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A hand wrapped in a bandage.

Bandaged hand

A hand wrapped in a bandage.

A card and coin balanced on one finger, with the other hand poised to flick it off.

Hands and Card

A card and coin balanced on one finger, with the other hand poised to flick it off.

A hand holding a square pyramid, suspended by a string.

Hand and pyramid

A hand holding a square pyramid, suspended by a string.

A hand dropping a small lead ball.

Hand and ball

A hand dropping a small lead ball.

A hand holding a pointed weight suspended from a string.

Hand holding weight

A hand holding a pointed weight suspended from a string.

A hand holding a tube, with one end in a bowl.

Hand with tube

A hand holding a tube, with one end in a bowl.

A pair of hands holding a glass tube filled with a dark liquid.

Hands with tube

A pair of hands holding a glass tube filled with a dark liquid.

A hand holding up a tube from a larger, mercury-filled tube.

Hand and barometer

A hand holding up a tube from a larger, mercury-filled tube.

"The 'sucker' consists of a circular piece of thick leather with a string attached to its middle. Being soaked thoroughly in water, it is firmly pressed upon a flat stone to drive out all air from between the leather and the stone. Unless the stone is too heavy, it may be lifted by the string." — Avery, 1895

Hand and sucker

"The 'sucker' consists of a circular piece of thick leather with a string attached to its middle. Being…

A hand holding a U-shaped tuning fork.

Hand with tuning fork

A hand holding a U-shaped tuning fork.

A pair of hands holding a tube and tuning fork over a resonator.

Hands with tuning fork and tube

A pair of hands holding a tube and tuning fork over a resonator.

A steel rod being held horizontally by a pair of hands.

Hands with rod

A steel rod being held horizontally by a pair of hands.

A hand drawing a violin-bow across the edge of a goblet half-filled with water.

Hand with bow and glass

A hand drawing a violin-bow across the edge of a goblet half-filled with water.

A flask being heated over an open flame, with a tube and jar attached.

Heated flask

A flask being heated over an open flame, with a tube and jar attached.

A hand with bar demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

Demonstration of Static Electricity

A hand with bar demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

A hand with a rod, demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

Demonstration of Static Electricity

A hand with a rod, demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

"A proof-plane may be made by cementing a bronze cent or a disk of gilt paper to a thin insulating handle, as a glass tube or a vulcanite rod. Slide the disk of the proof-plane along the surface of the electrified body to be tested, and quickly bring it into contact with the knob of the gold-leaf electroscope, the leaves of which will diverge." — Avery, 1895

Hand with Proof-plane

"A proof-plane may be made by cementing a bronze cent or a disk of gilt paper to a thin insulating handle,…

A pair of hands, each holding a narrow bit of wire over a compass needle.

Hands with wires

A pair of hands, each holding a narrow bit of wire over a compass needle.

A hand holding a solenoid.

Solenoid

A hand holding a solenoid.

"The polarity of the solenoidal magnet may be determined by holding it in the right hand so that the fingers point in the direction of the current; then the extended thumb will point toward the marked or north-seeking pole of the magnet." — Avery, 1895

Solenoidal magnet

"The polarity of the solenoidal magnet may be determined by holding it in the right hand so that the…

A hand holding a board.

Hand with board

A hand holding a board.

A hand holding a disk connected to a stick.

Hand with disk

A hand holding a disk connected to a stick.

"The quartz crystals are said to be right or left handed, depending upon whether these faces are to be observed trunctuating the edges between prism and rhombohedron." — Ford, 1912

Right-handed quartz

"The quartz crystals are said to be right or left handed, depending upon whether these faces are to…

"The quartz crystals are said to be right or left handed, depending upon whether these faces are to be observed trunctuating the edges between prism and rhombohedron." — Ford, 1912

Left-handed quartz

"The quartz crystals are said to be right or left handed, depending upon whether these faces are to…

"For small beds of flowers or vegetables, hand-weeders of various patterns are essential to easy and efficient work." — Baily, 1898

Hand-weeders

"For small beds of flowers or vegetables, hand-weeders of various patterns are essential to easy and…

"Another style of hand-weeder, made at home out of hoop-iron." — Baily, 1898

Home-made hand-weeder

"Another style of hand-weeder, made at home out of hoop-iron." — Baily, 1898

"A very good trowel may also be made from a discarded blade of a mowing-machine, and it answers the purpose of a hand-weeder in many places." — Baily, 1898

Improvised trowel

"A very good trowel may also be made from a discarded blade of a mowing-machine, and it answers the…

"It is often essential that the land be compacted after it has been spaded or hoed, and some kind of hand-roller is then useful. Very efficient iron rollers are in the market, but a good one can be made from a hard cestnut or oak log." — Baily, 1898

Hand-roller

"It is often essential that the land be compacted after it has been spaded or hoed, and some kind of…

"This is an instrument shaped something like a small clock, and the barometric pressure is read by means of a hand or indicator, on a scale of inches placed on the face like the minute divisions of a clock." — Waldo, 1896

Aneroid Barometer

"This is an instrument shaped something like a small clock, and the barometric pressure is read by means…

A hand holding a candlestick.

