Also called the ground cuckoo, road runner, or paisano. A large errestrial bird or the family Cuculidæ.
"Tropaeum, a trophy, a sign and memorial of victory, which was erected on the field of battle where…
"Via, a public road. It was not until the period of the long protracted Samnite wars that the necessity…
"A general joy spread through the kingdom on the publication of the Great Charter." — Goodrich,…
"That prince escaped from the battle of Worcester as soon as he saw that the day was lost. With a small…
"The screw may be considered as a winding wedge; for it has the same relation to a straight wedge that…
"The third sign of the zodiac, so named from its 2 brightest stars, Castor, of the 1st magnitude, farthest…
This illustration shows a machine used to put oil on roads during its construction, in the nineteenth…
This illustration shows a machine used to put oil on roads during its construction, in the nineteenth…
This illustration shows a machine used to put oil on roads during its construction, in the nineteenth…
A diagram that shows constellations, seasons, equinoxes, solstices and astrological signs.
Diagram of a high-tension ignition system. A is the source of current, usually a batter in earlier days,…
"From the ruins in the Villa Strozzi, on the Appian Road. Height 7 feet, 10 inches." — Chambers,…