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  Voltaic Pile

  • Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids

  • 1870 – 1900

  Illustration depicting a voltaic pile, the first electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800.

  • Author Ward, Lock & Co.
  • Subject Electricity, Electrical engineering, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Electric batteries, Electrochemistry
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  37 items
  Publications, Illustrated works

  The Electro Magnetic Telegraph: with an Historical Account of its Rise, Progress, and Present Condition

  • Also, practical suggestions in regard to insulation, and protection from the effects of lightning. Together with an appendix, containing several important telegraphic decisions and laws

  • 1853

  • Author Turnbull, Laurence, 1821-1900
  • Subject Telegraph, Telegraph lines, Cipher and telegraph codes, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Communication, Communication and technology, Telecommunication
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  386 items
  Publications, Illustrated works

  Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids

  • 1870 – 1900

  Educational volume covering a variety of topics related to electricity and the chemical elements in two parts. The first half of the volume is devoted to electrical and magnetic discoveries and modern electric machines,…

  • Publisher Ward, Lock & Co.
  • Subject Electricity, Magnetism, Electric machines, Telegraph, Electric lighting, Electrical engineering, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Chemical elements, Science--Experiments
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Brass and iron artifacts from County Roscommon

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting a series of ancient brass and iron artifacts excavated from County Roscommon in Ireland. Figure 1 depicts the bitt and headstall of a bridle, both brass. Figure 2 depicts a brass spur. Figure 3…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Excavations (Archaeology), Spurs (Horse), Bits (Bridles)
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Implements of War

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting an assortment of ancient implements of war excavated from sites around Ireland. Included are a stone spear head and an arrow head, as well as a variety of brass spear heads and daggers.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Excavations (Archaeology), Weapons
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  Rare books, Engravings, Maps

  Roman Camp in the Muir of Lour. Roman Camp at Battle Dykes

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William)
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Pottery fragments from the Roman fort at Duntocher

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Series of engravings depicting fragments of pottery excavated at the site of the Roman fort at Duntocher, a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Voyages and travels, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Fortification, Roman, Pottery, Roman, Pottery, Excavations (Archaeology)
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Roman fort at Duntocher

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Series of engravings depicting remains and reconstructions of the Roman fort at Duntocher, a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Included are a sketch and profile of the ground where the fort stood (figures A and…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Fortification, Roman
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  Publications

  Figure 19. Movable Drying Crate for 500 Mantles

  • Part of The Rare Earth Industry: Including the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles, Pyrophoric Alloys, and Electrical Glow Lamps

  • 1915

  Figure 19 from the 1915 volume The Rare Earth Industry depicting a movable crate (1/52 actual size) for drying incandescent mantles, a component of incandescent gas lanterns. The volume details various industrial…

  • Author Johnstone, Sydney J. (Sydney James), Russell, Alexander S. (Alexander Smith), b. 1888
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Subject Rare earths, Rare earth industry, Incandescent gas-lighting, Scientific illustration, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Lighting
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  Figure 21. Woodall-Moon Mantle Tester

  • Part of The Rare Earth Industry: Including the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles, Pyrophoric Alloys, and Electrical Glow Lamps

  • 1915

  Figure 21 from the 1915 volume The Rare Earth Industry depicting a machine used to test the durability of gas mantles, a component of incandescent gas lanterns. The volume details various industrial applications of rare…

  • Author Johnstone, Sydney J. (Sydney James), Russell, Alexander S. (Alexander Smith), b. 1888
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Subject Rare earths, Rare earth industry, Incandescent gas-lighting, Scientific illustration, Machinery, Lighting
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  Publications, Illustrations

  Figure 16. Machine for Applying "Fixing" Solution to Inverted Mantles

  • Part of The Rare Earth Industry: Including the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles, Pyrophoric Alloys, and Electrical Glow Lamps

  • 1915

  Figure 16 from the 1915 volume The Rare Earth Industry depicting a machine (1/5 actual size) for applying "fixing" solution to inverted mantles, a component of incandescent gas lanterns. The volume details various…

  • Author Johnstone, Sydney J. (Sydney James), Russell, Alexander S. (Alexander Smith), b. 1888
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Subject Rare earths, Rare earth industry, Incandescent gas-lighting, Scientific illustration, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Lighting
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  Publications, Illustrations

  Figure 18. Collodionising Bath

  • Part of The Rare Earth Industry: Including the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles, Pyrophoric Alloys, and Electrical Glow Lamps

  • 1915

  Figure 18 from the 1915 volume The Rare Earth Industry depicting a machine (1/16 actual size) for immersing mantles, a component of incandescent gas lanterns, in a collodion solution prior to transport. The volume…

