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  • Geology: a large stalactite in Kingston Cave, Ireland. Lithograph by G. Masser after Miss Atkinson.
  • Geology: a plan [?] of a rift or fissure in mountains at Surtshellir, Iceland. Engraving.
  • Geology: comparative shapes and heights of mountains. Coloured aquatint by A. Tardieu after L. Brugiere.
  • Geology: fossil remains of a coral (Alcyonium). Coloured engraving by S. Springsguth after M. Sheffield.
  • The Museum of Practical Geology, Piccadilly: the entrance facade in Jermyn Street. Wood engraving, c.1851.
  • Geology: comparative heights of mountains, with a pyramid for scale. Coloured engraving by S. Hall, 1817.
  • Geology: the Mer de Glace, Chamonix-Mont Blanc. Wood engraving by J.D. Cooper after P. Justyne.
  • The Museum of Practical Geology, Piccadilly: the interior. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1848, after B. Sly.
  • Geology: the Rhone glacier in the Valais. Engraving by C. Niquet the younger after J.S.D. Besson.
  • Geology: visitors climbing the large stalactites in a cave at Montserrat. Engraving by Legrand after A. de Laborde.
  • The geology of the South-East of England / By Gideon Mantell.
  • Geology: the ages of the Earth and details of types of stone. Coloured lithograph by Bethmont, 1911, after himself.
  • Geology: the Great Aletsch glacier and the Märjelensee in the Valais. Lithograph by E. Cicéri, 1862, after F. Martens.
  • Museum of Practical Geology: a lecture by Lyon Playfair on the chemistry, manufacture and uses of glass. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • Geology: sections of the Dorset and Devonshire coastline, showing types of rock. Coloured lithograph by G. Scharf after H. Cornish.
  • Geology: large icebergs seen in the South Atlantic on Cook's voyages: sailors in boats collecting pieces of ice. Engraving by Roe.
  • Geology: a long section through mountains, and a volcano, showing strata, and, above, classes of animals. Coloured engraving by J. Fisher after T. Webster and F. Buckland.
  • Geology: a long section through mountains, and a volcano, showing strata, and, above, classes of animals. Coloured engraving by J. Fisher after T. Webster and F. Buckland.
  • Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the Geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836 / [Charles Darwin].
  • Atlas accompanying the report on the geology of a portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto / by J.W. Powell.
  • Atlas accompanying the report on the geology of a portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto / by J.W. Powell.
  • Atlas accompanying the report on the geology of a portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto / by J.W. Powell.
  • Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle ... from 1832-6 / [Charles Darwin].
  • Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle ... from 1832-6 / [Charles Darwin].
  • Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation / By Charles Lyell, esq.
  • The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the Geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836 / [Charles Darwin].
  • Hacquetia epipactis DC Apiaceae. Small herbaceous perennial. No common name except Hacquetia Distribution: Europe. Named for the Austrian physician, Balthasar (or Belsazar) Hacquet (1739/40-1815). He studied medicine in Vienna, was a surgeon in the brutal Seven Years War (1756-1763) – a world-wide war in which up to 1,400,000 people died. Later he was professor at the University of Lemberg (1788-1810). He wrote widely on many scientific disciplines including geology. Parkinson (1640) grouped it with Helleborus and Veratrum, calling it 'Epipactis Matthioli, Matthiolus, his bastard black hellebore' but does not give any uses. It has no medicinal properties. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Geography: men in a large cave, with torches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Mineralogical travels through the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands, and mainland of Scotland, with dissertations upon peat and kelp / By Robert Jameson.
  • Mineralogical travels through the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands, and mainland of Scotland, with dissertations upon peat and kelp / By Robert Jameson.