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A large plant with whitish-green fronds reaching up to a foot in height.

Polypodium Angustatum

A large plant with whitish-green fronds reaching up to a foot in height.

An illustration of a large black beetle.

Beetle

An illustration of a large black beetle.

The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is the most famous of the rhinoceros beetles. Native to the rain forests of Central and South America, they also can be found in coastal regions of North Carolina, their title is well deserved, with some (exceptionally rare) males reaching 6.75 inches (170 mm) in length. It is the largest of the 6 species in the Dynastes genus, and one of the largest beetles known.

Hercules Beetle

The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is the most famous of the rhinoceros beetles. Native to the…

"We have before us quite a strange ooking personage as to dress. The boy evidently has on him his father's or his grandfather's clothing. Whatever he may think of his own dignity, the public who see him showing off himself in this manner are either amused or disgusted with his appearance. The fact is, he has got on cloths which do not belong to him; they are borrowed for the occasion. His body is too small to have them fit him: he is like the daw in the back ground with its borrowed feathers. A man appears better in his own clothes, made for his wear, even if they are thread-bare, than those of another, even if they are more fashionable than his own. Every man has a way of his own for doing business, and this for him is the best way."—Barber, 1857

Borrowed Garments Never Fit Well

"We have before us quite a strange ooking personage as to dress. The boy evidently has on him his father's…

A diagram showing the path food takes through the digestive system.

Digestive System

A diagram showing the path food takes through the digestive system.

A large breed of dog from the Italian and Swiss Alps.

St. Bernard

A large breed of dog from the Italian and Swiss Alps.

"Two to three feet long, haunts deep water, and feeds on small fish and crustacea. Found on the British coasts." — Goodrich, 1859

Large Spotted Dogfish

"Two to three feet long, haunts deep water, and feeds on small fish and crustacea. Found on the British…

An illustration of a giant sitting in a cave playing with a herd of sheep.

Giant Sitting in Cave with Sheep

An illustration of a giant sitting in a cave playing with a herd of sheep.

"The induction coil is...often called the Rhumkorff coil. Receiving a large current of small electromotive force, it delievers a small current at a high pressure, sometimes hundreds of thousands of volts, i.e., it is a 'step up' transformer." -Avery 1895

Induction Coil

"The induction coil is...often called the Rhumkorff coil. Receiving a large current of small electromotive…

"The induction coil is...often called the Rhumkorff coil. Receiving a large current of small electromotive force, it delievers a small current at a high pressure, sometimes hundreds of thousands of volts, i.e., it is a 'step up' transformer." -Avery 1895

Induction Coil

"The induction coil is...often called the Rhumkorff coil. Receiving a large current of small electromotive…

An illustration of a man and woman standing in front of a extremely large oak barrel.

Man & Woman with Large Oak Barrel

An illustration of a man and woman standing in front of a extremely large oak barrel.

"When the concave mirror is large, say six inches in diameter, and eight or ten inches focal distance, it exhibits the human face of enormous bulk, the spectator being frightened at the size and courseness of his own features." -Comstock 1850

Magnified Face in a Concave Mirror

"When the concave mirror is large, say six inches in diameter, and eight or ten inches focal distance,…

The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Eastern White Pelican or Great White Pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes. The tree nest is a crude heap of vegetation.

White Pelican

The White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus also known as the Eastern White Pelican or Great White Pelican…

An Implement which in its simplest form consists merely of a wooden or iron bar furnished with wooden or iron teeth, and firmly fixed at right angles to a long handle. The horse rake is a larger rake with are drawn by horses.

Horse Rake

An Implement which in its simplest form consists merely of a wooden or iron bar furnished with wooden…

"Victoria Regia, named by Lindley after Queen Victoria, is the most magnificent of all known water lilies, and comes from a region in which it had been supposed that no Nymphæaceæ occurred. It was first discovered by the botanist Hænke in 1801; Bonbigny, in 1828, sent home specimens to Paris; others also subsequently saw it growing, but it excited no attention till in 1837, Sir Robert Schomburgk found it in the Berbice river in British Guiana. The rootstock is thick and fleshy, the leaf-stalks prickly, the leaf peltate, its margin circular, its diameter from 6 to 12 feet, the edge so turned up as to make the leaves floating in tranquil water look like a number of large trays. "—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Victoria Regia

"Victoria Regia, named by Lindley after Queen Victoria, is the most magnificent of all known water lilies,…

Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades, or tangs, connected in such a way that the sharpened edges slide against each other.

Large Pair of Scissors

Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades, or tangs, connected…

A species of sheep with large horns.

Rocky Mountain Big-Horn

A species of sheep with large horns.

An illustration of a small and large spider.

Spiders

An illustration of a small and large spider.

An illustration if a large staircase.

Large Staircase

An illustration if a large staircase.