French Guiana: above, a sea-lion and a parakeet next to a map of Papo's bay; below, fish being devoured by birds in the open sea with a tornado raging in the background next to a cauldron with an animal inside standing between palm-trees. Etching by J. Kip.

Winter collection - Flu virus

Plate from "Le forze d'Eolo dialogo..." Montanari, 1694.

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Notices of Tornadoes, &c.

Natural disasters: lightning, earthquake, and a tornado destroying buildings. Engraving.

Objections to Mr. Redfield's theory of storms : with some strictures upon his reasoning / by Robert Hare.

A short account of the hurricane, that happened at Roehampton-Lane, and places adjacent, on the fifteenth of October, 1780, illustrated by four outlines. Washed and tiented. By E. Edwards, associate of the Royal Academy.

An Impartial relation of the hail-storm on the fifteenth of July and the tornado on the second of August 1799. Which appeared in the towns of Bozrah, Lebanon, and Franklin, in the state of Connecticut. To which is annexed an estimate of the damages done by the storm, mad by a committee, from said towns. The whole published under their direction for the information of the public.

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Finding the words to talk about emptiness

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Notices of Tornadoes, &c.

Natural disasters: lightning, earthquake, and a tornado destroying buildings. Engraving.

Objections to Mr. Redfield's theory of storms : with some strictures upon his reasoning / by Robert Hare.

A short account of the hurricane, that happened at Roehampton-Lane, and places adjacent, on the fifteenth of October, 1780, illustrated by four outlines. Washed and tiented. By E. Edwards, associate of the Royal Academy.

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Stories

Finding the words to talk about emptiness

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Catalogue

Notices of Tornadoes, &c.

Natural disasters: lightning, earthquake, and a tornado destroying buildings. Engraving.

Objections to Mr. Redfield's theory of storms : with some strictures upon his reasoning / by Robert Hare.

A short account of the hurricane, that happened at Roehampton-Lane, and places adjacent, on the fifteenth of October, 1780, illustrated by four outlines. Washed and tiented. By E. Edwards, associate of the Royal Academy.