Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi- Confederate fortifications, from the northern angle, looking south-…
"Burnside Expedition- the fleet and transports off Hatteras during the storm- the general giving orders.…
"Battle of Winchester, VA., March 23rd, 1862- decisive bayonet charge of the Federal troops, led by…
"Incident in the march of General Banks's Division during a storm in Western Maryland." — Frank Leslie,…
"Loss of the Monitor- gallant attempt of the officers and crew of the United States steamer…
"Battle of Stone River, Tenn. Decisive charge and capture of Byrne's Confederate battery by the Seventy-eighth…
"The investment of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark., by the Federal troops under General McClernand,…
"Capture of Fort De Russy, La., on the 14th of March, 1864, by the Federal forces under General Andrew…
"The Siege of Petersburg. Battle of Ream's Station- the attempt of the enemy to regain the Weldon Railroad…
"The campaign in Georgia. A baggage train crossing the mountains in a storm. General Sherman, after…
"First assault upon Fort Fisher, Sunday, January 15th, 1865. The One Hundred and Seventeenth New York…
View of Oswego Harbor, 1848. This view is from the top of the United States Hotel, looking east-northeast.…
"Eddystone is a group of gneiss rocks, daily submerged by the tide, in the English Channel, 9 miles…
"Petrel is a popular name for certain small oceanic birds of dusky plumage, nocturnal in habit, widely…
"The yard of a ship. The ships of the ancients had a single mast in the middle, and a square sail, to…
"The yard of a ship. The ships of the ancients had a single mast in the middle, and a square sail, to…
"The locusts come down in swarms of millions from the warm lands of southern Brazil. There are so many…
A storm composed of sand. It occurs when the air over the sand becomes hot, and rises. The differences…
The romantisit, J. William Turner, was famous for his drawings and watercolors. This painting expresses…
During the prevalence of the simoom, particles of fine sand are carried into the atmosphere and obscure…
Storms are violent disturbances of the ordinary equilibrium of the atmosphere by wind, rain, snow, hail,…
A Nimbus, or Storm Cloud, is any cloud from which rain falls. The Stratus, or Layer Clouds, form in…
"The warmer current ascends, as indicated by the small arrows, and curls at the black wreath (u) of…
Strong dust storms that move in a circular motion. They mostly occur in deserts such as deserts found…
"Waterspouts are whirlwinds occurring on the sea or on lakes. When fully formed they appear as tall…
A dust storm or sandstorm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions and arises…
This is the only building to survive. It was built c.1365 after its predecessor had been destroyed in…
In the 14th and 15th centuries seamen's guilds were formed in Bristol, King's Lynn, Grimsby, Hull, York…
An illustration of a group of men and woman caught in a rain storm sitting on a fence huddled under…
"Canada Storm Signals. These signals, if displayed by day on lakes Superior, Erie, or Ontario, indicate:…
A scene from the book The Young Wrecker, showing the hero Fred Ransom as he "plunged into the arms of…
A goatherd or a goat herder is a person who herds goats for a living. Similar to a shepherd who tends…
The storm Petrel "of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic from Greenland to South Africa, which breeds…
Nast depicts New York corruption with the Tammany Ring as vultures waiting for the storm to blow over.…
Horace Greeley's storm battered coat and hat from "something that will blow over."
"Cymochorea leucorrhoa. Leach's Petrel. White-rumped Petrel. Coloration as in the last species (pygmy…
William Tell was known as an expert marksman with the crossbow. At the time, Habsburg emperors were…
"From the reservoir, whether constructed on a large scale to hold storm water or of small size to receive…
The picture describes a story about a traveler who encounters a terrible storm and because he cannot…
"Not when the Sun of Fortune o'er us shines, / And flattery's tongue, with honeyed words, beguiles,…
"The ship is wrecked upon a rocky coast, / And all the sailors but these two are lost; / As one is sinking…
"The ship is sunk - he's wrecked at last at sea, / His life to guard in his extremity, / He binds around…
"The tempest howls, the winds tremendous blow, / Whate'er bends not will surely be laid low: / Ofttimes…