body of the crocodile is covered with thick horny scales, so strong that they can resist the blow…
The porcupine is covered in spikes or quills that are its chief defense. If it can't escape, it stands…
Octopus, a mollusk related to the squid. It has eight arms with suckers, arranged around a central soft,…
Thomas Campbell (27 July 1777 — 15 June 1844) was a Scottish poet chiefly remembered for his sentimental…
A cylinder is a body of uniform diameter throughout its entire length, whose ends are equal parallel…
Diagram of a fencer's waist quartered to show the points of the body against which thrusts are aimed.
Prime parry. The thrust in prime for the left side of the body is parried by the act of striking…
Quarte parry. The thrust in quarte for the left side of the body, on the high lines, is parried…
Tierce parry. The thrust in tierce for the right side of the body, on the high lines, is parried…
A stringed instrument played with a bow, having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth, an unfretted…
A Russian musical instrument with a triangular body and three strings that produces sounds similar to…
From a chart of "Late styles of fashionable carriages and sleighs," 1893.
From a chart of "Late styles of fashionable carriages and sleighs," 1893.
Group of soldiers escorting a corpse on a wagon.
"The attraction. Meeting will be addressed by a good looking suffragette by order of committee. Busy…
Hydra are in the Jellyfish family, class Hydrozoa. Cross-section of the body showing the two layers…
The body of a spider consists of two parts, connected by a constricted waist, the unsegmented cephalpthorax…
The Goose Barnacle has a body resembling a clam, attached by a soft, flexible stalk to some solid object.
the Isopoda have a body flattened from above, and bear gills on the abdominal appendages, as in the…
Cross section of the body of a clam, through the heart. Arrows indicate water current through the gills.
Cross section of the body of a clam, through the posterior adductor muscles. Arrows indicate water current…
Chambered nautilus, showing chambers with soft body in outer chamber. It is closely related to the squids…
Common skate (ray). The skates and rays have a broad body, partly due to the merging of the body into…
The gar fish has a cylindrical body covered by rhomboidal bony scales that are coated with enamel, making…
the sturgeon has a cylindrical body covered by rhomboidal bony scales that are coated with enamel, making…
Lizards are scaly reptiles, having two pairs of limbs and an elongated body, with a long, tapering tail,…
These birds have webbed-feet, with heavy, oily plumage. the body is flattened, and all are fine swimmers.
If undisturbed, the body and tentacles may occasionally sway gently. If disturbed, a hydra usually shortens…
The common starfish is a five rayed star. The central body is called the disk and the arms are the rays.