  • Author Johnstone, Sydney J. (Sydney James), Russell, Alexander S. (Alexander Smith), b. 1888
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Subject Rare earths, Rare earth industry, Incandescent gas-lighting, Scientific illustration, Machinery, Lighting
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  Publications, Illustrations

  Figure 17. Burning Off and Hardening Machine for Inverted Mantles

  • Part of The Rare Earth Industry: Including the Manufacture of Incandescent Mantles, Pyrophoric Alloys, and Electrical Glow Lamps

  • 1915

  Figure 17 from the 1915 volume The Rare Earth Industry depicting a machine (1/14 actual size) for burning off and hardening inverted mantles, a component of incandescent gas lanterns. The volume details various…

  • Author Johnstone, Sydney J. (Sydney James), Russell, Alexander S. (Alexander Smith), b. 1888
  • Publisher D. Appleton and Company
  • Subject Machinery, Incandescent gas-lighting, Scientific illustration, Lighting, Rare earth industry, Rare earths
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  Rare books, Engravings, Maps

  View of the Roman Military Way, Between the Camps of Battle Dykes, & Haerfauds, in the Muir of Lour

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William)
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  Rare books, Engravings, Maps

  The Isles of Zetland [Showing] its Extent and Division into Parishes

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Map of Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland situated in the Northern Atlantic between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Islands, Scotland--Shetland
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Roman Inscriptions in Scotland [Vol. IV, Plate III]

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout Scotland.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions
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  Rare books, Engravings, Maps

  A General Map [of] Antoninus Pius's Wall in Scotland

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting the Antonine Wall, a Roman frontier barrier in Britain extending approximately 36.5 miles across Scotland between the River Clyde and the Firth of Forth. The wall was built in the years after 142 AD…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Scotland--Antonine Wall, Fortification, Roman
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Roman Inscriptions in Scotland [Vol. IV, Plate I]

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout Scotland.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions
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  Rare books, Engravings

  View and Plan of an Ancient Monument on the Top of Sliabh Guth Commonly Called Church Mountain near Donard in the County of Wicklow

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a view and plan of Church Mountain, also called Sliabh Guth or Slieve Gad, meaning "mountain of the covenant." The westernmost of the Wicklow Mountains in…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Natural history, Maps, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Ireland--Wicklow Mountains, Cairns
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  Rare books, Engravings

  The Charter Horn

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting the Kavanagh Charter Horn, a ceremonial drinking vessel associated with the Caomhnách kings who ruled the Irish kingdom of Leinster. Fashioned out of ivory and brass gilt, the horn dates from the…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Ireland--Leinster, Horns, Archaeology
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  Rare books, Engravings

  The Harp of Brien Boromh and the Irish Crown

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting the harp of Brien Boromh [Brian Boroimhe] and the Irish Crown. Also known as Brian Boru's harp or the Trinity College harp, the harp dates from the 14th or 15th century and, along with the Queen…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Brian, King of Ireland, 926-1014, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), Musical instruments
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  Publications, Illustrations

  Figure 239. Kobold, the Gnome or Sprite supposed to haunt the German Mines

  • Part of The playbook of metals : including personal narratives of visits to coal, lead, copper, and tin mines; with a large number of interesting experiments relating to alchemy and the chemistry of fifty metallic elements

  • 1862

  • Author Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900
  • Subject Mineral industries, Science--Study and teaching, Mines and mineral resources, Kobolds, Folklore, Mythology, Illustrated works, Miners
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  Publications, Illustrations

  Figure 203. The Tapping of the Blast Furnace

  • Part of The playbook of metals : including personal narratives of visits to coal, lead, copper, and tin mines; with a large number of interesting experiments relating to alchemy and the chemistry of fifty metallic elements

  • 1862

  • Author Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900
  • Subject Mineral industries, Metals, Science--Study and teaching, Metallurgy, Iron, Iron industry and trade, Furnaces, Blast furnaces, Scientific illustration
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  Publications, Illustrations

  Figure 191. Crystals of Iodide of Mercury

  • Part of The playbook of metals : including personal narratives of visits to coal, lead, copper, and tin mines; with a large number of interesting experiments relating to alchemy and the chemistry of fifty metallic elements

  • 1862

  • Author Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900
  • Subject Mineral industries, Metals, Science--Study and teaching, Crystals, Iodides, Mercury, Scientific illustration
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  Publications, Illustrations

  Figure 169. Roasting Furnace

  • Part of The playbook of metals : including personal narratives of visits to coal, lead, copper, and tin mines; with a large number of interesting experiments relating to alchemy and the chemistry of fifty metallic elements

  • 1862

  • Author Pepper, John Henry, 1821-1900
  • Subject Mineral industries, Metals, Science--Study and teaching, Metallurgy, Copper ores, Furnaces, Metallurgical furnaces, Scientific illustration