Naja kaouthia is a significant species because it feeds primarily on agricultural pests, causes human mortality, and is commercially exploited. Understanding the life history and demography of harvested populations is essential to providing...
The game of Snake has been selected to provide a unique application of the
TD( ) algorithm as proposed by Sutton. A reinforcement learning technique for
producing computer controlled players is documented. Using value function
approximation with...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the boy in tree frightened by snake, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: boy,...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the fox hiding from dog behind a log, the boy carving a Jack o'lantern, the blackbird, the turkey and snake, and the laborers on the riverfront, the images duplicate the...
"In contrast to Mesopotamia and Egypt, no temples or monumental statues of gods, kings, or monsters have been found in Minoan Crete. Large wooden images may once have existed, but what remains of Minoan sculpture in the round is small in...
Holbourne Nevin of Louisville, Kentucky holding a snake. The photograph has been painted on and marked with discolorations from age. Stamped on back of image: March 22, 1934. Handwritten on back: Etcher.
Portrait of a man with a mustache in profile inside an oval frame. Inside the frame is the Latin phrase "Sunt Lachrymae Rerum." On the left is a torch with a snake wrapped around it. On the right is a scroll which continues above and...
Walkways; Pied Piper of Hamelin (Legendary character); Women; Reading; Children; Play (Recreation); Castaways; Measuring; Men; Animals
Woodblock prints of, clockwise starting from top left: people strolling on path through tall palm trees; Pied Piper causing rats to jump into water, and leading children into cave; old woman napping in chair with book in her lap; children playing...
Indians of North America; Children; Animals; Danger; Rescue work; Buildings; Textbooks; Steam engines
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: Indigenous people, most holding spears and one holding a quiver of arrows on his back, confer; two birds; turkey approaching boy wielding stick (with hoop and hat on the ground) and...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: barnyard scene, with sheep, cows, and boy carrying hay; woman and four boys seated in front of fireplace; man approaching two dogs outside home; small animal (ferret?) leaping from chair...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: illustrated title page for "Introductory Lessons in English Grammar," by Noble Butler (with picture of three children seated at table reading a book); man bent, holding hat...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: trees; tower, with people and animals in busy courtyard; geometrical figure of circle with two lines, a bisected equilateral triangle, and two dark patches contained within; number 32;...
Men; Women; Children; Newspapers; Ladders; Sailors; Ship equipment & rigging; Animals; Discovery & exploration; Indigenous people; Indians of North America; Danger; Violins; Log cabins; Pipes (Smoking); Play (Recreation); Knights
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. The images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: boy, standing in room with man holding newspaper, gesturing through...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: dozens of children gathering eggs from chicken coop and series of henhouses; boy reading on stoop, surrounded by barnyard animals including cat, dog, goose, sheep, pig, turkey, and...
Girl with bow in her ponytail runs from a lit firecracker. It's face has a menacing look. A lantern on the front reads "July 4th." Verse printed on front reads, "The giant cracker is a big red brute / With a tail that's like a snake...
Architecture; Temples; Greek temples; Religious facilities; Buildings; Interiors; Sculpture; Metalwork; Goldwork; Woodwork; Women; Goddesses; People associated with religion; Supernatural beings; Fictitious characters; Myths; Legends; Clothing...
"The statue was made of wood, plated with ivory and gold." (Caption, p.74); The statue "was about 12 metres [meters] (39 feet) high and made of wood faced with ivory and gold. [...] The figure wore a triple-crested helmet. It had a...
