| Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland | Glasgow, Scotland's largest city | Loch Ness (Lake Ness) | The Loch Ness Monster (this is an actual photo) |
| St. Magnus Cathedral in Scotland | Interior of the St. Magnus Cathedral | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Sherlock Holmes, Doyle's most famous creation |
| Doyle wrote about World War I. His son was killed in this war. | Doyle wrote, The Lost World | Doyle attended seances, where people attempt to communicate with the dead | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Born: 1859 Died: 1930 |
| First oil well drilled in 1859 | Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of the Species | Gaston Planté invents the battery (1859) | Pluto is discovered in 1930 by Clyde William Tombaugh |
| Mechanically sliced bread is introduced in 1930 | Paul Dirac publishes Principles of Quantum Mechanics | dog-cart: a carriage pulled by one horse or dogs | dissolute: lacking moral restraint |
| pauper: very poor | mania: violent, abnormal behavior | vagabonds: vagrants, wanderers, those without home | nocturnal: occurring at night |
| imprudence: unwise or indiscreet | trap: light, two-wheeled carriage | reverie: to daydream, to be so lost in thought as to be unaware of your surroundings | scruples: an uneasy feeling caused by conscience or princple that tends to hinder action |