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Plate XXII: Molybdenum Ores, Chrome Ores, Antimony Ores, Arsenic Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-2. Molybdenum Ores.
1. Molybdenite, Sulphuret of Molybdenum
2. MolybdeniteFigures 3-4. Chrome Ores.
3. Chromic Ochre
4. Chromic IronstoneFigures 5-10. Antimony Ores.
5. Native Antimony
6. Grey Antimony,… -
Plate XXI: Bismuth Ores, Uranium Ores, Titanium Ores, Tantalum Ores, Wolfram Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figure 1. Greenockite
Figures 2-6. Bismuth Ores.
2. Native Bismuth
3. Metallic Bismuth
4. Native Bismuth
5. Bismuthine
6. Eulytine, or Bismuth-BlendeFigures 7-12. Uranium Ores.
7. Pitch-blende
8. Uran-ochre
9. Lime-U… -
Plate XX: Galena, Cerussite, Anglesite, Pyromorphite, Molybdate, Chromate, Tin Ore, Zinc Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-3. Galena, Sulphuret of Lead.
1. Galena
2. The same [Galena]
3. The same [Galena]Figures 4-8. White Lead Ore, Cerusite.
4. White Lead Ore
5. The same [White Lead Ore]
6. The same [White Lead Ore]
7. The same…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Galena, Cerussite, Tin ores, Zinc ores
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Plate XIX: Iron Ores, Hausmannite
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-10. Brown Ironstone and other Ores of Iron.
1. Stalactitic Hematite
2. Kidney-Shaped Iron Ore
3. Pea-Iron Ore
4. Finely Granular Lenticular Clay Ironstone
5. Spathic Iron Ore
6. Bog-Iron Ore
7. Vivianite
8. Sc…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Iron ores, Manganese ores
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Plate XVIII: Pyrites, Magnetic Iron, Iron-Glance, Iron Ores
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-4. Magnetic Pyrites.
1. Magnetic PyritesFigures 2-8. Pyrites.
2. Pyrites
3. The same [Pyrites]
4. The same [Pyrites]
5. The same [Pyrites]
6. The same [Pyrites]
7. The same [Pyrites]
8. PyritesFigures…
- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Pyrites, Magnetite, Hematite
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Plate XVII: Nickel, Cobalt, Iron
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-4. Nickel Ores.
1. Capillary Nickel
2. Red Arseniet of Nickel
3. Chloanthite
4. Annabergite, or Nickel-OchreFigures 5-13. Cobalt Ores.
5. Cobalt-Pyrites
6. Cobalt-Glance, or Cobaltine
7. The same [Cobaltine]… -
Plate XVI: Copper, Malachite
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-3. Red Copper.
1. Cuprite, or Red Oxide of Copper
2. The same [Cuprite]
3. The same [Cuprite]Figures 4-7. Blue Copper.
4. Azurite or Chessylite
5. The same [Azurite]
6. The same [Azurite]
7. The same…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Copper, Malachite
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Plate XV: Mercury, Quicksilver, Copper Ore
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-5. Mercury, Quicksilver.
1. Amalgam
2. Native Quicksilver
3. Crystalline Cinnabar
4. Crystallised Cinnabar
5. The same [Crystallised Cinnabar]Figures 6-20. Copper Ore, Native Ore, and Sulphuret of Copper.
6. …- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Copper, Mercury
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Plate XIV: Native Silver, Antimonial Silver, Sulphuret of Silver, Glance and Red Silver Ore
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-5. Native Silver.
1. Native Silver
2. The same [Native Silver]
3. The same [Native Silver]
4. Native Silver
5. Native SilverFigures 6-8. Antimonial Silver.
6. Antimonial Silver
7. The same [Antimonial Silver]…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Silver, Antimony ores
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Plate XIII: Gold, Platinum, Iridium
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-10. Gold.
1. Native Gold
2. Crystal of Gold
3. The same [Crystal of Gold]
4. Native Gold
5. Gold Nugget
6. Small Nuggest of Gold
7. Grains of Gold
8. Gold-dust
9. Smooth Gold
10. Telluric or Graphic Gold
…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Gold, Platinum, Iridium
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Plate XII: Sulphur, Honey-Stone, Graphite, Coal, Lignite
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-3. Sulphur.
1. Native Sulphur
2. The same [Native Sulphur]
3. The same [Native Sulphur]Figure 4. Honey-Stone.
4. Honey-Stone or MelliteFigures 5-7. Graphite.
5. Graphite Plumbago
6. Clear Yellow…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Sulfur, Coal, Graphite
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Plate XI: Fluor Spar, Baryta Compounds, Strontia, Salts of Potash and Soda, Borate of Magnesia
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-2. Fluor-Spar.
1. Fluor-Spar
2. Fluor-SparFigures 3-6. Baryta Compounds.
3. Witherite
4. Barytes
5. The same [Barytes]
6. The same [Barytes]Figures 7-9. Strontia.
7. Celestine, Sulphate of Strontia
8. Th…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Sodium carbonate, Fluorspar, Borate minerals, Salt
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Nobel laureates at Indian Institute of Science
- 1930s
Group portrait of Nobel laureates at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Beginning third from left, the individuals depicted in the photograph are identified as follows:
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman…
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Students in anatomy class at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1895
Cyanotype depicting a group of female students participating in an anatomy class at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. The group is gathered around a table working on a human cadaver. The students' names are…
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Plate X: Aragonite, Spar, Gypsum, Anhydrite, Apatite, Fluor Spar
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-3. Arragonite.
