The general name of certain genera of carnivorous mammals, havin feet adapted for swimming, and being…
"A prophetic birds eye view of Ruhleben Prison Camp when the war ends."-1916; Drawing by Hobart Egremont,…
A genus of plants extensively cultivated for their luscious fruit. They were so named from the practice…
A genus of between 6-37 species of tall grasses, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the…
An extensive genus of birds found in all parts of the world. They are distinguished by a short, depressed…
A class of reptiles belonging to the same order as the turtles, but differing from them mainly in that…
A machine for producing printed characters as a substitute for writing, and now employed very extensively…
A group of quadruped mammals of the northern hemisphere, which includes a number of widely diffused…
The common name of animals belonging to the order cetacea, with which are included the porpoise and…
The king of Prussia and emperor of Germany, born in Berlin, March 22, 1797; died March 9, 1888.
The king of Prussia and emperor of Germany, eldest son of Emperor Frederick III. born in Berlin, Jan.…
The peoples of South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia, who live in the Kalahari, are part…
The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South…
Large colorful New World parrots. They are the largest birds in the parrot family in length and wingspan.
Venomous snakes belonging to the Viperidae family. They are characterised by long erectile fangs, which…
Reptiles that have tall, flat plates coming out of their back like spines, when adults. A common pet…
Aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
This diagram shows waters transition from rain, to ground water, and back up to rain again.
Pheron the king of ancient Egypt is moving an unthinkable amount of soldiers and supplies across the…
This illustration shows the shortened types of stems: A, corm of jack-in-the-pulpit. At left surface…
This illustration shows the colonial forms of unicellular green algae: A, Pediastrum, the plants of…
This illustration shows further development of the ascocarp: A, sectional view, showing the branches,…
This illustration shows an enlarged view of the mycelium, ascocarp, etc., of one of the mildews, Erysiphe:…
This illustration shows the germination of the gametospore: A, section of a mature archegonium with…
This illustration shows the structure of capsule of Funaria: 5, capsule with calyptra, 5A, removed.…
This illustration shows stages in the germination of the gametospore of Lepidium, sectional view: A,…
The platypus is a small, half-aquatic mammal endemic to the eastern part of Australia, and one of the…
Small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry. This cartoon title is "Do Your Bit."…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry during World War I. This cartoon…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry during World War I. This cartoon…
A political cartoon describing civilian answers to the new war cry during World War I. This cartoon…
In the Roman Republic, and later the Empire, the curule seat was the chair upon which senior magistrates…
This diagram shows a side view of the right eye of man. a.c., central artery; a.h., aqueous humor; b.,…
This illustration shows the different methods of girdling trees: a, back girdled; b, girdled to heartwood;…
This illustration shows the invasion of Kansas during the controversial period of time with free and…
This illustration shows a worm. Worms have an elongated soft-body. The most famous is the earthworm,…
Amphipoda include over 7000 described species of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. Most amphipods are…
The King of Epirus, being obliged, on the murder of his father, to seek safety by flight, found a home,…
The second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty and is considered to be the last great New Kingdom king…
In Hindu mythology, Ravana is the principal antagonist of the Hindu epic, the Ramayan. According to…
King of England from 1189 to 1199. He was often referred to as Richard the Lionheart.
King of England; son of the Black Prince and Joanna of Kent; born in Bordeaux, Jan. 6, 1369.
King of England; son of Richard, Duke of York, a descendant of Edmund, Duke of York, fifth son of Edward…
The king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is famous for his defence…