A slideshow carbo-loaded with information on how the pneumatic potato cannon works. [3:00]

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Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one is a...

Memorial to the 1845-1850 Irish Potato Famine (Boston)

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The Potato Peeler.

The History Place provides complete history of the Irish Potato Famine and life in Ireland in the 19th century.

An image of "Women Harvesting Potatoes", created by Janos Nagy Balogh from 1901-05 (Olaj, vaszon, 37 x 54 cm).

An image of "The Potato Eaters", created by Vincent Van Gogh in April 1885, Nuenen (Oil on canvas on panel, 73 x 95 cm).

An image of "Peasant and Peasant Woman Planting Potatoes", created by Vincent Van Gogh in April 1885, Nuenen (Oil on canvas, 33 x 45 cm).

An image of "The Potato Eaters", created by Vincent Van Gogh in April 1885, Nuenen (Oil on canvas, 83 x 116 cm).

An image of "Peasant Woman Peeling Potatoes", created by Vincent Van Gogh in February 1885, Nuenen (Oil on canvas on panel, 43 x 31 cm).

An image of "Peasant Woman Digging Potatoes", created by Vincent Van Gogh in Summer 1885, Nuenen (Oil on cardboard on panel, 32 x 38 cm).

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Colorado Potato Beetle

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Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Luther Burbank, famous American biologist, who was featured on the three cent postage stamp.

An image of New Jersey Agricultural Products.

A map showing Vegetation in Europe as of 1898. "The great agricultural regions are (1) the northern lowland from the Atlantic eastward through southern Russia, and (2) the broad fertile valleys of the Danube, the Po, the Rhone, and the...

What factors prompted Europeans to come to the United States in the nineteenth century? This article discusses how the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the potato famine in Ireland brought millions of people to the U.S., and...

What factors prompted Europeans to come to the United States in the nineteenth century? This article discusses how the Industrial Revolution in Europe and the potato famine in Ireland brought millions of people to the U.S., and...