1. Crystal of Arragonite
2. Reddish Arragonite
3. Crystallized ArragoniteFigures 4-6. Brown Spar, Bitter Spar, Carbonate of Lime with Protioxide of Iron and Manganese.
4. Reddish-brown Spar…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Gypsum, Aragonite, Fluorspar, Apatite, Anhydrite
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Plate IX: Carbonates of Lime, Marble
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-9. Carbonate of Lime, Marble.
1. Red-mottled Marble
2. The same [Red-mottled Marble]
3. Gryphitic Limestone
4. Variegated Fragmentary Marble
5. Reddish-yellow and Violet Flaked Marble
6. Pale Yellow and Violet…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Marble
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Plate VIII: Marbles
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-9. Marbles.
1. Ruin Marble
2. Fire Marble or Lumachelli
3. Red Marble
4. Pale Yellow Marble
5. Black and White Mottled Becciated Marble
6. Backish-grey Marble
7. Grey Marble
8. Red, Grean, and White-colored…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Marble
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Plate VII: Zeolitic Minerals, Carbonaceous Limestone
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-8. Zeolitic Minerals.
1. Leucite
2. Natrolite
3. Crystallised Zeolite or Mesotype
4. Heulandite
5. Stilbite or Foliated Zeolite
6. Analcime
7. Apophyllite
8. The same [Apophyllite]Figures 9-18. Carbonaceous…
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Plate B: Modifications of Crystalline Planes, Axes of Crystals, Optical Phenomena of Crystals
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-10. Modifications of Crystalline Planes, Combinations, Axes, and Optical Phenomena.
1. Curved Places of the Hexakis-Octahedron
2. Striation, or Striping the Planes of the Cube
3. Drusy
4. Drusy, or…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Crystals
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Plate A: Planes of Crystals and Separate Crystalline Forms
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-26. Planes of Crystals and Separate Crystalline Forms
1. Square
2. Cube
3. Rhombus
4. Rhombic Dodecahedron, or Granatoid
5. Rectangle
6. Rectangular Prism
7. Rhomboid
8. Oblique Rhomboidal Prism
9. Trapezium…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Prisms, Crystals
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Plate VI: Felspathic Minerals and Rocks, Micaceous Minerals, Granite
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-10. Felspathic Minerals and Rocks.
1. Potash Felspar
2. Apple-green Felspar or Amazon Stone
3. Common Felspar or Orthoclase
4. Adularia
5. Sodalite, Albite, Pericline
6. Green Porphyry Felspar
7. Black Porphyry…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Granite
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Plate V: Kyanite, Disthene, Staurolite, Andalusite, Tourmaline, Dichorite, Peliom, Augite, Hornblende, Amphibole, Hypersthene, Mountain Wood, Serpentine, Ophite, Omphacite
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-2. Kyanite, Disthene.
1. Kyanite
2. The same [Kyanite]Figures 3-5. Staurolite.
3. Staurolite
4. The same [Staurolite]
5. The same [Staurolite]Figures 6-7. Andalusite.
6. Andalusite
7. Hollow Spar or…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Serpentinite, Augite, Cordierite, Tourmaline, Andalusite, Cyanite
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Plate IV: Quartz and Opal
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-20. Quartz and Opal.
1. Grey and White Striped Flint
2. Carnelian
3. Fortification Agate
4. Clouded Agate
5. Puddingstone or Quartz Conglomerate
6. Vitrified Tube
7. Wood Opal
8. Chrysoprase
9. Black and White…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Quartz, Opals
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Plate III: Quartz
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-19. Quartz.
1. Ferruginous Quartz
2. Rock Crystal
3. Rose Quartz
4. Smoky Quartz
5. Amethyst
6. Group of Rock Crystal
7. Group of Rock Crystal
8. Amethyst
9. Eqyptian Jasper
10. Jasper
11. Ribbon Jasper
12. He…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Quartz
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Plate II: Topaz, Garnet, Vesuvian, Idocrase, Chrysolite, Olivine, Pistacite, Epidote, Turquoise, Johnite, Calamite, Lazulite, Lapis Lazuli
- Part of The Mineral Kingdom
- 1859
Figures 1-7. The Topaz.
1. Topaz
2. The same [Topaz]
3. Dark Yellow Topaz
4. Sea-green Topaz or Aquamarine
5. Light Yellow Topaz
6. Dark Yellow Topaz
7. The same [Dark Yellow Topaz]Figures 8-19. The Garnet.
8. Common…- Author Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob), 1798-1870
- Publisher Edmonston and Douglas
- Editor Van Voorst, John, active 1833-1886
- Subject Mineralogy, Precious stones, Metals, Semimetals, Precious metals, Chemical elements, Topaz, Garnet, Leucite, Olivine, Epidote, Turquoise, Lapis lazuli