Historic Earthquakes and Natural Effects

19th-century engravings depicting significant natural events, including earthquakes, polyp formations, and atmospheric phenomena.

disasters volcanos Mount Vesuvius erruption 24.4.1872 wood engraving after drawing by Robert Keck,

The Great New Madrid Earthquake, depicted a 19th-century wood engraving of 1877. There were three separate earthquakes, all estimated at over 7.0 in the Richter scale. The first hit on Dec. 16, 1811. On Jan. 23, 1812, the New Madrid North Fault ruptured. On Feb. 7, 1812 the strongest quake on Reelfoot Fault measured was 7.58.0. Its epicenter was near New Madrid, Missouri, which was destroyed. In St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were damaged, with their chimneys toppled (BSLOC_2019_6_168)

Polyps of Guadeloupe, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Crater of Mount Etna, between 1804 and 1805, from Meyers Konversationslexikon encyclopedia, 1897

Astronomy: an atmospheric condition giving the effect of two suns. Engraving by A. Hay, 1820, after H.D. Craig.

Engraving depicting Victoria Land and Mount Erebus and the extinct Mount Terror, discovered by James Clark Ross during his geographical survey of the Antarctic. Dated 19th century

disasters volcanos Mount Vesuvius erruption 24.4.1872 wood engraving after drawing by Robert Keck,

Morton flying the American flag on the shores of the polar sea. Arctic explorations in the years 1853, 1854, 1855 by Elisha Kent Kane. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Illustration depicting the Aurora Borealis observed during the Franklin's lost expedition. Dated 19th Century

Thunderstorm with hail in ancient Egypt, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

An engraving depicting various types of comets in the night sky. Dated 19th century

Engraving showing the igloos on Lake Daly of the American Franklin Search Expedition of 1878-1880. This expedition was one of many to search the Arctic for signs of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror', to look for the Northwest passage round the northern coast of Canada. The expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, disappeared from view late in 1845 and none of the men were

An engraving depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a Somma-Stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy. Dated 19th century

Varieties of fish netted in fresh water. From left to right: Chubbf Eels and Lampreys, Barbels, Pollard, Trout, and Tench. 1740

Engraving depicting Claude Grey and his party fleeing from the crater of the volcano Antuco, Chile, during a sudden eruption. Dated 19th century

Superimposed layers of rocks, vintage engraving. A career, Superimposed layers of rocks, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647786

Lake geology, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher

Engraving depicting a meteor falling to Earth. Dated 16th Century

disasters vulcano eruptions Vesuv eruption on 24.4.1872 after drawing by Robert Keck wood engraving 19th century,

Engraving depicting the balloon 'Geant' landing and overturning. Dated 19th Century

Luftfahrt 1890: Ballonfüllung mit komprimiertem Wasserstoffgas, Aviation, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhund...

An engraving depicting Jablockhoff candles being used to enable work to continue at night. Dated 19th century

Ascent of Mr. Coxwell's Great Balloon from the Crystal Palace grounds, 1865. 'Mr. Coxwell's balloon, named the Research...is composed of fifty gores, each gore being 44 in. wide at the centre and 105 ft. long. It contains about 112,000 cubic feet of gas...It had rained heavily during the afternoon...Mr. Coxwell remarks, "the lower cloud, one widespread mass, hung heavily over the Crystal Palace, and the tops of the towers were partially obscured...In less than one minute we were lost to sight...the rain ran down the sides of the balloon and covered us by shooting down the neck...in one of

Illustration depicting Dr. Benjamin Franklin experiment with the Kite. Titled 'The Thunder-storm' by Charles Thomlinson

ETNA IN ERUPTION, THE NEW CRATER, 1852

Engraving depicting the HMS Challenger among icebergs in the Antarctic. Dated 19th century

Artist's impression of a telegraph system using flares, said to have been devised by the Greek, Polybius. Dated 19th Century

The scientist was waiting to happen, vintage engraving. The scientist was waiting to happen, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647495

Old illustration from the nineteenth century of Adventures of a cricket by Ernest Charles Auguste Candèze (1827-1898) Belgian doctor and entomologist. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Waterspout around Loudon, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Large fires, vintage engraving. Large fires, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne 3 Russian and 3 English, 1872. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647465

