Turner's jasper : Turner's jasper; c. 1780

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Bacillus anthracis : Bacillus anthracis. (After Koch.) A. Bacilli mingled with blood-corpuscles from the blood of a guinea-pig; some of the bacilli dividing. B. The rodlets after three hours' culture in a drop of aqueous humour. They grow out into long leptothrix-like filaments, which become septate later, and spores are develoepd in the segments.

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Road-Racer Bicycle : A road-racer bicycle. A full roadster would have the handles a little higher relatievly to the saddle, and would be provided with mud-guards, free-wheel and sometimes a gear-case and variable speed gear. The front fork and steering post are subject to bending moment due to the reaction from the ground in the direction d-e-b.

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Shapes used in Roman Pottery : Shapes used in Roman Pottery. I-II, Arretine; 18-65, Gaulish and German.

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Saxon cinerary urns : Saxon cinerary urns; the stamped patterns are shown. With the departure of the Roman legions their simple, yet comparitively advanced, pottery vanished, and Saxon and early Norman times have left us little but wares resembling those of these Germanic and Frankish productions.

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Cranium of Necturus maculosus : The cranium of Necturus maculosus, a batrachia, or amphibian. A, Dorsal; D, ventral; C, lateral view. In the dorsal view, the bones are removed from the left half of the skull; in the ventral view, the parasphenoid, palato-pterygoid, and vomers are given in outline. VII.p, Posterior division of the seventh nerve. VII. Chrda tympani. V1,V2,V3,...

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Geology of the Balkan Peninsula : Geology.--Broadly speaking, the Balkan Peninsula may by divided into four areas which geologically are distinct. There is a central region, roughly triangular in shape, with its base resting upon the Aegean Sea and its apex in Servia. On two sides this area is bordered by belts of folded beds which form on the west the mountain ranges of the...

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Alimentary canal of Loligo sagitiata : Alimentary canal of Loligo sagitiata (from Gegenbaur). The buccal mass is omitted. ae, Oesophagus. v, The stomach opened longitudinally. x, Probe passed through the pylorus. c, Commencement of the caecum. e, Its spiral portion. i, Intestine. a, Ink-bag. b, Its opening into the rectum.

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Head of Cobra

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Electrical Fuze : Electrical Fuze

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Royal Theatre, Berlin : Royal Theatre, Berlin, Germany (Schinkel). From a photo by W.A. Mansell & Co. In Germany, and especially at Berlin and Munich, the Greek revival took hold of architecture in the early part of the century in a more decisive but also in a more academical spirit than in England. The movement is connected more especally with the name of one emine...

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Dowelling in Carpentry

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Oil Beetle : Meloe proscarabaeus (Oil Beetle). Europe.

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Bull Run : Bull Run, a small stream of Virginia, U.S.A., which gave the name to two famous battles in the American Civil War. 1. The first battle of Bull Run (called by the Confederates Manassas) was fought on the 21st of July 1861 between the Union forces undder Brigadier-General Irvin McDowell and the Confederates under General Joseph E. Johnston. Bot...

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Algerians in WWI : Arabian Knight. Between drives he works on the railroad. On other days he rides a camel in Algeria. From World War I.

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Nervous centres and nerves of Octopus vulgaris : Lateral view of the nervous centres and nerves of the right side of Octopus vulgaris (from a drawing by A.G. Bourne). bg, Buccal ganglion. cer, Cerebral ganglion. ped, Pedal ganglion. pl, Pleural, and visc.,visceral region of the pleuro-visceral ganglion. gang. stell, The right stellate ganglion of the mantle connected by a nerve to the pleur...

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Papuan Tube-Nosed Bat : Head of Papuan Tube-Nosed Bat (Gelasinus major). From G. E. Dobson.

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Busine : Busine, 14th century. (From MS. R. 10 E. IV. Brit. Mus.) A busine which may be traced during the middle ages. A long straight tube consisting of 3 to 5 joints of narrow cylindrical bore, the last joint alone being conical and ending in a pommel-shaped bell precisely as in the curved buccina.

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Interior of the Church of Kalb-Lauzeh : The Church of Kalb-Lauzeh, Syria, with three wide arches on each side carried on two rectangular piers and responds, both with entrance porches.

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Tracheae of Scutigera : A pair of tufted tracheae of Scutigera. d, Dorsal plate; t.s., tracheal sac; tr, tracheal tubes. (After Hasse)

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