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Figure 18. Collodionising Bath
- 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…
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Figure 17. Burning Off and Hardening Machine for Inverted Mantles
- 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…
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The Isles of Zetland [Showing] its Extent and Division into Parishes
- 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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Roman Inscriptions in Scotland [Vol. IV, Plate III]
- 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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A General Map [of] Antoninus Pius's Wall in Scotland
- 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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Roman Inscriptions in Scotland [Vol. IV, Plate I]
- 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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View and Plan of an Ancient Monument on the Top of Sliabh Guth Commonly Called Church Mountain near Donard in the County of Wicklow
- 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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The Charter Horn
- 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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The Harp of Brien Boromh and the Irish Crown
- 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…
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