The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the genus Phoenix, extensively cultivated for its edible…
Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 - June 2, 1882) was an Italian military and political figure.
Henry George (September 2, 1839 - October 29, 1897) was an American political economist and the most…
Benjamin Chew (November 19, 1722 – January 20, 1810) was a fifth-generation American, a Quaker-born…
A political cartoon released by the Democratic Party mocking the Hartford Convention candidate.
Morgan Dix (born November 1, 1827 in New York City; died April 29, 1908) was an American priest, "divine"…
An illustration of a roman coin (denarius). The left side represents the laurel-crowned head of Titus.…
An illustration of crusaders before Jerusalem. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a…
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran, American…
Isabella I (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was Queen of Castile and León. She and…
In cartography, a contour line (often just called a "contour") joins points of equal elevation (height)…
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 Old Style– 3 September 1658 Old Style) was an English military…
(1791-1839) an American political leader, lawyer, and captain in the War of 1812.
Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New…
Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 or 1781 – November 19, 1850) was the ninth Vice President…
Newspapers and speakers especially condemned the "land embargo" — the cutting-off trade with Canada.…
The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide…
Samuel Jones Tilden (February 9, 1814 – August 4, 1886) was the Democratic candidate for the U.S.…
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in 1811 between United States forces led by Governor William Henry…
Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American political leader, Secretary…
Benjamin Franklin Tracy (April 26, 1830 – August 6, 1915) was a United States political figure…
Diagrammatic transverse section of abdomen, to show the peritoneum on transverse tracing. A, at level…
Two diagrams to illustrate the development of the intestinal canal. The figure to the right shows the…
Henry Laurens (March 6, 1724 – December 8, 1792) was an American merchant and rice planter from…
Dr. Francis Lieber (March 18, 1800 – October 2, 1872) was a German-American jurist and political philosopher.…
John Alexander Logan (February 8, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and political…
John Davis Long (October 27, 1838 – August 28, 1915) was a U.S. political figure. He served as Governor…
William M. Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), sometimes informally called Boss Tweed, was an…
Seth Low (January 18, 1850 - September 17, 1916), born in Brooklyn, New York, was an American educator…
Coffea arabica is a species of coffee indigenous to Ethiopia and Yemen. It is also known as the "coffee…
Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American…
George Edwin Waring was born in Poundridge, NY, July 4, 1833. He was agricultural engineer of Central…
An illustration of a portion of a date palm leaf. The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm in the…
In some churches, pews were installed at the expense of the congregants, and were their personal property;…
Dracaena is a genus of about 40 species of trees and succulent shrubs classified in the family Ruscaceae…
An illustration of an earthworm. The basic body plan of an earthworm is a tube, the digestive system,…
Tracheal system of a fly larva. Labels: Tr, longitudinal stem of right side; St', St", anterior and…
Circulatory and nervous system of a snail. Labels: F, tentacles; Oe, esophagus; Cg, cerebral ganglion;…
Anterior part of the circulatory system of an annelid. The arrows indicate the direction of the flow.…
Circulatory and respiratory system of the crayfish. C-heart with three pairs of ostia; Ps, pericardium;…
Structure of the protonephridium (excretory organ) of a flatworm. A, part of the excretory apparatus…
Structure of the protonephridium (excretory organ) of an annelid. Labels: Wtr, ciliated funnels; Ds,…
Structure of the protonephridium (excretory organ) of a shark. Labels: Wtr, ciliated funnels; Ug, segmental…
Nervous system of a flatworm. Labels: G, cerebral ganglia and eyes; St, the two lateral nerve trunks;…
Nervous system of the larva of a ladybug. Labels: Gfr, frontal ganglion; G, cerebral ganglia; Sg, subcesophageal…
A, Diagrammatic transverse section through the body of a vertebrate. B, A similar section through a…
Lachlan McIntosh (March 17, 1725 – February 20, 1806) was an American military and political leader…
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits…
A caricature celebrating the victory of the USS Wasp over the HMS Frolic and the accompanying…
Cirsium arvense is a species of Cirsium, native throughout Europe and northern Asia, and widely introduced…
Marinus Willett (July 31, 1740 – August 22, 1830) was an American soldier and political leader from…
A political cartoon discussing Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, an officer in the United States Navy.
The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, (sometimes called the eastern brook trout, Adirondack coaster…
John Winthrop (12 January 1588 – 26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World,…
An illustration of the Order of the Garter Star. The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry,…
An illustration of a sea fern fossil from the carboniferous period. The Carboniferous is a geologic…
Fernando Wood (June 14, 1812 – February 14, 1881) is famous for being one of the most colorful mayors…
Josiah Quincy III (February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was…