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The oil road : journeys from the Caspian Sea to the city of London / James Marriott and Mika Minio-Paluello.
Marriott, JamesDate: 2012- Books
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A view of the earth: being a short but comprehensive system of modern geography. Exhibiting, I. A Description of the Figure, Size, Motion, &c. of the Earth; with the Uses and Height of the Atmosphere, or Air surrounding it. II. Such Geographical Definitions, Schemes, and Descriptions, as form a necessary Introduction to this Branch of Learning. III. The Situation and Extent of the several Kingdoms and Nations in each Quarter; their chief City; with the Distance, Direction, and Difference of Time from London. IV. An Account of the several Islands, Trade, Commodities, Religions, Number of Inhabitants, principal Mountains and Rivers in the World; also some Observations on the less known Parts, the Trade Winds, and Monsoons. V. The Explanation and Use of a new Set of Maps, annexed to the several Quarters, drawn according to the most approved modern Projections, and regulated by Observations. VI. A Description of Commodore Anson's Voyage round the World; shewing the several Islands and Countries he touched at; and the Places where he took any Prize, particularly the rich Manilia Ship. Vii. A new and curious Geographical Clock, which points out the Difference of Time, with the Hour, in the different Nations upon Earth, at one View. To which is added, a description of the terrestrial globe: with Its Application to a great Variety of useful Problems. Concluding with some curious Phaenomena exhibited upon the Globe in a darkened Room; and a few select Paradoxes and Theorems, intended to excite the Attention of the Learner. The Whole laid down in a Manner so easy and natural, as to be understood in a few Days. Addressed to the young Gentlemen and Ladies of Great Britain and Ireland. By the Reverend R. Turner, LL. D. Late of Magdalen-Hall, Oxford, Rector of Comberton, Vicar of Elmly, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess Dowager of Wigton; Author of a View of the Heavens; the Heavens Surveyed; Plain Trigonometry made Easy by Calculations in Arithmetic only; and a New Introduction to Book-Keeping.
Turner, R. (Richard), 1723 or 1724-1791.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Pictures
Bakhchysarai, Ukraine: Russian soldiers encamped by a river. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood, 1857.
Blackwood, Alicia, Lady.Date: 1857Reference: 2136659i- Books
The biophilia effect : a scientific and spiritual exploration of the healing bond between humans and nature / Clemens G. Arvay ; translated by Victoria Goodrich Graham.
Arvay, Clemens G.Date: 2018- Books
Waste and want : a social history of trash / Susan Strasser.
Strasser, Susan, 1948-Date: 1999- Pictures
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A young man sits on a bench in a Bavarian street playing the zither as he watches a young woman walk past. Etching by Hubert Herkomer.
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914.Date: [1880]Reference: 29474i- Archives and manuscripts
Explorers Cuttings Book 7
The Wellcome Foundation LtdDate: 1935 - 1940Reference: WF/M/GB/35/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
Melitta Schmideberg-Klein (1904-1983), her husband Walter Schmideberg, and the families of her mother Melanie Klein and her father Arthur Klein. Photographs and personalia.
Schmideberg, Melitta.Reference: 44394i- Film
Institute of Ophthalmology Persian Films. 1967-1972.
Date: 1967-1972- Archives and manuscripts
Rough journal, H.M.S. Erebus
Date: 1839-1843Reference: MSS.3366-3368Part of: McCormick, Robert (1800-1890)- Archives and manuscripts
Press Adverts - Dips and Livestock Remedies
Cooper McDougall & Robertson LtdDate: Mar 1930 - 12 Jan 1943Reference: WF/C/M/GB/A/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Family Planning Association
Family Planning AssociationDate: c.1930-c.2000sReference: SA/FPA