"The saxophone, a brass musical instrument invented by Adolphe Sax. It consists of a conical brass tube,…
"In making a short splice the ends of the ropes are unlaid for a short distance and brought together,…
Diagram of nervous system. Labels: a, a, cortex of cerebral hemispheres; b, b, cell body and dendrites…
Anterior view of the heart, dissected, after long boiling to show the superficial muscular fibers. The…
"Hydrochloric acid...is placed in the tubes a. The threeway stopcocks b are turned so that there is…
"A verticle section of one form of blast-furnace is represented [here]. the crucible (C) is the part…
"The region about a magnet in which its magnetic forces can be detected is called the magnetic field.…
"Action of current on solenoids. To demonstrate this fact experimentally, a solenoid is constructed…
"Compound motion is that which is produced by two or more forces, acting in different directions, on…
"Two men carrying a load between them on a pole is also and example of this [second class] kind of lever.…
"In order that the successive wheels should revolve in the same time, and their circumfrences should…
"This is an instrument designed to measure the quantity of rain which falls at any given time and place."…
"The most simple refracting telescope consists of a tube, containing two convex lenses, the one having…
"If an excited substance be brought near a ball made of pith, or cork, suspended by a silk thread, the…
A section across the forearm a short distance below the elbow-joint. R and U, its two supporting bones,…
The base of the skull. "The lower jaw has been removed. At the lower part of the figure is the hard…
"Draw out a piece of glass tubing to a jet, and push it through a perforation in a cork that snugly…
"Pass the tube of an air thermometer or of an inverted mercury thermometer through a cork in the neck…
"Throw a sunbeam through a very small opening in the shutter of a darkened room. Receive the beam upon…
"Instrument designed to measure both the rate at which the electrical energy is delivered and the time…
"When the brass plugs are inserted...the coils are short-circuited, i.e., practically, the whole of…
"The arc lamp is essentially a device for automatically separating the carbons when the current is turned…