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The Murchison CM2 carbonaceous chondriteMurchison fell in September 1969, in Victoria, Australia. It is rich in indigenous (i.e. not terrestrial contaminant) amino acids and other organic molecules
Nikolai ZelinskyNIKOLAI ZELINSKY Russian scientist, invented the first carbon-filter gas mask, winner of many Soviet awards
Cut diamond and crystalsA cut diamond surrounded by rough crystals. Diamond is comprised of compacted carbon and is the hardest natural substance known on Earth
Rocks, CarbonVarious types of carbon including crystallised diamond, graphite, slate coal and peat
Wrench carbon arc lamp for magic lantern projector
Peat cutting shoe - 2Mr Albert Allmark, cutting peat by traditional, sustainable methods, Wixhall Moss, Shropshire. Mr Allmark demonstrates a home-made peat cutting shoe
Industrial peat cutting, Wixhall Moss, Shropshire Date: 1990
Peat cutting shoe - 1Albert Allmark, cutting peat by traditional, sustainable methods, Wixhall Moss, Shropshire. Mr Allmark demonstrates a home-made peat cutting shoe. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990
Peat cutter, ShropshireMr Albert Allmark, cutting peat by traditional, sustainable methods, Wixhall Moss, Shropshire. He stands by a stack of cut peat with his pet dog. His old tractor is behind him
Advert for Silicated Carbon Filter Company 1888Patent Silicated Carbon Filter, each time that the fiter is filled the air under the Aerator Cover is forced in the direction shown by the arrows through the Silicated Carbon block
Didcot Power stationWith the cooling towers pushing out lots of steam, the photographer captures a dramatic picture. Taken in the late 60s Date: late 1960s
Diamond crystalNatural diamond crystal in Kimberlite from Kimberley, South Africa. Kimberlite is the rock in which diamonds occur. The rock was named after the the South African site, Kimberley
Best carbon block filters, Plate 40Best carbon block filters fitted with anti-corrosive taps, Plate 40, for obtaining purified water in different locations. Date: circa 1880s
The First German Coke Oven. 18th centuryThe First German Coke Oven. Diorama. 18th century. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany
Half-length coat by Elsa SchiaparelliHalf-length coat designed by Elsa Schiaparelli. The coat is made in carbon blue embroidered with black soutache. The skirt is blue
Summit Hill Railway Station, Carbon, Pennsylvania, USA. Mauch Chunk (Now Jim Thorpe), Summit Hill & Switchback Railroad Date: 1910s
Fire prevention training for student nursesFire prevention training for a class of student nurses. A sub-officer of the fire prevention branch demonstrates the operation of a carbon dioxide extinguisher
Vigarano CV3 chondriteThis carbonaceous chondrite meteorite fell in Italy in 1910. It has clearly delineated chondrules or small granules
Interstellar diamondsThis specimen is known as the Allende meteorite. When viewed under a transmission electron microscope it shows formations of tiny interstellar diamonds
Diamond crystalsClockwise from top left (yellow matrix): in beach conglomerate from Namaqualand, in kimberlite from South Africa and in matrix from Siberia (bottom)
Cold Bokkeveld meteorite photomicrographThin section of the carbonaceous chondrite in the petrological microscope, showing a near circular chondrule about 1mm in diameter. The fall was in Cape Province in 1838
CharcoalSpecimen of commercial charcoal produced from wood. Charcoal is created by burning organic substances such as wood in the absence of oxygen
Coal
GraphiteA specimen of graphite from Sri Lanka. One form of carbon formed naturally close to the Earths surface
DiamondA form of carbon. The brilliant, hard diamond, is formed under conditions of vast pressure and heat deep wihtin the earth
Some crystal forms of carbonSeen here are rough diamonds or boarts surrounding a diamond crystal which have been photographed on a base of graphite. Diamond is the hardest known mineral on Earth
Coal, from the late carboniferousCoal is formed from fossil plants. The regular pattern on the surface of this 14 cm long piece is the impression of the bark of a fossil tree; Lepidodendron
Carbon filament lamps. From the book Diccionario" Carbon filament lamps. From the book " Diccionario general de Arquitectura e Ingenier quot; " by Pelayo Clairac y S z (1879). Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid
LCC-MFB petrol driven motor tenderThis chain transmission driven first-aid tender carried the first small water tank which operated under pressure of carbon dioxide gas
Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas. Date 1942
Portable Light BathThis portable Light Bath immerses the patient in light from carbon filament lamps. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical apparatus] Date: 1930
Underwater LaboratoryPhysicist Brian Ray, testing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet beneath the waves off Plymouth Date: 1960s
M. Moissans diamond experimentsFerdinand Frederick Henro Moissan (1852-1907) pictured with his electric furnace. Born in Paris, Moissan was an artificial diamond maker
The Bude Lights in Trafalgar SquareBude lights in Trafalgar Square, London. Patented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1839, the Bude light introduced oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame
Bude lightA large Bude light in Trafalgar Square. Invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and patented in 1839, the light worked by introducing oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame
Edisons electric lampComponents of the electric lamp patented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1879. The lamp worked by passing an electric current through a carbon filament enclosed in a vacuum in a sealed glass bulb
Bunsens BatteryBUNSENs CELL A carbon-zinc electric cell invented by Robert Bunsen in 1841
Using Carbon PaperA stenographer uses Polycarb carbon paper
Sun / Carbon Burning / KirchThe sun conceived as a mass of burning carbon. Date: 1635
Vodka Manufacture / RussiaVodka manufacture in Russia Mixing apparatus to obtain the spirit before it is filtered through carbon and sand