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A seal which has many bands of white around black.

Ribbon Seal

A seal which has many bands of white around black.

"Star of the Order of the Black Eagle." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Black Eagle

"Star of the Order of the Black Eagle." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

"A wood remarkable for its hardness, heaviness, and deep black color, is the heart-wood of different species of Diospyros, of the natural order Ebenaceae, the same genus which produces the Date Plum, Kaki, and other fruits." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Ebony

"A wood remarkable for its hardness, heaviness, and deep black color, is the heart-wood of different…

An Australian bird of paradise. It is usually 12 inches long with a wing span of 6 inches. Mostly black with iridescent purple, violet, blue, and green.

Riflebird

An Australian bird of paradise. It is usually 12 inches long with a wing span of 6 inches. Mostly black…

"A, Schematic longitudinal section through a zooid and bud of Stylophora digitata. In A, B, and C the thick black lines represent coenosarc; col, columella; T, tabulae. B, similar section through a single zoooid and bud of Astroides calicularis. C, similar section through three corallites of Lophohelia prolifera. ez, edge-zone. D, Diagram illustration the process of budding by unequal division. E, section through a dividing calicle of Mussa, showing the union of two septa in the plane of division, and the origin of new septa at right angles to them." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Stylophora Digitata

"A, Schematic longitudinal section through a zooid and bud of Stylophora digitata. In A, B, and C the…

A locust with pods sometimes used to make honey.

Black Locust

A locust with pods sometimes used to make honey.

A small bird having grey and brown upper parts with small black and white spots. Pale grey under parts and a brown rump.

Rock Wren

A small bird having grey and brown upper parts with small black and white spots. Pale grey under parts…

A bird with a thin black bill with a red tip.

Roseate Tern

A bird with a thin black bill with a red tip.

"Liphistus desultor, Ventral view with the prosomatic appendages cut short expecting the chelicerae (1) whose sharp retroverts are seen. Between the bases of the prosomatic limbs an anterior and a posterior sternal plate (black) are seen. I, The sternum of the first opisthosomatic or genital somite covering the genital aperture and the first pair of lungsacs. In front of it the narrow waist is formed by the soft sternal area of the praegenital somite. 2, the sternite of the second opisthosomatic somite covering the posterior pair of lung-sacs; 3 and 4, the spinning appendages (limbs) of the opisthosoma; a, inner, b, outer ramus of the appendage; II, sternite of the eleventh somite of the opisthosoma: in front of it other rudimentary sternites; an, anus." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Liphistius Desultor

"Liphistus desultor, Ventral view with the prosomatic appendages cut short expecting the chelicerae…

"A genus of order Piperaceae. The Piper nigrum, which furnishes the black pepper of commerse, is a native of the East Indies, where it is cultivated on an extensive scale. It is a climbing plant, which broad, ovate, acuminate leaves, and little globular berries, which, when ripe, are of a bright-red color. The pepper of Malacca, Java, and especially of Sumatra, is the most esteemed. Its culture has been introduced into various other tropical countries. White pepper is the best and soundest of the berries, gathered when fully ripe, and deprived of their external skin." — Winston's Encyclopedia, 1919

Black Pepper

"A genus of order Piperaceae. The Piper nigrum, which furnishes the black pepper of commerse, is a native…

A shrub producing many black, bulbous fruits. Commonly used in desserts, jams, jellies, and wine.

Blackberry

A shrub producing many black, bulbous fruits. Commonly used in desserts, jams, jellies, and wine.

A black salamander with yellow spots on its back.

Spotted Salamander

A black salamander with yellow spots on its back.

