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Variation Collection

Background imageVariation Collection: Common snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) colour variation

Common snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) colour variation. Illustration from Erwin Baur, Einf in die experimentelle Vererbungslehre. Date: 1919

Background imageVariation Collection: Rumford Falls, Maine, USA - A Business Block

Rumford Falls, Maine, USA - A Business Block, housing The Everett K. Day Company and G. A. Peabody Company. This card was produced in Austria

Background imageVariation Collection: RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic

RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature

Background imageVariation Collection: Skull Face Masks

Skull Face Masks
A pair of tribal skull face masks from New Britain, an island in Papua New Guinea, each with a variation of intimidating red design, and a husky beard. Date: circa 1924

Background imageVariation Collection: Plans and views of a magnetic variation compass

Plans and views of a magnetic variation compass, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Background imageVariation Collection: Red Robed Santa with Boy

Red Robed Santa with Boy

Background imageVariation Collection: A collection of beetles

A collection of beetles
A diverse selection of beetles (coleoptera) from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageVariation Collection: Pressed seaweed book

Pressed seaweed book full of mounted seaweeds collected by women living in Jersey during the 1850s and 1860s

Background imageVariation Collection: Clavulinopsis miniata

Clavulinopsis miniata - Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, signed, 1806-10. Botany Library, Ferdinand Bauer Plant Drawings. Mabberley & Moore No. 236

Background imageVariation Collection: Woman with Ironed Towels

Woman with Ironed Towels
A smiling young woman carries some ironed towels and sheets; a wholsesome testament to the virtues of clean living. Date: 1930s

Background imageVariation Collection: Three-pice summer suit, 1927

Three-pice summer suit, 1927
Another variation of a popular theme - a three piece summer suit from Harvey Nichols model department 1927

Background imageVariation Collection: Syngnathus aequoreus, or Ocean Pipefish

Syngnathus aequoreus, or Ocean Pipefish, and a variation. Date: 1865

Background imageVariation Collection: Mollusk Shell Variations

Mollusk Shell Variations
A scientific illustration of British land shells, illustrating some of the variations exhibited by a single species of mollusk. Original water colour drawings by John, W. Taylor

Background imageVariation Collection: Residual Mach number variation

Residual Mach number variation
Figure 5 from 56007290. Residual Mach number variation along model

Background imageVariation Collection: George Cayleys 1796 helicopter model

George Cayleys 1796 helicopter model
Right: George Cayleys 1796 helicopter model: the contra-rotating rotors are feathers stuck in corks, operated by a bow-string

Background imageVariation Collection: Section of track showing cyclic variation in cant

Section of track showing cyclic variation in cant, 1977 Date: 1977

Background imageVariation Collection: Section of track showing cyclic variation in alignment

Section of track showing cyclic variation in alignment, 1977 Date: 1977

Background imageVariation Collection: Jade group

Jade group
A selection of rough and worked specimens of jadeite and nephrite. Jade is a gemstone and ornamental stone

Background imageVariation Collection: Collection of shells

Collection of shells
Plate 83 from Albertus Sebas Thesaurus, Vol 3, (1758)

Background imageVariation Collection: Colourful illustration of seven fish

Colourful illustration of seven fish
Plate 25 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Background imageVariation Collection: Colourful illustration of two fish and a crab

Colourful illustration of two fish and a crab
Plate 39 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Background imageVariation Collection: Colourful illustration of five fish

Colourful illustration of five fish
Plate 22 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Background imageVariation Collection: Display of lepidoptera, illustrating variation

Display of lepidoptera, illustrating variation
A collection of moths and butterflies. Only the four in the bottom left corner are butterflies, the rest are unusually colourful moths

Background imageVariation Collection: Many colours of corundum

Many colours of corundum
Ruby and sapphire cut corundum stones viewed through their pavilions. Corundum is the second hardest natural mineral known

Background imageVariation Collection: Asteroceras and promicroceras, ammonites

Asteroceras and promicroceras, ammonites
A rock specimen containing Asteroceras (large shell) and Promicroceras (small shell) ammonites from the Lower Lias, Marston Magna, near Yeovil, Somerset

Background imageVariation Collection: Amethyst, baryte dioptase, rhodochrosite

Amethyst, baryte dioptase, rhodochrosite
Amethyst, purple crystals from India. Baryte, long yellow prisms from Cumbria. Dioptase, green lustrous crusts from Namibia. Rhodochrosite, pink crystals on quartz

Background imageVariation Collection: British marble specimens

British marble specimens

Background imageVariation Collection: Beryl crystals

Beryl crystals
Beautifully formed beryly variety crystals of aquamarine, heliodor, morganite and emerald. Beryl comprises of (beryllium aluminum silicate)

Background imageVariation Collection: Colourful illustration of four fish and an eel

Colourful illustration of four fish and an eel
Folio 8 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 1, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Background imageVariation Collection: Colourful illustration of two fish and a grasshopper

Colourful illustration of two fish and a grasshopper
Plate 33 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Background imageVariation Collection: Colourful illustration of two crabs and a grasshopper

Colourful illustration of two crabs and a grasshopper
Plate 37 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour



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