Geological Collection (page 9)

Crystallised Cavern, in the Blue John Mine, 1854. Creator:s Read
Crystallised Cavern, in the Blue John Mine, 1854. Geological tourist attraction in Derbyshire. Fluor spar was called by the miners "Blue John"...The Blue John Mine is chiefly celebrated for

Insulae syrenum, 1902. Creator: Henry Brokman
Insulae syrenum, 1902

Tateyama in Etchu Province (Etchu Tateyama), from the series "Wrestling Matches between... 1858
Tateyama in Etchu Province (Etchu Tateyama), from the series "Wrestling Matches between Mountains and Seas (Sankai mitate zumo)", 1858

Bitchu Province: Gokei (Bitchu, Gokei), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd... 1853
Bitchu Province: Gokei (Bitchu, Gokei), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853

Tanba Province: Kane Slope (Tanba, Kanesaka), from the series "Famous Places in the... 1853
Tanba Province: Kane Slope (Tanba, Kanesaka), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853

Man Crossing Log Bridge over Torrent, n.d. Creator: Jan van Eyck
Man Crossing Log Bridge over Torrent, n.d

Mont Saleve, c.1840. Creator: John Ruskin
Mont Saleve, c.1840

Copernicus, 1867. Creator: James Nasmyth
Copernicus, 1867

Tanba Province: Kane Slope (Tanba, Kanesaka), from the series "Famous Places in the... 1853
Tanba Province: Kane Slope (Tanba, Kanesaka), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853

Waterfall at Shanklin, c. 1794. Creator: Piercy Roberts
Waterfall at Shanklin, c. 1794

Shaklin Chine, c. 1794. Creator: Piercy Roberts
Shaklin Chine, c. 1794

Royal Institution - Sir Roderick Murchison's Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Royal Institution - Sir Roderick Murchison's Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore, 1850. Geological talk in London

Rocky Scene, n.d. Creator: Henry Bright
Rocky Scene, n.d

View of Lake with Cliffs in Foreground, n.d. Creator: James Robertson
View of Lake with Cliffs in Foreground, n.d

Brimham Rocks, near Pateley Bridge Yorkshire, 1821. Creator: Francis Nicholson
Brimham Rocks, near Pateley Bridge Yorkshire, 1821

The Dropping Well at Knar Knarcsborough, n.d. Creator: Francis Nicholson
The Dropping Well at Knar Knarcsborough, n.d

Arthur's Seat, n.d. Creator: John Clerk
Arthur's Seat, n.d

waves to the sky
Jose Curto

Male Nubian Ibex, Makhtesh (crater) Ramon
Ran Dembo

Three sacred mountains in Daocheng Yading
Su PengTing

Fjallforsen, 1913. Creator: Leander Engstrom
Fjallforsen, 1913

Forest interior, (c1930s). Creator: Ida Eléonora de Schulzenheim
Forest interior, (c1930s). Graberget outside Gavle

Glacier and glacial stream, between c1900 and 1923. Creator: Unknown
Glacier and glacial stream, between c1900 and 1923

Cathedral Mountain and Lake Atlin, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Unknown
Cathedral Mountain and Lake Atlin, between c1900 and 1927

Men panning gold, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Men panning gold, between c1900 and 1927

Anvil Rock, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Anvil Rock, between c1900 and c1930

Devil's Tower Devil's Tower or Bear Lodge (Mato [ie Mateo] Tepee of the... 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill)
Devil's Tower. Devil's Tower or Bear Lodge. (Mato [i.e. Mateo] Tepee of the Indians), as seen from the east side. Located near the Belle Fourche river, in Wyoming []

Lake Harney Peaks, near Custer City, SD, on B & M Ry, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Lake Harney Peaks, near Custer City, SD, on B & M Ry, 1891. Close view of peaks; hikers sitting and standing on ridges

Calamnity [ie Calamity] Peak Near Custer City on B & M R'y Title of Peak from the most noted...1891
Calamnity [i.e. Calamity] Peak. Near Custer City on B. & M. R'y. Title of Peak from the most noted character in Black Hills []. Center view of Calamity Peak

The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The offering-San Ildefonso, c1927. Photograph shows a barechested Tewa man, standing high on a cliff, arms stretched before him as he sprinkles cornmeal as an offering at the start of a day

Cornfields of Cañon del Muerto, 1906, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cornfields of Canon del Muerto, 1906, c1907. Navajo Indian cornfield, cliffs in background

Antelope ruins showing prehistoric decorations, 1907, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Antelope ruins showing prehistoric decorations, 1907, c1907. Ruins of Navajo Indian cliff dwellings

In the Bad Lands-Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In the Bad Lands-Sioux, c1905. Three Native Americans on horseback

Entering the Bad Lands. Three Sioux Indians on horseback, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Entering the Bad Lands. Three Sioux Indians on horseback, c1905

Expedition caravan in the Akkem River valley, 1895. Creator: Vasilii Vasilevich Sapozhnikov
Expedition caravan in the Akkem River valley, 1895. From a collection of 60 photos by V.V. Sapozhnikov (1861-1924), a geographer, botanist, ethnographer

On the bank of the Katun River near the village of Tavdy, 1895. Creator: Vasilii Vasilevich Sapozhnikov
On the bank of the Katun River near the village of Tavdy, 1895. From a collection of 60 photos by V.V. Sapozhnikov (1861-1924), a geographer, botanist, ethnographer

Devil's Tower From West side showing millions of tons of fallen rock Tower 800... 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Devil's Tower From West side showing millions of tons of fallen rock Tower 800... 1890

Phantom Ridge, Black Hills, Dak, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Phantom Ridge, Black Hills, Dak, 1890. Showing horse-drawn coach making its way down a dry riverbed, surrounded by steep ridges and rock formations

The Frog's Head Rock On old Deadwood stage road, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
The Frog's Head Rock On old Deadwood stage road, 1890. Rock formation resembling a frog's head

Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Deadwood Central RR Engineer Corps, 1888. Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers and a dog, posing with surveyors transits on tripods and measuring rods, on the side of a mountain

Echo Canyon Looking through Sioux Pass On FE and MV Ry, Hot Springs, SD, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Echo Canyon Looking through Sioux Pass On FE and MV Ry, Hot Springs, SD, 1891. House and road in plains area as seen from above and between two large rock formations; mountains in distance

Crow Butte Near Ft Robinson, Neb and FE & MV RR -- In battle, the Indians drove the "Crows" up on the mountain and camped on the only approach

Giant Bluff Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Giant Bluff Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. A wood-burning locomotive with four cars, on a track below a cliff; several people are posing in front of the train

Giant Bluff Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Giant Bluff Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. A two-car train in front of a steep cliff; several passengers are posing in front of the train

Our picnic party at Sunday Gulch Photographed between the walls of the grandest mountain... 1891. Creator: John C. H
Our picnic party at Sunday Gulch Photographed between the walls of the grandest mountains of the Dakotas, near Custer City on the B & M Ry, 1891

Harney Range Horseshoe Curve on the B[urlington] and M[issouri River] Ry near Custer City, SD, 1891. Creator: John C
Harney Range Horseshoe Curve on the B[urlington] and M[issouri River] Ry near Custer City, SD, 1891. Full view of train in a valley with mountains in background

Ural Mountains. Taiga in the Zlatoust Region, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Ural Mountains. Taiga in the Zlatoust Region, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Geognostic Map of the Localities of Irkutsk, Verkholensk, and Balagansk Districts, 1873. The first geological (geognostic) maps in Russia were produced in the 1850s

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