"Diagram illustrating the muscles (drawn in thick black lines) which pass before and behind the joints and by their balanced activity keep the joints rigid and the body erect." —Martin, 1917

Muscle Diagram

"Diagram illustrating the muscles (drawn in thick black lines) which pass before and behind the joints…

"The heart and the great blood-vessel attached to it, seen from the side towards the sternum. The left cavities and the vessels connected with them are colored red; the right black. Atd, right auricle; Adx and As, the right and left auricular appendages; Vd, right ventricle; Vs, left ventricle; Aa, aorta; Ab, innominate artery; Cs, left common carotid artery; Ssi, left subclavian artery; P, main trunk of the pulmonary artery, and Pd and Ps, its branches to the right and left lungs; cs, superior vena cava; Ade and Asi, the right and left innominate veins; pd, ps, the right and left pulmonary veins; crd and crs, the right and left coronary arteries." —Martin, 1917

Heart

"The heart and the great blood-vessel attached to it, seen from the side towards the sternum. The left…

"The self-acting slide-rest carries reduction by driving the lathe itself the small "feed" movement necessary for bringing the tool to bear on successive portions of the work, it dispenses wholly with the need for physical exertion on the part of the workman, and does not even demand his continuous supervision." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Slide-Rest

"The self-acting slide-rest carries reduction by driving the lathe itself the small "feed" movement…

"Break lathes can take in work of considerable length as well as of large diameter,—the treble-geared headstock and all other parts being in their case made of sufficient strength to bear the heavy strains which result from the increased size and weight of the work, a quality in which gap lathes are not unfrequntly deficient." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Break Lathe

"Break lathes can take in work of considerable length as well as of large diameter,—the treble-geared…

Ailuropus Melanoleucus. "A. melanoleucus, discovered by Pere David in 1869, in the most inaccessible mountains of eastern Tibet. Said to feed principally on roots, bamboos, and other vegetables. It is of the size of a small Brown bear, of a white color, with ears, spots round the eyes, shoulders, and limbs black." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1903

Giant Panda

Ailuropus Melanoleucus. "A. melanoleucus, discovered by Pere David in 1869, in the most inaccessible…

Diagram of the chief organs of a mammal. The bones are black. <em>a</em>, opening from the nasal cavity <em>s</em> to pharynx; <em>bl</em>, bladder; <em>ce</em>, caecum; <em>di</em>, diaphragm; <em>e</em>, epiglottis; <em>n</em>, nostril or anterior nares; <em>ov</em>, ovary; <em>rf</em> and <em>ute</em>, uterus; <em>ru</em> and <em>lu</em>, ureters; <em>x</em>, pancreas; <em>vag</em>, vagina. From Davison's <em>Mammalian Anatomy</em>.

Organs

Diagram of the chief organs of a mammal. The bones are black. a, opening from the nasal cavity…

Front view of head of bee. <em>a</em>antenna; <em>e</em>, compound eye; the three black dots are the simple eyes.

Bee Head

Front view of head of bee. aantenna; e, compound eye; the three black dots are the…

Distinct by their usually small size, their intense black colors, which occasionally have a bluish greenish tinge, and by their very convex form.

Black Bug

Distinct by their usually small size, their intense black colors, which occasionally have a bluish greenish…

Hister Arcuatus, or clown beetle. Small, oval, shining, very hard, black bronzed or greenish beetles, with the wing-covers cut off squarely behind, leaving the last segments of the abdomen exposed.

Hister Beetle

Hister Arcuatus, or clown beetle. Small, oval, shining, very hard, black bronzed or greenish beetles,…

Hister Bimaculatus, or clown beetle. Small, oval, shining, very hard, black bronzed or greenish beetles, with the wing-covers cut off squarely behind, leaving the last segments of the abdomen exposed.

Hister Beetle

Hister Bimaculatus, or clown beetle. Small, oval, shining, very hard, black bronzed or greenish beetles,…

The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black snout and three small black spots at the base of the wing-covers

Potato-Stalk Borer Larva

The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black…

The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black snout and three small black spots at the base of the wing-covers

Potato-Stalk Borer Pupa

The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black…

The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black snout and three small black spots at the base of the wing-covers

Potato-Stalk Borer Adult

The potato-stalk borer, is a small ash gray weevil about one-sixth of an inch in length, with a black…

The nut weevils, are of quite large size, clay-yellow in color, and with an exceedingly long and slender, black beak or snout.

Chestnut Weevil

The nut weevils, are of quite large size, clay-yellow in color, and with an exceedingly long and slender,…

The nut weevils, are of quite large size, clay-yellow in color, and with an exceedingly long and slender, black beak or snout.