The planet Saturn seen from Earth. Date: 1702

American engineer conveying despatches From a 19th century print

Using a cross-staff to measure the height of a tower, 1617-1619. Artist: Unknown

Engraving showing the Tol-Maen or 'Main Rock' or 'Hole of Stone', which stood in the parish of Constantine, Cornwall until it was demolished in 1869. Date: 10 April 1869

Observed in Alaska. Date: 27 December 1865

Processing of bismuth. Etching by Bénard.

disasters volcanos erruption of a volcano wood engraving Norway circa 1870,

An engraving depicting the boiling of maple sap to make sugar, Ontario, Canada. Dated 19th century

Second German North Polar Expedition, scientific voyage of discovery with the ships Germania and Hansa inspired by the geographer August Petermann. The expedition, led by Captain Carl Koldewey, explored and mapped previously unknown parts of the east coast of Greenland in 1869-70, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Exact date unknown

Construction of the Eddystone lighthouse, Plymouth, England, designed by James Nicholas Douglass. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1884

The Antuco volcano in Chile in 1869, last eruption, digitally enhanced reproduction from a 19th-century original, historical, exact date unknown.

Current Vesuvius, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Illustration depicting the stoke holes on an Atlantic crossing. Dated 19th Century

Columnar mass in the Vale of Cuva, near Chiampo, in Vicentin, northern Italy. Articulated basalt A - B, and formless lava in masses C-D and beds E. Arnas colonnairs du Vallon de la Cuva pres de Chiampo dans le Vicentin. Copperplate engraving by Giuseppe Dall'Acqua after Sellier from Scipion Breislaks Traite sur la Structure Exterieure du Globe, Treatise on the Exterior Structure of the Globe, Jean-Pierre Giegler, Milan, 1822.

Geyser in Yellowstone national park. Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika, swedish edition published in 1880. by the virtue of age

Plate showing covering for mines' interior walls and ways of shoring galleries. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Histoire Naturelle, Mineralogie (Natural History, Mineralogy).

Imaginative reconstruction of the Earth during the time of the dinosaurs, From Astronomie Populaire by Camille Flammarion (Paris, 1881), Engraving

'De la Terre a la Lune' ('From the Earth to the Moon') Blast-off ! The moon-projectile shoots away from the Earth. Date: 1865

Shell of cane mussel, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A cartoon commenting on the publication of a report of the Royal Commission on Telegraphic Communication between lighthouses and lightships and the shore. Dated 19th Century

Illustration depicting Charles Green's balloon. Charles Green (1785-1870) a British balloonist. Dated 19th Century

Illustration showing St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea. St. Elmo's fire (also St. Elmo's light, is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a coronal discharge from a sharp or pointed object in a strong electric field in the atmosphere (such as those generated by thunderstorms or produced by a volcanic eruption). 1883

Coasts in the Indian Ocean, including Adam's Peak and Bantam, and two sea-mammals found in the ocean. Etching by B. M.

Engraving depicting a 4th century bolide. A Bolide is a very large meteor which explodes in the atmosphere. Dated 17th century

Fish caught with nets inventoried on the Talisman ship deck. Scientific expedition of the Travailleur and Talisman ships to dredge the abyss of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1883

A prehistoric man using fire to fashion a canoe from a log. From the book Chips From The Earth's Crust published 1894.

Cartoon depicting safety costumes for ice skating. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the Leonids meteor shower, which was associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle, as seen over Niagara Falls in 1833. Dated 19th century

Eruption of Stromboli, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Section of a volcano, Interior view of an eruption, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque (1882).

'Autour de la Lune' ('Round the Moon'). Landing on the Moon! Date: 1870

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone. vibrations of the diaphragm of the transmitter caused light pulses to fall on a light sensitive selenium cell. Dated 1891

ENGRAVING-EXPERIMENT OF FRANKLIN 1752-COMET, LIGHTING ROD. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

Engraving depicting a general view of the night sky showing the Milky Way (left). Dated 19th century

Cave Marienglashoehle, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

Engraving depicting the fatal ballooning accident of Jean-François Piltre de Rozier (1756-1783) a French chemistry and physics teacher. Dated 18th Century

An early engraving of Asafoetida in Afghanistan. The white asafoetida is native to Afghanistan and was water-soluble whereas the red asafoetida, found in other countries, is oil soluble. While India did also sources from countries like Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, it was Afghanistan that is satiating India's appetite.

