- Shell Gorgets
- Tandem
- 20-65 Anti Aircraft gun, ready for transport
- Kyloe, or Highland Ox
- browny
- Listening for the voice to speak his name once more
- Skull of Phororhacos Compared with that of the Race-horse Lexington
- The seven-cylinder 50-h.p. Gnome motor.
The difficulty with air-cooling—although it had obvious advantages over water-cooling—was to bring enough air to play upon the surfaces of the cylinders; and it was here that the Gnome won so complete a success. In other engines the cylinders were stationary, and their pistons, moving up and down in the cylinders, turned a crank-shaft to the end of which the propeller was fixed. Therefore the only air the cylinders obtained was what rushed upon them through the speed of the machine in flight. But in the Gnome, instead of the cylinders remaining stationary and the crank-shaft revolving, the cylinders themselves spun round, and the crank-shaft did not move. An illustration of this motor with one end of the crank-chamber removed, so that the piston-rods can be seen, is given in the figure. It will be noted that there are seven cylinders, set in the form of a star, and that the seven piston-rods projecting from them come together upon a single crank-pin, which is attached to the stationary crank-shaft and turns round it. The propeller, instead of being fitted to the crank-shaft, as was the case with other motors, was bolted to a plate upon the engine itself, so that when this turned around its crank-shaft, it carried the propeller with it. - The Elephant and the Rotten Bridge
It is seldom that an elephant can be induced to pass over ground he considers unsafe. Sometimes, however, a driver obtains such a mastery over a timid animal, that he compels him to undertake what his better sense would induce him to decline. An elephant of this character was owned by a person residing in the neighbourhood of Gyah. Between the house and the town was a small bridge, over which the elephant had frequently passed. One day, however, he refused to go over. He tried it with his trunk, evidently suspecting that its strength was not sufficient to bear his weight. Still, the obstinate driver urged him on with the sharp spear with which elephants are driven. At length, with cautious steps he began the passage, still showing an extreme unwillingness to proceed. As he approached the centre, loud cracks were heard, when the treacherous bridge gave way, and both elephant and rider were precipitated into the stream below; the latter being killed by the fall, and the former, who had proved himself the most sensible being of the two, being much injured. - Young Cape Buffalo
- Imitation of Stag -XIV. Century.
- Coiled Baskets - California
- The Alpine Ibex. Note the Curiously Knobbed Horns
A well-known wild goat is the Ibex of the Alps. This is a splendid fellow, with long and strong horns but no beard. It used to be very common, but has been shot at so much that very few are left. - Finding of Moses in the bulrushes
- Girl and boy in the garden
Girl and boy in the garden - Art Critic
Art Critic - Styli
Styli used in writing in the Fourteenth Century. - Visitors from America
- Sweep them clear of the premises
- Warming Drawer
Q. Are All Electric Ranges Equipped With a Warming Drawer? A. No. It is usually a regular feature on deluxe models and can be installed as an accessory on some other models. Q. Are the Temperatures in the Warming Drawer Harmful to China? A. No. The temperature is sufficient for warming china but not high enough to cause any harm. - Mouth appendages of cockroach
Mouth appendages of Periplaneta (magnified). A Mandible B First maxilla 1 cardo 2 stipes 3 lacinia 4 galea 5 palp C Right and left second maxillae fused to form the labium 1 submentum 2 mentum 3 ligula, corresponding to the lacinia 4 paraglossa, corresponding to the galea 5 palp (From Latter.) - 5 inch R.F. gun and breech mechanism
- Three people in a boat
- Tes Dans La Rue, T'es Cheztoi
- Gargoyles
Gargoyles - Beak of hemipteron
Several families of the true bugs include forms which, while normally inoffensive, are capable of inflicting painful wounds on man. In these, as in all of the Hemiptera, the mouth-parts are modified to form an organ for piercing and sucking. The upper lip, or labrum, is much reduced and immovable, the lower lip, or labium, is elongated to form a jointed sheath, within which the lance-like mandibles and maxillæ are enclosed. The mandibles are more or less deeply serrated, depending on the species concerned. - Giraffe group
Giraffe group - Court Fool
- Wolves running
- Divider - Italy 20
- The Flight into Egypt
Matthew 2:14, 15 - A Burgess at meals
- Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun - External Parts
- The Word of God
- Motoring Clothes
- La Ville de Paris
The Ville de Paris showed considerable resemblance to her prototype, the France of 1884, but differed from that elegant vessel in various important features. Her hull was shaped like a wine bottle with its thickest end, or bow, brought to a sharp projectile point, and its other end furnished, like an arrow, with four fixed guiding surfaces to steady its flight. These guiding surfaces were elongated, finlike, cylindrical sacs, inflated as shown in the illustration. The hull measured 200 feet long, 34½ feet in major diameter, 112,847 cubic feet in volume. Heavy bands of canvas with their edges sewed along the sides of the balloon served as flaps for the attachment of the cords suspending the long car beneath. With this long suspension the weight of the car was more evenly distributed over the envelope than in the Lebaudy balloons. An interesting improvement in this air ship was the stabilizing planes, placed above the car, fore and aft, to lift or depress aëroplanelike, thus enabling the pilot to raise or lower the vessel, also to alter her trim, or to check her pitching. As might be expected, her flight was very steady, but as the motor developed only 70 to 75 horse power, her velocity did not exceed twenty-five miles per hour. In January, 1908, she made a run of 147 miles in seven hours, six minutes, with an average speed of 21 miles an hour. - A Spaniard of the Seventeenth Century
- Elias Howe
- Zebu.—(Var. δ.)
- Carrying the torch
- Title
A title page border for an art-related page - Folsom Power House
- The Sin Game
- Divider - Italy 34
- Divider - Italy bibliography
- From a Painting by Giotto
- A Spanish Gentlewoman of the Sixteenth Century
- Edison's First Phonograph
- Birthplace of Charles Goodyear
- Larva of Xenopsylla cheopis
- dream
- At the Black Cat
- Second of Advent
Second of Advent - The End of Judas Iscariot
Matt. 27:3-5 - Jonathan and his Uncle William in the One-horse Chaise
- Sextuple Perfecting Press
- Frankford arsenal 21-second combination fuse
- S. Marco and the Doge’s Palace, with the Loggetta in the Foreground
- Byzantine Relief from South Side, S. Marco
- Sunday Fifth Ordinary Sunday
Sunday Fifth Ordinary Sunday