"Diagram of the progress of a dune, from a to be. The arrow flies with the wind. A live tree standing…
"One third of the sea bottom is covered with a soft gray ooze or mud made up entirely of the shells…
Of the orpine family (Crassulaceae), the live-forever or garden orpine (Sedum purpureum).
Reindeer Age (Aurignacian) Engravings and Carvings. Shown are engravings of stage and salmon, engraved…
in early development of race, the Mongolian type consistent of Kalmucks, Chinese, and Amerindians.
in early development of race, the Caucasian type consisted of Mediterranean men (Jews of Algiers), Mediterranean…
Perhaps the earliest people to form real cities in the western region of the world, were a people of…
A freshwater hydra, magnified. Example of an animal with no skeleton. There are animals without a skeleton…
Feminine Heroism, caption below illustration: "On coming near the cellar door, she exclaimed with pretended…
A pie graph of "Proportion of World's Supply of Cotton contributed by each country" labeled with country…
"Great wall of China: 20 feet high, 40 feet wide, 800 miles long." -Foster, 1921
"The great Bartholdi statue, 'Liberty Enlightening the World,' erected upon Bedloe's Island in New York…
Cloves trees are native to Indonesia. Flower buds from the tree, once dried, are used as a spice in…
This gigantic flower, one of the marvels of the vegetable world, was discovered in the interior Sumatra…
A bird belonging to the family Sylviadae, nearly allied to the nearest, but having a more slender form…
The Statue of Liberty in New York is the largest statue in the world, given as a gift from France to…
(1870-1952) Italian doctor and educator best known for the development of the Montessori method of education.
A magnified block of the skin. Labels: a, dead part; d, live part of the epidermis; e, sweat glands;…
The Annulosa and Mollusca are furnished with a distinct alimentary canal that does not open into the…
"Leaf of a live-forever (Sedum sp.), with a portion of the epidermis peeled back. Underneath the epidermis…
A thin diaphanous shell in which species of the genus Limnaea live. They can be found in the fresh waters…
A cud-chewing animal of the Old World, especially adapted by nature to travel waste deserts with scarcity…
"The Volutes live in the sands near the shore; sometimes they are found high and dry, left by the retreating…
"The Volutes live in the sands near the shore; sometimes they are found high and dry, left by the retreating…
"The Volutes live in the sands near the shore; sometimes they are found high and dry, left by the retreating…
"The Volutes live in the sands near the shore; sometimes they are found high and dry, left by the retreating…
"The Volutes live in the sands near the shore; sometimes they are found high and dry, left by the retreating…
"The Volutes live in the sands near the shore; sometimes they are found high and dry, left by the retreating…
"The Volutes live in the sands near the shore; sometimes they are found high and dry, left by the retreating…
"Cuttlefish are probably the most interesting animals of [the cephalopoda] order. They live for five…
"'Liberty Enlightening the World,' a gift from the French Republic to the Greatest Republic. Height…
A poster with facts and images of France from the Consulate to the World War.
"The Tortoise will continue to live on for six months after it is deprived of its brain."
"Salamanders have the honor of appearing prominently in fabulous narratives. The Greeks believed that…
The Screamers are inhabitants of South America. They live isolated, in pairs, and are mild and peaceful…
The Screamers are inhabitants of South America. They live isolated, in pairs, and are mild and peaceful…
"Oven-birds live singly or in pairs, in the plains of Chili, Brazil and Guiana."
"In the first rank of the Warblers stands the Nightingale, celebrated all over the world for its song,…
"When pressed by hunger it shows no fear in attacking live animals, which makes it dreaded by the shepherds…
"Christ Taking Leave of His Mother. By Albrecht Dürer. From the wood engraving in 'The Life of…
The engraved illustration of Poliphilo in the garden from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, one of the first…
"They fly in the spring and summer, in gardens and meadows. They live in companies, under a silky web,…
This butterfly may be found "on the continent of Europe, during the months of June and September, and…
"The Brown Tailed Moth is also very destructive to trees. The caterpillars live in quantities on the…
The engraving, Music from 'Mirrour of the World' by William Caxton, the first English printer.
The frontispiece of Le Sorti de Marcolini by Giuseppe Porta in Venice, 1540.
"Wasps live in companies, which last only a year and are composed of males, females and workers. Their…
"Toward the end of summer the nest may contain three thousand workers and many females, who live together…
"Toward the end of summer the nest may contain three thousand workers and many females, who live together…
"The insects of the genus Sirex belong to a species which lay their eggs in living wood, and…
"These insects often feed upon matter in a state of putrefaction. They are nature's undertakers. A great…