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  • Sir Roderick Impey Murchison. Photograph after C. Silvy.
  • John Woodward. Mezzotint by W. Humphrey.
  • Tuatara skeleton with eggs, micro-CT
  • Tuatara skeleton, micro-CT.
  • 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.
  • Heart shaped pendant.
  • Ancient bacteria and fungi (a-d):
  • The fossilised remains of a elk standing next to a human skeleton. Etching.
  • 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].
  • A lemur climbing up an block of stone holding a fruit in its left hand. Etching by S. Miger, ca. 1808 after N. Maréchal.
  • Nine fossilised organic remains. Etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Glass with facets and twists.
  • The fossilised skeleton of an animal found in the Allom Rock near Whitby. Etching.
  • A Brahmin praying to Vishnu, pouring water on the saligram. Lithograph.
  • David Copperfield as a boy enters the study of Dr Strong who is absorbed in lexicographic work; his young wife Annie is sitting on a stool at his feet. Etching by Phiz. (Hablot K. Browne), 1849.
  • Skeleton of the Megatherium next to a human skeleton. Etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Evidence as to man's place in nature / by Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • Antediluvian creatures, in a primaeval landscape. Mixed method engraving by A. M. Perrot.
  • Fossilised human remains. Colour line block.
  • Microfossil shark tooth
  • Chinese Materia Medica illustration, Ming: Dragon bone