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"Base Ball is a field game played principally in the United States. It originated in the English school-boy game of "rounders;" but it has been so improved and so generally played as to merit its name of "the National game of America." The plaing of baseball has become largely a business or a "profession," and skilled players receive large salaries. As an amateur game, however, it is also most popular."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Baseball Diamond

"Base Ball is a field game played principally in the United States. It originated in the English school-boy…

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (August 8, 1605 – November 30, 1675), usually called Cecil, was an English coloniser who was the first proprietor of the Maryland colony. He received the proprietorship that was intended for his father, George Calvert, the 1st Lord Baltimore, who died shortly before it was granted.

Cecilius Calvert

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (August 8, 1605 – November 30, 1675), usually called Cecil,…

"That prince escaped from the battle of Worcester as soon as he saw that the day was lost. With a small company of attendants, he eluded the pursuit of the enemy's cavalry by the fleetness of his horse, and struck off from the high road without well knowning which way to go." — Goodrich, 1844

Escape of Charles II

"That prince escaped from the battle of Worcester as soon as he saw that the day was lost. With a small…

"The common chipping-knife, used by apothecaries, and represented [here], is a familiar illustration of levers of the second kind [class]." —Quackenbos 1859

Chipping Knife

"The common chipping-knife, used by apothecaries, and represented [here], is a familiar illustration…

The heraldic charge borne by the second eldest son in a family.

The Crescent

The heraldic charge borne by the second eldest son in a family.

"In the second order of levers, the resistance is between the fulcrum and the power; and, as before, P : W :: BF : AF, but the pressure of the fulcrum is equal to W-P, or the weight less the power."—Pettigrew, 1874

Second Kind of Lever

"In the second order of levers, the resistance is between the fulcrum and the power; and, as before,…

"The prism of the second order consists of four rectangular vertical faces, each of which intersects one horizontal crystallographic axis and is parallel to the other two axes." — Ford, 1912

Second order prism

"The prism of the second order consists of four rectangular vertical faces, each of which intersects…

"The pyramid of the second order is a form composed of eight isoceles triangular faces, each of which intersects one horizontal axis and the vertical axis and is parallel to the second horizontal axis." — Ford, 1912

Second order pyramid

"The pyramid of the second order is a form composed of eight isoceles triangular faces, each of which…

An illustration of an Egyptian hieroglyphic depicting Ramesses II returning in triumph from Syria.

Ramesses II Returning From Syria

An illustration of an Egyptian hieroglyphic depicting Ramesses II returning in triumph from Syria.

A lever of the second class

Second Class Lever

A lever of the second class

"A lever is an inflexible bar freely movable about a fixed axis called the fulcrum. If the weight is between the power and the fulcrum, the lever is of the second class." — Avery, 1895

Second Class Lever

"A lever is an inflexible bar freely movable about a fixed axis called the fulcrum. If the weight is…

"The second kind of lever is represented where W is the weight, L the lever, F the fulcrum, and P a pulley, over which a string is thrown, and a weight suspeneded, as the power." -Comstock 1850

Second-class Lever

"The second kind of lever is represented where W is the weight, L the lever, F the fulcrum, and P a…

"Two men carrying a load between them on a pole is also and example of this [second class] kind of lever. Each man acts as the power in moving the weight, and at the same time each becomes the fulcrum in respect to the other." -Comstock 1850

Second-class Lever

"Two men carrying a load between them on a pole is also and example of this [second class] kind of lever.…

"Second class lever." -Comstock 1850

Second-class lever

"Second class lever." -Comstock 1850

"A Lever of the Second Kind is one in which the weight is between the power and the fulcrum." —Quackenbos 1859

Second Class Lever

"A Lever of the Second Kind is one in which the weight is between the power and the fulcrum." —Quackenbos…

"This is a form consisting of six rectangular vertical faces, each of which intersects two of the horizontal axes equally and the immediate horizontal axis at one half this distance." — Ford, 1912

Prism of the second order

"This is a form consisting of six rectangular vertical faces, each of which intersects two of the horizontal…

"This is a form composed of twelve isoceles triangular faces, each of which intersects two of the horizontal axes equally, the third and immediate horizontal axis at one-half this distance, and also intersects the vertical axis." — Ford, 1912

Pyramid of the second order

"This is a form composed of twelve isoceles triangular faces, each of which intersects two of the horizontal…

"The wheel and axle consists of a wheel united to a cylinder in such a way that they may turn together on a common axis. It is a modified lever of the first or second class." -Avery 1895

Wheel and Axle with Rope and Bucket

"The wheel and axle consists of a wheel united to a cylinder in such a way that they may turn together…