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  • Astronomy: the phases of the Moon. Coloured engraving with tracing paper by J. Emslie, c.1850.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Geology: the ages of the Earth and details of types of stone. Coloured lithograph by Bethmont, 1911, after himself.
  • Geography: avalanches of mud. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's orbit around the Sun in a solar year showing the changing seasons. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Geography: two rotating discs showing the hemispheres of the earth, fixed to a card giving details of their use. Engraving by J. Emslie, 1844, after himself.
  • The Earth: map. Engraving, 1782.
  • Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine longitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Geography: the earth, and methods of mapping. Coloured engraving by Neele, 1807.
  • Meteorology: atmospheric effects. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1846, after himself.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Astronomy: the phases of the Moon. Coloured engraving with tracing paper by J. Emslie, c.1850.
  • Geology: various geological phenomena. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1852, after himself.
  • Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine latitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Varāha raising the earth from the bottom of the ocean and trampling on the demon Hiranyāksha. Gouache drawing.
  • Geography: the comparative heights of the highest mountains. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie.
  • Geography: a panoramic display of the world, in a building on the Champs Élysées, Paris. Wood engraving.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's orbit around the Sun in a solar year showing the changing seasons. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations visible in the sky at different dates and times, fixed to a card giving details of their use, and dimensions of rivers and mountains. Coloured engraving.
  • Astronomy: eclipses (top), and the Moon's passage around the Earth. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Female figures representing the elements of air, earth and water. Etching by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi the elder after bas-relief in Florence.
  • Astronomy: the Earth and the sun during summer in the Northern hemisphere. Coloured lithograph.
  • The Earth: map, showing the voyages of La Pérouse. Engraving, 1800.
  • Ceres on a chariot with children representing the months March, April and May, surrounded by forms of natural abundance, corybantes and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Etching by A. Tempesta, 1592.
  • Geography: two rotating discs (volvelles) showing the times at different places compared to London, and the constellations visible in the sky at different dates and times, fixed to a card giving details of their use, and dimensions of rivers and mountains. Coloured engraving.
  • Cybele, a Phrygian earth goddess, surrounded by putti, lions, fruit and general abundance, a flying putto carries a model of a building on his head. Engraving by M. Küssel after S. Vouet.
  • The holy Cow personified as World Mother with many Sanskrit verses. Chromolithograph.
  • Astronomy: the earth's progression round the sun. Engraving after Langley.
  • Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during winter [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Geography: the comparative height of various waterfalls. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1846, after himself.