"Fighting as pictured in the Bayeux tapestry, a contemporary work."—Gordy, 1912

Pictured Fighting

"Fighting as pictured in the Bayeux tapestry, a contemporary work."—Gordy, 1912

A capital letter W with the image of a sailing ship in the background.

Pictorial Letter W

A capital letter W with the image of a sailing ship in the background.

"Picture of an Indian village drawn by John White in 1585 and incorporated in a report to Sir Walter Raleigh."—Stephenson, 1913

The Towne of Secota

"Picture of an Indian village drawn by John White in 1585 and incorporated in a report to Sir Walter…

"Picture writing of the Tahltan, a British Columbia tribe. The drawing was done in charcoal on the blazed trunk of a tree. The meaning is: 'Using a raft, I shot three geese.'"—Webster, 1913

Indian Picture Writing

"Picture writing of the Tahltan, a British Columbia tribe. The drawing was done in charcoal on the blazed…

"1, 'war' (Dakota Indian); 2, 'morning' (Ojibwa Indian); 3, 'nothing' (Ojibwa Indian); 4 and 5, 'to eat' (Indian, Mexican, Egyptian, etc)."—Webster, 1913

Examples of Picture Writing

"1, 'war' (Dakota Indian); 2, 'morning' (Ojibwa Indian); 3, 'nothing' (Ojibwa Indian); 4 and 5, 'to…

"A gas engine mounted on a binder frame and used to operate the elevating and binding mechanism."—The Federal Digest

Gas Engine

"A gas engine mounted on a binder frame and used to operate the elevating and binding mechanism."—The…

This tool allowed easy tailoring of clothes; featuring an adjustable arm to fit garment lengths.

Frame, Clothes

This tool allowed easy tailoring of clothes; featuring an adjustable arm to fit garment lengths.

This frame was used to design and create different lady dresses.

Frame for Ladies Dresses

This frame was used to design and create different lady dresses.

Abutilon is a showy, free-growing shrub. There are many hybrids that are cultivated. They grow best in a combination of equal parts of turfy loam, peat, and leaf mould, with some gritty sand. They can be planted both in pots and outside. They also require an abundance of water.

Abutilon Shrub

Abutilon is a showy, free-growing shrub. There are many hybrids that are cultivated. They grow best…

Begonia admiration is a single-flowered variety. The flowers are a vivid, orange-scarlet color. Begonia admiration has a dwarf, compact habit and is free flowering.

Flowering Branch of Begonia Admiration

Begonia admiration is a single-flowered variety. The flowers are a vivid, orange-scarlet color. Begonia…

Campanulas flowers are blue or white. The varieties picture are lactiflora, rotundifolia Hostii, carpathic turbinata, and carpathica alba.

Group of Campanulas

Campanulas flowers are blue or white. The varieties picture are lactiflora, rotundifolia Hostii, carpathic…

Frames are portable garden structures useful for large quantities of different subjects that have to be prepared for transplanting outside. The most useful frames are six feet long by four feet wide.

Two-Light Frame

Frames are portable garden structures useful for large quantities of different subjects that have to…

Frames are portable garden structures useful for large quantities of different subjects that have to be prepared for transplanting outside. Span frames have the advantage of giving more height inside.

Three-Quarter Span-Roof Frame

Frames are portable garden structures useful for large quantities of different subjects that have to…

This span roof frame is one of the most popular. The sashes are held open at any angle required. These frames are best suited to remain where placed permanently.

Span-Roof Frame

This span roof frame is one of the most popular. The sashes are held open at any angle required. These…

Villas are built either as detached or semi-detached residences with an adjoining garden. Detached villas are usually situated at or near one of the grounds. This picture shows the front entrance to a detached villa by a semi-circular carriage drive.

Front Carriage Entrance of the Plan of a Detached Villa Garden

Villas are built either as detached or semi-detached residences with an adjoining garden. Detached villas…

Villas are built either as detached or semi-detached residences with an adjoining garden. Detached villas are usually situated at or near one of the grounds. This picture shows a front garden connected with two semi-detached villas.

Front Entrance of the Plan of a Semi-Detached Villa Garden

Villas are built either as detached or semi-detached residences with an adjoining garden. Detached villas…

Villas are built either as detached or semi-detached residences with an adjoining garden. Detached villas are usually situated at or near one of the grounds. This picture is of a detached residence situated inside its grounds.

Plan of Detached Villa and Garden

Villas are built either as detached or semi-detached residences with an adjoining garden. Detached villas…

Grafting is placing two cut surfaces of one or different plants under conditions which cause them to grow together. Picture A shows the mode of tying the graft adopted with many fruit trees. Picture B shows the work completed by the application of clay.

Mode of Tying and Claying Graft

Grafting is placing two cut surfaces of one or different plants under conditions which cause them to…

Grafting is placing two cut surfaces of one or different plants under conditions which cause them to grow together. In the form of cleft grafting picture the stock and scion are the same size.