'Jobard's 'Submarine explorer', Burssels, 1855. Diver lay at foot of metal sock and was able to manipulate tools through flexible metal arms. Engraving, c1870.'

Salt Well, Evaporation, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

An engraving depicting the fall of a coal pipe (a fossil tree) in a mine. Dated 19th century

Part of the great southern ice barrier, 450 miles long, 180 feet above sea-level and 1000 feet thick. Polar expedition mid 19th century

Blowing up Flood Rock, part of the Hell Gate Rocks complex which prevented large vessels reaching New York Harbour, and presented a hazard to smaller ones. Dynamite was the explosive used. From 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse', Paris, 1886.

The parade of marble in a Colorado cannon, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Detail of copper engraving in Otto von Guerickes "Experimenta Nova" 1672, showing demonstration of the Magdeburska hemisphere, with four pairs of horses to vora, each hemisphere to pull them apart, then the air was removed by the Guericke invented air pump.

Apparatus to enable a diver in a diving suit to breathe while walking under water. A breathing tube leads from the diver's mask to a funnel floating on a block of wood. Engraving from 'Utriusque cosmi ... Historia' by Robert Fludd (Oppenheim. 1617-1619).

An engraving depicting a party visiting the Dudley Caverns, Staffordshire. The sight-seers are on a towpath of part of the Dudley canal system which gave access to the Limestone workings. Dated 19th century

Aurora Borealis viewed in the Arctic Circle in 1868.

Basalt columns of the Cascade de Regla in Mexico, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes' burning mirror supposed to have been designed to burn Roman fleet attacking Syracuse in 212 BC. From Marius Bettinus Apiaria, 1642. Copperplate engraving

Summit of Cotopaxi, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Excavating and lining the pit for casting the great gun for launching the space craft 'Columbiad'. From Jules Verne 'De la Terre a la Lune', Paris, 1865. Wood engraving.

A striking engraving of the eruption of 1669, which shows clearly the villages on the slopes of the mountain, menaced by the lava flow. Date: 1669

Indian lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera, on a pond, illustration from 1872 / Indische Lotosblume, Nelumbo nucifera, auf einem Teich, Illustration aus 1872, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhunder.

'Anglo-French Station at the Isthmus of Panama for forming a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans', 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854".

Photograph taken of a proposed method of communicating with the planets. A cross of powerful electrical lights on Lake Michigan. Cross chosen for simplicity of form. Suggested that lights on for 10 minutes and off for 10 minutes, as this would not be a natural interval. Dated 19th century

The Ptilonorhynque or Chlamydia spotted or Chlamydera maculata, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

Formation of hot springs, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

The Comet, c1812, (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Engraving depicting a wine merchant's cellar in Ancient Troy

The eruption of Krakatoa volcano, on August 11, 1883, on the island of Java, Indonesia, illustration from a picture by J Van Gestel, from the magazine L'Illustration, Journal Universel, year 41, volume LXXXII, no 2129, December 15, 1883.

"Vulcan's cave" on the Solfatara, near Naples, showing volcanic gases and the processing of alum. Etching by Bénard after Delarue.

Mining prospector in the Californian gold fields. From 'L'Illustration' Paris 18 June 1853. Wood engraving

Life in the early Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. From the book Outline of History by H.G. Wells, published 1920.

The island floating in the air. Date: First published: 1726

History Under Pressure - This drawing was discovered in an old book dealing with the Magdeburg demonstration. It depicts the original scene as two eight-horse teams try in vain to pull the vacuum sphere apart. At top of picture are the specially-tooled hemispheres which Otto Von Guericke used to prove the powerful pressure of air. They are shown before and after joining. April 08, 1955.

The demolition work on the Field of Mars after the Universal Exhibition of 1867, state 1869, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

1st steamboat by American engineer Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Engraving, 1883.Engraving. Nuestro Siglo, 1883. Spanish edition.

Geology: an outcrop of basalt columns by the sea. Engraving by J. Chapman.

Sectional view of Dream Lead Mine, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, showing workings and the position in which the skeleton of a rhinoceros was discovered. Wood engraving 1881.

Robur le conquerant, jules verne

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