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Dublin, April 3, 1733. A description of a volcano, or Burning mountain, in the county of Kerry.
Henry, William, -1768.Date: 1733]- Archives and manuscripts
People in the foreground, a volcano in the background (artwork)
Date: 1970-1989Reference: PP/RSI/B/1/1/14/9Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Pictures
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Hot mud wells in the crater of the volcano Papandayan, Java. Coloured lithograph by W.J. Gordon after P. van Oort, 1833.
Oort, Pieter van.Date: [1833?]Reference: 43943i- Pictures
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Geography: a volcano in eruption. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
Whymper, Charles H., 1853-1941.Reference: 46591i- Pictures
A volcano between two shapes. Watercolour by David Thomas Meredith, 1975.
Meredith, David Thomas, active approximately 1975-1989.Date: 4.11.75 [4 November 1975]Reference: 3005814iPart of: Adamson Collection- Books
Under the volcano / Malcolm Lowry ; with an introduction by Michael Schmidt.
Lowry, Malcolm (1909-1957).Date: 2000- Pictures
Geology: a long section through mountains, and a volcano, showing strata, and, above, classes of animals. Coloured engraving by J. Fisher after T. Webster and F. Buckland.
Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844.Reference: 46742i- Pictures
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Italy (?): a volcano erupting in the background; boats and sailors in the foreground. Gouache painting, ca. 1830.
Date: 1830Reference: 575685i- Books
Biomedical science and the Third World : under the volcano / edited by Barry R. Bloom and Anthony Cerami.
Date: 1989- Books
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Songs, Recitatives, &c. in the volcano, or, the Rival Harlequins. A serio-comic pantomime, Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. With entire new Music, Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations.
Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.Date: [1799]- Pictures
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The land of Cockaigne: a castle, volcano and ships with people riding horses and boar and others playing musical instruments. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 37642i- Books
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The beauties of nature and art displayed, in a tour through the world; containing I. A General Account of all the Countries in the World, remarkable for either Natural or Artificial Curiosities; their Situation, Boundaries, Extent and Divisions; their Rivers, Air, Soil, Chief Cities, &c. II. A particular Account of the most curious natural Productions of each Country, in the Animal, Vegetable, and Fossil Kingdoms; of remarkable Mountains, Caverns, and Volcano's; of Medicinal and other singular Springs; of Cataracts, Whirlpools, &c. III. An Historical Account of the most remarkable Earthquakes, Inundations, Fires, Epidemic Diseases, and other public Calamities, which have, at different times, visited the Inhabitants. IV. Extraordinary Instances of Longevity, Fertility, &c. among the Inhabitants; together with an Account of their most celebrated Inventions, Discoveries, &c. V. Particular Descriptions of the most remarkable Public Buildings, and other singular Productions of Art. VI. Curious Remains of Antiquity; remarkable Laws, Customs, and Traditions of the Inhabitants; together with a Summary View of the most extraordinary Revolutions among them. Illustrated and embellished with copper plates. Vol. I.
Date: M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]-64- Pictures
Adwa volcano and Mount Ayalu, Ethiopia: in the foreground, two dwellings (left, of stone; right, of wattle). Coloured lithograph by L. Rottmann after J.M. Bernatz.
Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878.Date: [1852-1855]Reference: 3015969i- Pictures
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Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a shipwreck [?], a mob being addressed by an orator in the City of London, and a volcano erupting. Coloured lithograph, c.1849.
Date: 1849Reference: 46299i- Books
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Considerations on volcanos; the probable causes of their phenomena, the laws which determine their march, the disposition of their products and their connexion with the present state and past history of the globe; leading to the establishment of a new theory of the Earth / [George Poulett Scrope].
Scrope, George Poulett, 1797-1876.Date: 1825- Books
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A description of active and extinct volcanos. With remarks on their origin, their chemical phaenomena, and the character of their products, as determined by the condition of the earth during the period of their formation. Being the substance of some lectures delivered before the University of Oxford, with much additional matter / By Charles Daubeny.
Daubeny, Charles, 1795-1867.Date: 1826- Books
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Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: In a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society, from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. F.R.S. His Majesty's envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples. To which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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The natural history of Mount Vesuvius, with the explanation of the various phenomena that usually attend the eruptions of this celebrated volcano. Translated from the original Italian, composed by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Naples, by Order of the King of the Two Sicilies.
Reale Accademia delle Scienze (Naples, Italy)Date: M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]- Pictures
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A volcanic crater on the island of Stromboli. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.
Mayer, Luigi, active 1776-1792.Date: 1812Reference: 43914i- Books
The wonders of nature and art : being an account of whatever is most curious and remarkable throughout the world; whether relating to its animals, vegetables, minerals, volcano's, cataracts, hot and cold springs, and other parts of natural history; or to the buildings, manufactures, inventions, and discoveries of its inhabitants. / [Anonymous].
Date: 1750- Books
Love bites : photographs / by Della Grace.
Volcano, Del Lagrace, 1957-Date: 1991- Books
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An account of three volcanos in the moon. By William Herschel, L.L.D.F.R.S.; communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, April 26, 1787.
Herschel, William, Sir, 1738-1822.Date: 1787]- Books
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An account of some German volcanos, and their productions. With a new hypothesis of the prismatical basaltes; established upon facts. Being an essay of physical geography for philosophers and miners. Published as supplementary to Sir William Hamilton's Observations on the Italian volcanos. By R. E. Raspe.
Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737-1794.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Pictures
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"Vulcan's cave" at the entrance to the Solfatara, near Naples: jets of steam emerging from the rock floor, watched by spectators. Etching.
Reference: 43896i- Books
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Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society, from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton, K. B. F. R. S. His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples, to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]