Cleft Grafting

Grafting is placing two cut surfaces of one or different plants under conditions which cause them to…

This picture shows the hinder rings of the abdomen and the ovipositor. The ovipositor serves to pierce the plant tissues.

Oak Gall Fly

This picture shows the hinder rings of the abdomen and the ovipositor. The ovipositor serves to pierce…

Tulip tree is the common name of liriodendron tulipifera. The flowers are variegated with green, yellow, and orange. The flowers are large and one grows on the end of each stem. The picture shows a flowering branchlet and the longitudinal section of a flower with the sepals and petals removed.

Liriodendron Tulipifera

Tulip tree is the common name of liriodendron tulipifera. The flowers are variegated with green, yellow,…

A pictures galls on the lower surface of an oak leaf. B picture galls on a young twig.

Oak Galls

A pictures galls on the lower surface of an oak leaf. B picture galls on a young twig.

A shows five carpels joined in a central mass. B shows a half grown ovary with a central mass bearing ovules apparently free.

Cross Sections of Ovary or Red Campion

A shows five carpels joined in a central mass. B shows a half grown ovary with a central mass bearing…

<i>Allamanda cathartica variety hendersonii</i> is tall, vigorous, and free flowering. The leaves are large, thick, and leathery.

Allamanda Cathartica Variety Hendersonii

Allamanda cathartica variety hendersonii is tall, vigorous, and free flowering. The leaves are large,…

Tub culture should be resorted to only from lack of space. Moderate growers that are free-flowering should be used. Pictured is a tub of water-lilies.

Tub of Water-Lilies

Tub culture should be resorted to only from lack of space. Moderate growers that are free-flowering…

Pictured is the cross section of a maple limb affected by <I>Fomes igniarius</I>. A young spore is shown as just emerging at the top of the picture.

Fomes Igniarius Infected Maple Limb

Pictured is the cross section of a maple limb affected by Fomes igniarius. A young spore is shown as…

The flowers of <I>Begonia ingramii</I> are large and rose colored. It is a free flowering plant.

Begonia Ingramii

The flowers of Begonia ingramii are large and rose colored. It is a free flowering plant.

Illustrated is a section of a propagating bed. It shows four pipes beneath, the door in the side, and the frame cover.

Propagating Bed

Illustrated is a section of a propagating bed. It shows four pipes beneath, the door in the side, and…

Illustrated is a permanent propagating frame in a greenhouse.

Propagating Frames

Illustrated is a permanent propagating frame in a greenhouse.

Illustrated are good plant forms for the free style of design for landscape gardening.

Free Style of Design

Illustrated are good plant forms for the free style of design for landscape gardening.

Illustrated is the free and open front of Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Gore Place

Illustrated is the free and open front of Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Illustrated is the free center of the Meadow, Central Park.

The Meadow

Illustrated is the free center of the Meadow, Central Park.

The frame riding plow has its wheels attached to a frame which is connected to the plow beam.

Frame Riding Plow

The frame riding plow has its wheels attached to a frame which is connected to the plow beam.

Illustrated is a spring tooth harrow with a frame.

Spring Tooth Harrow

Illustrated is a spring tooth harrow with a frame.

Illustrated is a simple propagating frame. It is used for propagating nepenthes, dracenas, and other tropical subjects.

Propagating Frame

Illustrated is a simple propagating frame. It is used for propagating nepenthes, dracenas, and other…

<i>Nephrolepis bostoniensis</i> is a free growing fern with dark green, spreading leaves. It is good as a pot plant or in baskets.

Nephrolepis Bostoniensis

Nephrolepis bostoniensis is a free growing fern with dark green, spreading leaves. It is good as a pot…

<i>Nephrolepis magnifica</i> is a free grower of open habit. The leaves are erect and fifteen inches long.

Nephrolepis Magnifica

Nephrolepis magnifica is a free grower of open habit. The leaves are erect and fifteen inches long.

<i>Nymphaea tetragona</i> is a free bloomer and the smallest nymphaea in cultivation. The flowers open for three or four days from noon until about 5 P.M.

Nymphaea Tetragona

Nymphaea tetragona is a free bloomer and the smallest nymphaea in cultivation. The flowers open for…

A picture of how the engines in the Carmania power the propellers.

Ship Engine

A picture of how the engines in the Carmania power the propellers.

A picture of how the shafts in the Carmania are held in place. The shafts connect the engines to the propellers to make the ship run smoothly.

Engine Shaft

A picture of how the shafts in the Carmania are held in place. The shafts connect the engines to the…

A hand slicer used to cut large items used in the chemistry classroom. This slicer is similar to smaller ones used in cutting tobacco.

