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- William, Prince of Orange
- Wellesley College in 1886
- Utensils for Canning Fruit
Utensils for Canning Fruit - The right Honourable Ferdinand--Lord Fairfax
- The Old Way of Reaping
- The Monitor, the famous little ship that revolutionized warship design
The upper figure is a broadside view, the lower one a transverse section amidships. The upper portion of the hull was very like a raft, and was heavily armoured all over, as was the turret and the little pilot-box forward. - The First Type of McCormick Reaper
- The English Antick
- The Earliest Printers at Work
- The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory - from the south
- Tapping a Rubber Tree
- Stock Indicator or 'Ticker'
- Spring Bonnets
The peculiar trait of the hats of the present season is the great quantity of mixed materials, as crape, silk, lace, flowers, and ribbon, on one very small structure. Great taste is to be exercised in mingling these judiciously—ornamenting, not overloading; in the first place, selecting a good model as to shape and style. No. 1 we have chosen for its simplicity. It is composed of three rows of pink crape or silk, drawn in a puffing, with a blonde edging rather wide on each. The crown is entirely of lace, and there is a fall of the same on the cape. A knot of pink satin bows, to the right, is all the decoration of the exterior. A full cap of blonde, with one or two pink bows, carelessly disposed, inside the brim. No. 2 shows the extreme of the shallow brim, and two-thirds of the wearer's head at the same time. It is, notwithstanding, a neat and modest-looking dress bonnet of pomona green silk, the crown piece, which is in full flutings, extending almost to the edge of the brim. This is crossed by a band of the same with bound edges (old style). The front is a very full double ruche of blonde, between the two green silk cordings. A full cap of the same fills the space between the face and the brim, with a spray of flowers set very high to the right. No. 3.—A more elaborate hat of straw-colored silk and white guipure lace. It has a small plume on the left, and has a full spray of bridal roses inside the brim. No. 4 shows the disposition of lace and bow at the back of a crown, a great point in the millinery of the present season; a stiff crown will ruin a graceful brim. - Sir Thomas Orchard, Knight
- Simple designs for taffeta street dresses
- Silhouettes of Grandfather and Grandmother
- Sextuple Perfecting Press
- Robert Devereux
- Reproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano representing the Rain-god Chac treading upon the Serpent's head
Reproduction of a Picture in the Maya Codex Troano I reproduce here a remarkable drawing from the Codex Troano, in which this god, whom the Maya people called Chac, is shown pouring the rain out of a water-jar (just as the deities of Babylonia and India are often represented), and putting his foot upon the head of a serpent, who is preventing the rain from reaching the earth. Here we find depicted with childlike simplicity and directness the Vedic conception of Indra overcoming the demon Vritra. Stempell describes this scene as "the elephant-headed god B standing upon the head of a serpent"; while Seler, who claims that god B is a tortoise, explains it as the serpent forming a footstool for the rain-god. - Representation of the ancient Mexican Worship of the Sun
The image of the sun is held up by a man in front of his face; two men blow conch-shell trumpets; another pair burn incense, and a third pair make blood-offerings by piercing their ears. - Plaid and figured material for slender figures
- Part of a Telephone Exchange
- Ninon de l'Enclos
- Natives Drying Rubber
- Mrs. William Clark
- Mr. Alderman Abell and Richard Kilvert, the two maine Projectors for Wine, 1641
- McCormick's Reaping Machine
- Mayor Rip Van Dam
- Lock Stitch (above) and Chain Stitch (below)
- Lingerie for the graduation dress
- Lady Anne Clifford
- Kitchen in which Goodyear made his Experiments
- Jumper dresses for the very young high school girl
- Jonathan and his Uncle William in the One-horse Chaise
- John Lilburne
- James, Duke of York
- Howe's Improved Sewing Machine
- Howe's First Sewing Machine
- Herbert Westphaling, Bishop of Hereford
- Good lines for stout figures
- Franklin's Printing Press
- Figures from Funeral Procession of the Duke of Albemarle, 1670
- Fashions for March 1841
Fashions for March 1841 - Fashions for April 1841
Fashions for April 1841 - Faneuil Hall, Boston, Adjoining Quincy Market
- Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio
The Opera House, a new and handsome building, is on Euclid avenue. There are, besides, an Academy of Music and the Globe Theatre and several minor theatres. The business portion of Euclid avenue extends from the Park to Erie street, beyond which it is lined with handsome residences, elegant cottages and superb villas, the grounds around each being more and more extensive as it approaches the country. It is one of the finest avenues in the world, and is not less than ten miles in length, embracing during its course several suburbs which a generation since were remote from the city, and are now considerably surprised to find themselves brought so near it. Euclid avenue crosses the other streets diagonally, and was evidently one of the original roads leading into the city before it attained its present dimensions. The majority of the streets are parallel with the lake front, which pursues a course from the northeast to the southwest. But Euclid avenue runs directly eastward for about three miles, to Doane's Corners, one of the historic spots in the neighborhood of Cleveland, and then turns to the northeast, following nearly parallel to the course of the lake. Prospect street runs parallel to Euclid avenue, and is only second to it in the beauty and elegance of its residences. St. Clair street is also a favorite suburban avenue, extending parallel to the lake, a little distance from it, far out into the country, and containing many handsome residences. - Envelope and knickerbocker chemise
- Elias Howe
- Edison's First Phonograph
- Edison in his Library
- Dr. William Slater. Cathedral Beard
- Dom Pedro II
- Daniel Webster
- Curved Stereotype Plate
- Cromwell dissolving Parliament
- Course of light in telescope from star to focus
For direct photography or visual observations at the focus of the 72-inch mirror, the reflected cone of star light from the mirror B, is intercepted by a plane mirror also silvered on the front surface, 19·5 inches diameter and 3·25 inches thick placed at 45°. This form of reflecting telescope was first used by Newton, hence the name. The focus is then formed, as shown, at the side of the tube, and if a plate is placed there and accurately guided by small eyepieces with cross wires, photographs of any desired small region in the sky can be obtained, or visual observations may be made. The oculars can easily be reached from the observing platform for any position of the telescope. - City Flat-cap worn by 'Bilious' Bale
- Cheapside in London
- Charles Goodyear
- Campaign, Ramillies, Bob, and Pigtail Wigs