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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,
disasters volcanos Mount Vesuvius erruption 24.4.1872 wood engraving after drawing by Robert Keck,
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Eruption of ash drawn at 20 seven. 1804 at 12pm of the day.
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Earthquake at Caracas, 1812,  Illustration from the Book, Historical Cabinet, L.H. Young Publisher, New Haven, 1834
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Shower of meteors (Leonids) observed over Greenwich, London 1866. The Leonids are visible in the night sky during November. From 'Sun, Moon and Stars' by Agnes Giberne. (London, 1884). Chromolithograph.
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Artist's impression of Tycho on his way home on the night of 11 November 1572 observing an unfamiliar bright star in the constellation Cassiopeia. Engraving from 'Astronomie Populaire' by Camille Flammarion (Paris, 1881). Tycho Brahe (Tyge Ottesen Brahe - 1546-1601) Danish astronomer, astrologer and alchemist who built astronomical instruments which enabled him to make the most accurate observations of his time.
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The Mont Chevalier observatory, Cannes, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1885, Volume LXXIII, April 12, 1879.
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Shower of meteors (Leonids) observed over Greenwich, London, 1866 (1884). Artist: Unknown
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Map of Gulf Stream, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque (1882).
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Geology: comparative heights of mountains, with a pyramid for scale. Coloured engraving by S. Hall, 1817.
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The base of the Sequoia gigantea destined for the museum in New York, with 52 workers working in its demolition. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893
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The fight against phylloxera in Algeria, cutting and burning of phylloxera vines, France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885
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David Livingstone (1813-1873). Scottish explorer. Livingstone through a swamp with a porter during his expedition to Africa in 1872. Engraving by Charles Laplante (d.1903). The Illustrated World, 1882. Colored.
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