Knots
Carrick bend joins two ropes. Note: the loop of a knot is called the bright. The standing part of the…
Knots
Flemish loop. Note: the loop of a knot is called the "bright." The "standing part" of the rope is the…
Knots
Chain knot and toggle. The toggle is pulled to tighten up all the loops. Note: the loop of a knot is…
Knots
Sheepshank. Note: the loop of a knot is called the "bright." The "standing part" of the rope is the…
Knots
Bowline on a bight show in two stages. Note: the loop of a knot is called the "bright." The "standing…
Harp
An instrument having an upright triangular frame consisting of a pillar, a curved neck, and a hollow…
Vorticella
Vorticella is a protozoan. Except for when young, it is usually found attached to dead leaves or sticks…
Foreshortening
Artistic technique in which the object is shortened in proportion to its approach to the perpendicular…
Anemone
The tentacles of the sea anemone are numerous and are borne on a disk surrounding the mouth at the free…
Rotifer
Rotifers are free-swimming pseudo-coelomates. They occur in freshwater and are easily examined because…
William D. Bloxham
(1835-1911) Picture of Governor William D. Bloxham during 1879. Bloxham served as Florida's thirteenth…
Children with Hornbooks
Hornbooks are not what we would think of today as a book, for it was made of a piece of cardboard covered…
United States Arsenal at Charleston
At the time this picture was drawn the handsome arsenal of the government of Charleston, South Carolina,…
