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  • A brief account of some travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli, as also some observations on the gold, silver, copper, quick-silver mines, baths, and mineral waters in those parts. With the figures of some habits and remarkable places / By Edward Brown, M.D.
  • A coal mine: miners at work above and below ground. Coloured lithograph.
  • A silver mine in Potosí, Bolivia: cross-section and miners digging. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • An iron mine and miners working. Etching by J. Heath, 1813, after C.M. Metz.
  • A mine: cross-sections of the galleries and miners are digging. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • Schemnitz, Hungary (Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia): a silver mine and miners descending. Engraving by T. Wallis, 1805, after W. Craig.
  • Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Diagrams illustrating mining implements. Etching by A. Bell.
  • A mine: cross-section of a machine for extracting water from the pit and three optical diagrams. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Atlas geographique et physique du royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne : fondé sur des observations astronomiques, des mesures trigonométriques et des nivellemens barométriques / par Al. de Humboldt.
  • Geology: diagram of the strata encountered when sinking a mineshaft. Coloured lithograph.
  • The baths and mineral springs, Ems, West Germany. Line engraving by J. Willis after W. Tombleson.
  • Collier and wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.
  • Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some remarks on the state of Vienna during the Congress, in the year 1814 / By Richard Bright, M. D.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
  • A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.
  • Bes-Min : vitaminas "B" y minerales ... / Laboratorios Andromaco.
  • Bes-Min : vitaminas "B" y minerales ... / Laboratorios Andromaco.
  • A coal mine in the human brain; representing medical assistance by Tomasz Judym to industrial workers. Colour lithograph by Wongel, 1976.
  • Durga Puja: a procession carrying an idol of Durga to honour her victory over evil. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.