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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Figures 1-9. The Diamond.
1. Diamond - a simple regular Octahedron
2. The pyramidal Octahedron
3. The pyramidal Tetrahedron
4. The double pyramidal Tetrahedron
5. The Star of the South
6. The Regent or Pitt diamond
7. T…

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…

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…

"Comprising practical instructions in the dyeing of shot cobourgs, silk striped orleans, colored orleans from black warps, ditto from white warps, colored cobourgs from white warps, merinos, yarns, woollen cloths, &c.;…

Regarded as the earliest, freely-accessible sales catalog of commercially available chemicals and scientific apparatus, Palmer's New Catalogue by Edward Palmer (1803-1872) provides insight into the costs and…

Figure 274 depicts the Improved Portable Oxy-Hydrogen Apparatus and Microscope. The projection microscope, offered by Edward Palmer (1803-1872), magnifies "from ten thousand to two million times" and projects various…

Figure 90. Fountain in Vacuo
Figure 91. Bell Experiment
Figure 92. Bacchus Experiment
Figure 93. Tantalus's Cup
Figure 94. Fountain and Jets
Figure 95. Model of Water Pump with glass barrel
Figure 96. Model of Forcing…

Figure 84. Double-barrelled Air Pump
Figure 85. Large-size Double-barrelled Air Pump on stage stool with Barometer Gauge
Figure 86. Ground Brass Plate with collar of leather & sliding wire
Figure 87. Pocket Condensers…

Figure 81. Small single-barrel Air Pump with Receiver
Figure 82. Small single-sloping-barrel Air Pump & Receiver, with Fountain
Figure 83. Large size double-barrelled Air Pump, with raised plate

These illustrations are…

Figure 7. Blowpipe, self-acting Spirit for bending glass tubes, Tin.
Figure 8. Blowpipe, self-acting in brass with sliding Lamp.
Figure 9. Blowpipe, Glassblower's Table, with double bellows, jets, lamp, and stand,…

Figure 58. Best Wheel Barometer with Thermometer & Spirit Level, plain mounted.
Figure 59. Best Wheel Barometer with screw Hygrometer, rosewood inlaid with pearl and German silver fittings, very elegant.
Figure 60. Upri…

Figure 50. Retort Stand large, brass, with tubulated retort, receiver.
Figure 51. Scales, Chemical, with decimal weights to the tenth of a grain, brass pans, warranted to weigh accurately to the tenth of a grain.

These…

Figure 39. Mercurial Troughs, iron, very superior with Pepy's Gasometer attached.
Figure 40. Palmer's Gas Lamp for heating tubes, which screws on to a common gas pillar.
Figure 41. Palmer's Chemical Amusement and…

Figure 28. Lamps, Berzelius's portable Blowpipe.
Figure 29. Lamp, Cooper's for heating Tubes.
Figure 30. Lamp, Davy's Safety.
Figure 31. Lamp, Farraday's, with four wicks, as recommended in his chemical manipulations.…

Figures 276 through 281 depict the catalog entries for six unannealed glasses, each a different shape, used for showing the tints of polarized light. Below, figures 283 through 290 show selenite slides with designs. The…

Figure 268. Appearance of a Drop of Stagnant Water, As Seen Through the Stanhope Lens.

Figures 269 and 270. Stanhope Lenses in white metal, 3s.6d. and 4s.6d.

Figure 271. Stanhope Lenses, mounted in silver, 6s. and…

Illustrations depicting a box-mounted microscope made by Charles Gould (ca. 1786-1849), and two larger improved compound microscopes. These are the first entries in the catalog listing microscopes.

Figure 253. This…

Illustrations of catalog listings in the section Perspectives and Telescopes. Figure 250 depicts an example of the walking-stick telescope, available in 12, 18, or 24 inches. Figure 251 shows a product identified as a…

Illustrations of catalog listings. Figure 220 is a depiction of a globe, available on a pedestal made of neat mahogany or rosewood, in sizes from 2 to 9 inches. It is noted, "globes, of all sizes, mounted in superior…

Illustrations of catalog listings. Figures 214 and 215 depict two products available in the category Levels, Compasses, &c., the Gilt Pochet Compass in Leather Case and the Magnetic Needle and Stand respectively.…