Chestnut Weevil

The nut weevils, are of quite large size, clay-yellow in color, and with an exceedingly long and slender,…

The nut weevils, are of quite large size, clay-yellow in color, and with an exceedingly long and slender, black beak or snout.

Chestnut Weevil

The nut weevils, are of quite large size, clay-yellow in color, and with an exceedingly long and slender,…

Diagram of nervous system of Crania; from the dorsal side. The nerves running to the dorsal parts are white, with black edges; those running to the ventral parts are solid black.

Brachiopoda

Diagram of nervous system of Crania; from the dorsal side. The nerves running to the dorsal parts are…

Papilio Asterias, or Papilio Polyxenes. Bright green caterpillar with broken black bands.

Black Swallowtail Butterfly Larva

Papilio Asterias, or Papilio Polyxenes. Bright green caterpillar with broken black bands.

This pupa, or chrysalis, is fastened to a little silken pad by the tail, but is also sustained by a silken band in front of the middle, so that it is said to be girthed.

Black Swallowtail Butterfly Larva

This pupa, or chrysalis, is fastened to a little silken pad by the tail, but is also sustained by a…

A black, very little marked with yellow, and the only satisfactory remedy is cutting out and destroying the larva as soon as its presence is indicated by the wilting leaves.

Blackberry Borer Male

A black, very little marked with yellow, and the only satisfactory remedy is cutting out and destroying…

A black, very little marked with yellow, and the only satisfactory remedy is cutting out and destroying the larva as soon as its presence is indicated by the wilting leaves.

Blackberry Borer Female

A black, very little marked with yellow, and the only satisfactory remedy is cutting out and destroying…

They are rather undersized, chunky flies, dark in color, with the thorax well developed and somewhat produced forward so as to partially conceal the small head from above.

Buffalo Gnat

They are rather undersized, chunky flies, dark in color, with the thorax well developed and somewhat…

The larva is curious little creatures, living under water in rather swiftly flowing streams, clinging to rocks, sticks, or logs, and feeding upon vegetable matter.

Buffalo Gnat Larva

The larva is curious little creatures, living under water in rather swiftly flowing streams, clinging…

The larva are curious little creatures, living under water in rather swiftly flowing streams, clinging to rocks, sticks, or logs, and feeding upon vegetable matter.

Buffalo Gnat Pupa

The larva are curious little creatures, living under water in rather swiftly flowing streams, clinging…

These are large or very large creatures, black or honey-yellow in color, and the bodies are transversely flattened and squarly cut off at the posterior extremity.

Long-Tailed Ophion

These are large or very large creatures, black or honey-yellow in color, and the bodies are transversely…

Also known as cow killers, are not actually ants but a type of wasp. they get their name from their hair, which ranges from red and black to completely white, or may silvery golden.

Velvet Ant

Also known as cow killers, are not actually ants but a type of wasp. they get their name from their…

Julius Caesar heard that a little way off there was a country nobody knew anything about, except that the people were very fierce and savage, and that a sort of pearl was found in the shells of mussels which lived in the rivers. He could not bear that there should be any place that his own people, the Romans, did not know and subdue. So he commanded the ships to be prepared, and he and his soldiers embarked, watching the white cliffs in the other side of the sea grow higher and higher as he came nearer and nearer.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar heard that a little way off there was a country nobody knew anything about, except that…

All this time John Lacklands cruelty and savageness were making the whole kingdom miserable; and at last the great barons bear it no longer. They met together and agreed that they would make John swear to govern by the good old English laws that had prevailed before the Normans came. The difficulty was to be sure of what these laws were, for most of the copies of them had been lost. However, Archbishop Langton and some of the wisest of the barons put together a set of laws-some copied, some recollected, some old, some new-but all such as to give the barons some control of the king, and hinder him from getting savage soldiers together to frighten people into doing whatever he chose to make them. These laws they called Magna Charta, or the great charter; and they all came in armor, and took John by surprise at Windsor. He came to meet them in a meadow named Runnymede, on the bank of the Thames, and there they force him to sign the charter, for which all Englishmen are grateful to them.