Hand with candle

A hand holding a candlestick.

A hand holding a bar magnet.

Hand with magnet

A hand holding a bar magnet.

"The wood used for engraving is boxwood, nearly all of which is imported from Turkey." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888

Wood Engraving

"The wood used for engraving is boxwood, nearly all of which is imported from Turkey." —The Popular…

"Formerly, all nails were hand made, by forging on an anvil; and vast quantities are still made in this manner, being preferable, for many kinds of carpenter's work, to those made by machinery." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888

Nail forge

"Formerly, all nails were hand made, by forging on an anvil; and vast quantities are still made in this…

A hand holding a handkerchief.

Handkerchief

A hand holding a handkerchief.

A hand holding the four robbers.

Cards

A hand holding the four robbers.

A scene from the nursery rhyme, <em>The Nonsense of Edward Lear</em>. There was an old person of Anerley, whose conduct was strange and unmannerly; He rushed down the Strand, with a pig in each hand, but returned in the evening to Anerley.

Edward Lear

A scene from the nursery rhyme, The Nonsense of Edward Lear. There was an old person of Anerley,…

A hand

Hand

A hand

"Thor, the thunderer, Odin's eldest son, is the strongest of gods and men, and possesses three very precious things. The first is a hammer, which both the Frost and Mountain giants know to their cost, when they see it hurled against them in the air, for it has split many a skull of their fathers and kindred. When thrown, it returns to his hand of its own accord. The second rare thing he possesses is called the belt of strength. When he girds it about him his divine might is doubled. The third, also very precious, is his iron gloves, which he puts on whenever he would use his mallet efficiently." &mdash;Bulfinch, 1897

Thor

"Thor, the thunderer, Odin's eldest son, is the strongest of gods and men, and possesses three very…

A hand with the index finger bandaged.

Hand with bandaged finger

A hand with the index finger bandaged.

"Plait the ribbon a distance from the end to allow for a streamer or bow end. Hold the plaits with the thumb and first finger of the right hand; with the left hand measure the length of the first loop; plait, and hold all plaits by twisting the second end of ribbon around them, drawing it through this twist or loop you have just made, from the direction it was taking when it formed the last loop. If you put this end through the twist from the opposite direction, no knot will be made and your bow will tumble." &mdash;Kinne, 1920

Cravat bow

"Plait the ribbon a distance from the end to allow for a streamer or bow end. Hold the plaits with the…

"For the uneven bow, measure a long loop, plait, and hold with right hand. Opposite this, measure, plait, and hold a much shorter loop. Parallel with the first loop measure, plait, and hold a loop a little shorter than the first one Opposite, measure another loop a little shorter than loop No. 2. Parallel with loop No. 1 make a fifth loop. Continue until you have as full a bow as you wish." &mdash;Kinne, 1920

Uneven bow

"For the uneven bow, measure a long loop, plait, and hold with right hand. Opposite this, measure, plait,…

An artificial hand made of iron.

Hand

An artificial hand made of iron.

"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand years B.C. and has been found in nearly all excavations of prehistoric times and among the relics of primitive people all over the world. It has been known alike to Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese, Japanese, East Indians, Aztecs, mound builders, and the North and South American Indians, with all of whom it has a similar meaning, viz., good luck and happiness. In Indian it is drawn below the seats intended for bridegrooms, below the plates containing food to be offered to gods and is tattooed on the arms. It is drawn on the scalp at the thread ceremony and on the dorsum of the feet on all auspicious ceremonies, such as mariages, etc. The usual figure consists of four arms with the cross at right angles and the arms pointing in the direction of motion of a clock's hand, although it has been given different forms, as shown by the accompanying illustrations. It is very commonly used as a rug design, especially in the Chinese, Caucasian, Turkish, and Turkoman products."

