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  • Humidity measurement, and details of a hygrometer. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • Instruction sur l'essai des matières d'argent par la voie humide / Par M. Gay-Lussac ... Pub. par la Commission des monnaies et médailles.
  • A domestic weather-station: combined thermometer, hygrometer, and barometer. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Plum rain water
  • Head of a woman with a skin disease on her neck. Coloured stipple engraving by S. Tresca after Moreau-Valvile, c. 1806.
  • The Panama Canal: for an enquiry into its financing, a policeman guards a prison-cell in which some of the principals are remanded. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • Bullet Ant, Paraponea cravat
  • Bullet ant proboscis
  • Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) on strawberries
  • Rivers running in the wilderness, with serpents and fire between them; representing the stage of 'multiplication' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
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  • Kowloon, Hong Kong, China: a Chinese family. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Kowloon, Hong Kong, China: a Chinese family. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.