John's Anger after Signing Magna Charta

All this time John Lacklands cruelty and savageness were making the whole kingdom miserable; and at…

King Henry was a builder of beautiful churches. Westminster Abbey, as it is now, was one. And he was charitable to the poor that, when he had his children weighed, he gave their weight in gold and silver in alms. But he gave to everyone who asked, and so always wanted money; and sometimes his men could get nothing for the king and queen to eat, but by going and taking sheep and poultry from the poor farmers around; so that things were nearly as bad as under William Rufus-because the king was so foolishly good-natured. The Pope was always sending for money, too; and the king tried to raise it in ways that, according to Magna Carta, he had sworn not to do. His foreign friends told him that if he minded Magna Carta he would be a poor creature-not like a king who might do all he pleased; and whenever he listened to them he broke the laws of Magna Carta. Then, when his barons complained and frightened him, he swore again to keep them; so that nobody could trust him, and his weakness was almost as bad for the kingdom as John's wickedness. When they could bear it no longer, the barons all met him at the council, which was called the Parliament, from a French word meaning talk. This time they came in armor, binging all their fighting men, and declared that he had broken his word so often that they should appoint some of their own number to watch him, and hinder his doing anything against the laws he had sworn to observe, or from getting money from the people without their consent.

King Henry and His Barons

King Henry was a builder of beautiful churches. Westminster Abbey, as it is now, was one. And he was…

Epidendrum conopseum, a small Orchid, and Tillandsia usneoides, the so-called Long Moss or Black Moss, which is no moss, but a flowering plant.

Epiphytes of Florida and Georgia

Epidendrum conopseum, a small Orchid, and Tillandsia usneoides, the so-called Long Moss or Black Moss,…

Flower of a Cleome of the section Gynandropsis, showing broadened receptacles to bear petals, lengthened stripe below stamens, and another between these and pistil.

Flower of a Cleome

Flower of a Cleome of the section Gynandropsis, showing broadened receptacles to bear petals, lengthened…

This fresco by Correggio is of St. John sitting and writing next to a black hawk. The fresco can be found hanging over the doorway of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma.

St. John the Evangelist

This fresco by Correggio is of St. John sitting and writing next to a black hawk. The fresco can be…

A small homoterous insect, <em>Phylloscelis Atra</em> (var. <em>pallescens</em>) is not uncommon among the brambles and weeds in meadows in Maryland; it is one of a singular round or broad oval shape, being about 0.20 in length by 0.13 in breadth; the fore thigh are much thickened, and the hind tibiae or shanks are quite long and spiney on their outer edges, and are fitted for leaping. The color of this insect is black, having two orange-brown stripes on the thorax, two longitudinal stripes of the same color on the outer wings and on the border of their scutel.

Black Leaf-Leg

A small homoterous insect, Phylloscelis Atra (var. pallescens) is not uncommon among…

An example of Native American picture writing. One interpretation: "The chiefs Black Wolf, Raven, Fast Bear, and Standing Bear hold a war council round the fire where grass was high. They dig up the hatchet, have plenty of arrows, and start on foot to a Cheyenne village (cut arm, Cheyenne sign) on Beaver Creek, where they expect to have a fight, and stampede the herd of fat ponies." &mdash;Scott, 1884

Picture Writing

An example of Native American picture writing. One interpretation: "The chiefs Black Wolf, Raven, Fast…

Now known as Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University or AAMU is an accredited public, coeducational land grant college located in Normal, Madison County, Alabama. It was established under the terms of the Morill Act of 1890 and is also a historically Black university.

Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama

Now known as Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University or AAMU is an accredited public, coeducational…

A black-headed Gull standing on one leg on the beach.

Black-headed Seagull

A black-headed Gull standing on one leg on the beach.

A polar bear in the arctic wild.

Polar Bear

A polar bear in the arctic wild.