Swastika Design

"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand…

"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand years B.C. and has been found in nearly all excavations of prehistoric times and among the relics of primitive people all over the world. It has been known alike to Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese, Japanese, East Indians, Aztecs, mound builders, and the North and South American Indians, with all of whom it has a similar meaning, viz., good luck and happiness. In Indian it is drawn below the seats intended for bridegrooms, below the plates containing food to be offered to gods and is tattooed on the arms. It is drawn on the scalp at the thread ceremony and on the dorsum of the feet on all auspicious ceremonies, such as mariages, etc. The usual figure consists of four arms with the cross at right angles and the arms pointing in the direction of motion of a clock's hand, although it has been given different forms, as shown by the accompanying illustrations. It is very commonly used as a rug design, especially in the Chinese, Caucasian, Turkish, and Turkoman products."

Swastika Design

"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand…

"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand years B.C. and has been found in nearly all excavations of prehistoric times and among the relics of primitive people all over the world. It has been known alike to Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese, Japanese, East Indians, Aztecs, mound builders, and the North and South American Indians, with all of whom it has a similar meaning, viz., good luck and happiness. In Indian it is drawn below the seats intended for bridegrooms, below the plates containing food to be offered to gods and is tattooed on the arms. It is drawn on the scalp at the thread ceremony and on the dorsum of the feet on all auspicious ceremonies, such as mariages, etc. The usual figure consists of four arms with the cross at right angles and the arms pointing in the direction of motion of a clock's hand, although it has been given different forms, as shown by the accompanying illustrations. It is very commonly used as a rug design, especially in the Chinese, Caucasian, Turkish, and Turkoman products."

Swastika Design

"Derived from the Sanscrit word Svasti, which means good pretence. It dates bck three or four thousand…

There is an English type of extension ladder which has a windlass in the bottom section to raise the upper sections by winding the crank, instead of pushing the upper sections up by hand as is commonly done with ordinary extension ladders. A rope is tied to the upper section of ladder at the bottom. Then the rope is passed through a pulley or block at the top of the lower ladder section. Turning the windlass handle winds the rope up and raises the upper ladder easily.

Windlass Extension Ladders

There is an English type of extension ladder which has a windlass in the bottom section to raise the…

These hooks are of hand forged steel and are tested to stand a tensile strain of 1800 pounds. The rings in the upper ends of these cornice hooks are used to tie a rope into. The rope is then made fast to a chimney or other safe hold while the hooks rest on the cornice of the roof.

Cornice Hook

These hooks are of hand forged steel and are tested to stand a tensile strain of 1800 pounds. The rings…

Not so commonly used now as in years gone by. Yet, in a well equipped shop the paint mill finds many uses. In mixing putty, grinding and mixing colors, working over old paint skins to be made into paint for rough work the paint mill has its place. Paint mills come in four sizes: 1/4 to 3 gallon capacity and for hand or power operation.

Paint Mill

Not so commonly used now as in years gone by. Yet, in a well equipped shop the paint mill finds many…

In Greek mythology, the only son of Poseidon, who is described as one of the minor sea gods. He was represented as an attendant of his father, usually mounted on a sea monster, and holding in his hand a conch-shell trumpet.

Triton

In Greek mythology, the only son of Poseidon, who is described as one of the minor sea gods. He was…

This diagram shows the bones of the hand and of the wrist.

Hand

This diagram shows the bones of the hand and of the wrist.

A stringed instrument used in Carnatic music. The vina is played by sitting cross-legged and holding the vina in front of oneself. The small gourd on the left rests on the left thigh, the left arm passing beneath and hand curved round the stem so that the fingers rest upon the frets. The vina's main body is placed on the ground, partially supported by the right thigh.

Vina

A stringed instrument used in Carnatic music. The vina is played by sitting cross-legged and holding…

A hand&mdashlike coral: so called from its pale hand like tubers.

Dead Man's Fingers

A hand&mdashlike coral: so called from its pale hand like tubers.

Priam kissing the hand of Achilles.

Priam

Priam kissing the hand of Achilles.

This illustration shows a method of applying a bandage to the hand.

Hand Bandage

This illustration shows a method of applying a bandage to the hand.

This illustration shows a method of applying a bandage to the hand.

Hand Bandage

This illustration shows a method of applying a bandage to the hand.

This illustration shows a method of applying a bandage to the hand.

Hand Bandage

This illustration shows a method of applying a bandage to the hand.

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents a simple affirmation.

Simple Affirmation

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents a simple affirmation.

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents a emphatic declaration.

Emphatic Declaration

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents a emphatic declaration.

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents apathy or prostration.

Apathy

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents apathy or prostration.

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents an energetic appeal.

Energetic Appeal

This diagram shows a hand gesture that represents an energetic appeal.