A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Williams, 1772, after H.W. Bunbury.

Radium, and other radio-active substances : polonium, actinium, and thorium. With a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent substances, the properties and applications of selenium, and the treatment of disease by the ultra-violet light / by William J. Hammer.

Camassia leichtlinii (Baker)S.Watson Hyacinthaceae. Great Camas, Quamash. The species was named for Maximillian Leichtlin (1831-1910 of Baden , Germany, bulb enthusiast who corresponded with J.G. Baker at Kew. Bulbous herb. Distribution: North America. The bulbs of Camassia species were eaten by the Native Americans, the Nez Perce, after cooking by steaming for a day - which suggests they may be poisonous raw. They gave them to the American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clerk, on their expedition (1804-1806) when they ran out of food. The bulbs of the similar looking 'Death camus', Toxicoscordion venenosum have been fatal when ingested by mistake (RBG Kew on-line). Steroidal saponins, which are precursors in the manufacture of steroids and cytotoxic activity has been detected in the sap of the bulbs. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.

Two physicians in "macaroni" fashions. Etching by J. Johnson after J.W.B. (Bretherton?), 1772.

Edward Snape. Stipple engraving by J. Godby, 1791, after W. Whitby.

Celebrations of Wellington's victory at the battle of Salamanca: Sir Francis Burdett's house is attacked, a funeral procession of Whigs passes by, and a toast is drunk to Wellington by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Coloured etching by W.H. Brooke, 1812.

A riot at the King's theatre, Haymarket, London, on 1 May 1813. Coloured etching by W.H. Brooke after Satirist, 1813.

A radiant Samuel brings word from God to Eli. Line engraving by A.W. Warren, 1816, after E. Bird.

A menagerie of animals with the heads of politicians. Coloured etching by "Aqua Fortis" after W.H. Brooke after "Satirist", 1812.

The Foundling Hospital: the main buildings seen from within the grounds. Coloured engraving by J. Henshall after T. H. Shepherd.

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Essays in divinity and physic, proving the divinity of the person of Jesus Christ, and the spiritual sense of Scripture: in refutation of Dr. J. Priestley, and the Socinian system. With the True Method of Trying the Spirits. Also An Account of the Cause and Cure of our Sovereign's Late Illness, with an Exposition of Animal Magnetism and Magic. And An Appendix, Concerning the Impolicy of Separating, at present, from Communion with the Established Church. Also, Concerning the Further Connection of Divinity and Physic. By William Spence, M. D. Chirurg. Londinensis, et Societatis Exegeticae Succae Soc.

The new gazetter: or, Geographical companion. Containing, a general and concise account alphabetically arranged, of all the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, seas, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes and mountains, in the known world: and more particularly in Great-Britain, Ireland and America. Being intended as a useful vade-mecum for the readers of public news-papers, and for young students in geography. By R. Johnson. With the addition of above three thousand places, not in the London edition.

Remarkable news from the stars: or, an ephemeris for the year 1772: with observations upon the Eclipses, Solar Ingresses, and Configurations of the Heavens, happening therein: Being Bissextile, or Leap-Year; And from the Creation of the World, according to the Best of History, 5721 Years. Wherein you have An Account of many Things concerning the Heavenly Bodies, and their Portents, in the same year: With some other very Considerable Matters. By William Andrews, Student in Astrology.

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A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Williams, 1772, after H.W. Bunbury.

Edward Snape. Stipple engraving by J. Godby, 1791, after W. Whitby.

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A young man, in the presence of his father, is examined by an academic for admission to university. Etching by J. Williams, 1772, after H.W. Bunbury.

Edward Snape. Stipple engraving by J. Godby, 1791, after W. Whitby.