Fur Seals make up one of the two distinct groups of mammals called "seals". Both the fur seals and the true seals are members of the Pinnipedia, which is usually regarded as a suborder of the order Carnivora but sometimes as an independent order. However, the fur seals, like their close relatives the sea lions, retain some ability to walk on land as their hind limbs can be brought forward under the body to bear the animal's weight, and retain small but visible external ears.

Seals and Walrus

Fur Seals make up one of the two distinct groups of mammals called "seals". Both the fur seals and the…

The chief characteristics of the Asian race are: broad head; angular face; high cheek-bones; small, obliquely-set eyes; straight, coarse, black hair; scanty beard, and short stature. The color of the skin varies from pale lemon to brownish yellow.

Asian

The chief characteristics of the Asian race are: broad head; angular face; high cheek-bones; small,…

(1860-1948) John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was General of the Armies during World War I.

John Joseph Pershing

(1860-1948) John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was General of the Armies during World War I.

The females deposit their eggs, which are small, oval, and black, on twigs and bark in the autumn; the insect is hatched out the next spring, and feeds upon the sap of the tree. The first broods are all females, which in a short time, without any intercourse with the males, give birth to living young by the process of gemmation. These also produce other young ones, which are all females as long as the summer lasts, and it is only in the autumn that males are produced, which, uniting with the females, become the parents of the eggs for the following spring brood, thus bearing living young all the summer, and laying eggs which can withstand the frosts of the winter in autumn for the following spring season, while the parent insects in winter are destroyed by the wet and cold weather and alternate freezing and thawing.

Apple Plant Louse

The females deposit their eggs, which are small, oval, and black, on twigs and bark in the autumn; the…

The females deposit their eggs, which are small, oval, and black, on twigs and bark in the autumn; the insect is hatched out the next spring, and feeds upon the sap of the tree. The first broods are all females, which in a short time, without any intercourse with the males, give birth to living young by the process of gemmation. These also produce other young ones, which are all females as long as the summer lasts, and it is only in the autumn that males are produced, which, uniting with the females, become the parents of the eggs for the following spring brood, thus bearing living young all the summer, and laying eggs which can withstand the frosts of the winter in autumn for the following spring season, while the parent insects in winter are destroyed by the wet and cold weather and alternate freezing and thawing.

Apple Plant Louse

The females deposit their eggs, which are small, oval, and black, on twigs and bark in the autumn; the…

Eriosoma Tesselata was found on birch in Maryland, in clusters near the ends of twigs, in the autumn. It is of a black color, with white spots on the fore part of its body, and is covered with a snow white down or wool on its hinder part.

Wooly Aphid

Eriosoma Tesselata was found on birch in Maryland, in clusters near the ends of twigs, in the autumn.…

Pediculus Pubis. The crab-louse is gray-black and is a much broader square form than the other two species of louse, that has been a great scourge to soliders in time of war. This insect has been named the crab-louse from its broad crab-like appearance. It is of grayish color; the head is small, and appears to be united with the broad body without any thorax; it inhabits the hairy part of the body, under the arms or shoulders, in the beard, etc., but appears to avoid the head. These insects pierce deeply into the skin of mankind, and produce an intolerable itching.

Crab Louse

Pediculus Pubis. The crab-louse is gray-black and is a much broader square form than the other two species…

(1841-1898) Scottish novelist who wrote <em>Love and Marriage</em>, <em>In Silk Attire</em>, <em>A Daughter of Heth</em>, <em>The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton</em>, <em>A Princess of Thule</em>, and more.

William Black

(1841-1898) Scottish novelist who wrote Love and Marriage, In Silk Attire, A Daughter…

Black pepper is a flowering vine, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

Black Pepper

Black pepper is a flowering vine, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

"The Schipperke is a small tailless dog, originally bred in Belgium and only later introduced to North America." —Finley, 1917

Schipperke

"The Schipperke is a small tailless dog, originally bred in Belgium and only later introduced to North…

"The field spaniel, a dog to which very great attention has been paid by breeders and fanciers, who have lengthened its body and shortened its legs at the expense of symmetry."—Finley, 1917

Field Spaniel

"The field spaniel, a dog to which very great attention has been paid by breeders and fanciers, who…