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  • Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during winter [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during summer [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Geology: the ages of the Earth and details of types of stone. Coloured lithograph by Bethmont, 1911, after himself.
  • God hangs over the world, gathering the waters and creating fertile earth. Line engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.
  • The theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo till the consummation of all things. The two fisrt [sic] books, concerning the deluge, and concerning paradise.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's passage around the Sun in a solar year. Engraving by L. Dower, after himself.
  • Four phases of the Earth's rotation around the sun showing the seasons, with allegories of the four elements. Engraving, 1750.
  • Vishnu in his avatar as Varaha slaying the demon Hiryanyaksa to save the earth. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Naked putti at work in a garden, representing the element earth. Etching by C. Duflos, ca 1750, after F. Boucher.
  • A first world war military camp: an oven made from earth and petrol tins, with a soldier. Photograph, 1914/1918 (?).
  • Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.): flowering and fruiting plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • View of the Temple of Earth enclosure, Beijing, China, occupied by the English and French armies on 21st October 1860.
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London ("The midgets, 'two little to earth-quakes')].
  • Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering stems arising from earth mound with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • The third day of Creation: God creates the fertile earth. Line engraving by E. van den Bosche after M. de Vos.
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London ("The midgets, 'two little to earth-quakes')].
  • Brickmakers: one man working at a table while others prepare a kiln and dig the earth. Lithograph by Denis Dighton, 1821.
  • [Postcard (Queen of the Earth 3) showing a Red Cross nurse sitting, reading to a young man lying in a bed].
  • Principles of geology, or, The modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology / Sir Charles Lyell.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's passage around the Sun in a solar year. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • The Eno messenger : carrying the message of good health to the ends of the Earth : no. 1 / J.C. Eno Limited.
  • The Eno messenger : carrying the message of good health to the ends of the Earth : no. 1 / J.C. Eno Limited.
  • Machnow : the Russian giant : the tallest man on Earth : Height, 9ft 2 1/2 inches. Weight, 360 lbs. Age, 28.
  • Machnow : the Russian giant : the tallest man on Earth : Height, 9ft 2 1/2 inches. Weight, 360 lbs. Age, 28.
  • Bugloss (a species of the genus Anchusa L.): flowering stem and separate leaves arising from earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Female figures representing the elements of air, earth and water. Etching by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi the elder after bas-relief in Florence.
  • Sea or sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.): flowering plant arising from earth mound with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Aristotle and Ptolemy discuss with Copernicus their respective views on the movements of the Sun and the Earth. Engraving, 1663, after S. Della Bella, 1632.
  • Demonstration model of equipment used for boring into the earth to extract water (?): the groundwater level is indicated with small labels. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • [Postcard (Queen of the Earth 2) showing a thoughtful Red Cross nurse carrying a tray with pink crockery tea things on it in a ward].