Draw Knife Slicer

A hand slicer used to cut large items used in the chemistry classroom. This slicer is similar to smaller…

The interior of a jar mill, which is used to convert hard substances, like the porcelain balls in the picture, into a fine powder for use in common applications.

Jar Mill

The interior of a jar mill, which is used to convert hard substances, like the porcelain balls in the…

Another style of still. This picture shows what the interior of a still looks like lends greater insight as to how the still operates.

Steam Jacketed Still

Another style of still. This picture shows what the interior of a still looks like lends greater insight…

A diagram of a cross-section of a power station at the South Side Elevated Railway Company in Chicago. This picture is a good analogy for a modern power house of comparative capacity.

Power House

A diagram of a cross-section of a power station at the South Side Elevated Railway Company in Chicago.…

A picture of a 650-kilowatt direct-connected generator. This compound-wound generator, also known as a dynamo, are almost entirely used for railways. A represents the frame, B represents the wheel that starts the generator, R and R' represent rings that are attached to the frame, and T and T' represent armature cables.

Direct-connected generator

A picture of a 650-kilowatt direct-connected generator. This compound-wound generator, also known as…

A shunt is an electrical component used to allow electric current to flow from one point to the circuit. Railway generators are usually provided with shunts. The shunt provided in the picture is made of German silver, which has a high resistance that remains through varying temperatures

Series-Field Shunt

A shunt is an electrical component used to allow electric current to flow from one point to the circuit.…

A picture of a railway switchboard that handles 500-volt direct currents. The switchboard consists of three generator panels (A), one total output panel (B), and five feeder panels (C).

Railway Switchboard

A picture of a railway switchboard that handles 500-volt direct currents. The switchboard consists of…

The inner workings of a rheostat (resistance box). Rheostat contacts (1, 2, 3) are arranged along the outer frame of the body. The contact arm has two contact strips (a, a'), instead of using a regular contact arm. The strips are insulated and press onto contact rings (b, b'). c is a small multiplying resistance, which is equivalent to one of the resistance sections of the rheostat

Rheostat

The inner workings of a rheostat (resistance box). Rheostat contacts (1, 2, 3) are arranged along the…

A three-way switch that was used to cut the headlights of a trolley and subsequently turn on the taillights. K is the switch blade, and L is a spring contact clip, three of which are raised on 'posts' (L1 is not raised).

Three-way Switch

A three-way switch that was used to cut the headlights of a trolley and subsequently turn on the taillights.…

Image A is of bacteria that needs air to grow. Image B is of bacteria that do not need air to grow.

Grown Bacteria

Image A is of bacteria that needs air to grow. Image B is of bacteria that do not need air to grow.

A barometer is a device used to measure the pressure of the atmosphere. A mercurial barometer, picture shown, uses mercury to show the atmospheric pressure, much like it did for a thermometer.

Pneumatics

A barometer is a device used to measure the pressure of the atmosphere. A mercurial barometer, picture…

An Image of an esophagus showing how a mass of food, or bolus, passes through the esophagus into the stomach. The tissue in front is relaxed, while the tissue behind the bolus is in contraction. When food is not going through it, the esophagus looks like the wave of contraction in the picture.

Human Esophagus

An Image of an esophagus showing how a mass of food, or bolus, passes through the esophagus into the…

Three sections of smooth muscle. M C is muscle cells and N is nucleus. Smooth muscles are slow to contract. They make up the wall of a bladder and blood vessels.

Smooth Muscle

Three sections of smooth muscle. M C is muscle cells and N is nucleus. Smooth muscles are slow to contract.…

The plans of the undercarriage of a long-framed truck, or lorry, in Britain. The image to the left is a universal jointed counter shaft for the truck.

Long Frame Lorry

The plans of the undercarriage of a long-framed truck, or lorry, in Britain. The image to the left is…

<p>A full frame border of a spider and her web. Suitable for Halloween and other spooky occasions.</p>

<p>Illustrated by James Basom Seaman II</p>

Spider Web Border

A full frame border of a spider and her web. Suitable for Halloween and other spooky occasions. Illustrated…

Showing leakage current through the frame of a machine which is insulated from ground.

leakage current

Showing leakage current through the frame of a machine which is insulated from ground.

The path of current through person receiving a shock from the frame of a machine insulated from the ground.  (There is an accidental tree ground on the line and an accidental ground in the winding of the machine.)

Current of Shock

The path of current through person receiving a shock from the frame of a machine insulated from the…

Antioch, a city in Syria on the river Orontes. It was founded by Seleucus Nicator, and was hailed by Cicero as a city of opulence, "abounding in men of taste and letters." It was the first city in which the followers of Christ were called "Christians".

Antioch

Antioch, a city in Syria on the river Orontes. It was founded by Seleucus Nicator, and was hailed by…

A head looking to the left.

Head

A head looking to the left.

The Demoiselle, or Numidian crane.

Demoiselle

The Demoiselle, or Numidian crane.