Earth Collection (page 5)

FRAU HOLLE - 3
The stepdaughter makes the feathers fly, causing a snowstorm on the Earth below

ROCK STRATA SECTIONS
A diagrammatic section showing the order of succession of rock strata in the earths crust

Terrestrial and Celestial Globes. Date: circa 1760

FABRIC CANOPY INTERIOR
J Isabeys exhibition rooms: Decorative carved panelling on the walls also forms a screen to divide the space. Lengths of cloth form a canopy. Earth colours are used on the walls. Date: 1820

THE HEAVENS (KRAUS)
Six angels take our Earth up into the Heavens, where God the Father and his son Jesus sit on the North Pole and the Spirit flutters above, while angels dance and sing for joy Date: 1694

JOY ON EARTH IS TEMPOARY
An illustration of the verse This changing world no lasting joys can give... The figure of Time rocks the earth displacing representations of Wealth and Love

RELIGION / EGYPT / GEB
The supreme Earth-God, whose union with his sister NUT produced the other gods

EGYPTIAN CREATION
An Egyptian view of Creation - Geb, the Earth-God, lies on the ground with his sister NUT the sky-goddess arched above him; between them hovers the air- god, who is not involved

THE MAGNETIC POLE
Determining the MAGNETIC POLE as opposed to the geographical pole - a problem scientists were well aware of in the 17th century Date: circa 1680

EARTHS HEMISPHERES 1870
Earths two hemispheres, one largely composed of land, the other predominantly of water Date: circa 1870

PARALLELS OF LONGITUDE
Parallels of longitude, relative to the Equator Date: circa 1690

BLUNT / ATMOSPHERIC REF
A diagram explaining atmospheric refraction using pictures of ships at sea to illustrate the concept Date: 1849

GOD & HIS ANGELS GOD & HIS ANGELS
God tells his angels his plan to send Jesus to Earth as a man : some angels disapprove and rebel, forming a breakaway settlement in Hell, whence they harass Gods creation

GOD AND HIS ANGELS
God tells his angels his plan to send Jesus to Earth as a man : some angels disapprove and rebel, forming a breakaway settlement in Hell, whence they harass Gods creation

FOUCAULT DEMO, 1851
Leon Foucault uses his pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth, at the Pantheon, Paris, 1851 Date: 1851

FUMARIA OFFICINALIS
FUMITORY, or EARTH SMOKE, or WAX DOLLS Date: early 20th century

CERBERUS CHAINED
Cerberus, chained by Hercules, infects the Earth with his foam

PERSEPHONE (BOISSARD)
Persephone (= Proserpina) is abducted by Hades (= Pluto); eventually it is agreed that she will spend half the year down there, returning to Earth for the summer months

GLASS 18TH CENTURY 6
GLACES The marchoir where the earth is prepared Date: 1765

Earths Volcanoes
Cross-section of planet Earth, showing the central fire, the lateral fires, and the volcanoes on the surface of the globe Date: 1664

Tunnel Through Earth
The French astronomer Flammarion proposes a tunnel through the Earth... Date: 1919

PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM /
Plan of the Heavens, showing Ptolemys explanation for the eccentric movement of the Sun round the Earth, in relation to the Fixed Stars and Planets Date: 17th century

FARINATA ROASTS
Virgil and Dante contemplate Farinata degli Uberti as he roasts for ever, expiating his wickedness on Earth

Egyptian Creation Myth
An Egyptian depiction of the CREATION; sustained by the Earth, receiving life from the Skies, warmed by the Sun, the vessel of Life sails down the Nile

UNHAPPY SPIRITS
Unhappy spirits in the Spirit World, bitterly regretting now that they did not behave themselves while on Earth Date: 1887

HEAVEN AND EARTH
A medieval missionary finds a place where the Earth touches Heaven. Date: Medieval

Imaginary life forms on the planet Jupiter -- living with gravity more than twice that of Earth, with atmospheric conditions to match, imposes severe restrictions on them. Date: 1940

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5 AX772 (Luftwaffe 5F-CM of $(F)/14) (W.Nr. 2177) Buit by Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG 5F-CM was based at Cherbourg

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 7
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands. He is pictured on the Pyramids of Guimar, Tenerife Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 6
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Aged 80, he started digging a swimming pool in his garden - by hand Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 5
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 4
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 1
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl - 2
Thor Heyerdahl 1914-2002 - Kon Tiki explorer at his home in Tenerife, Canary Islands Date: 1995

Statue of Atlas - Rockefeller Center - New York, USA. Date: 1930s

Ara Pacis Augustae. Tellus panel
Roman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Tellus panel. Relief depicting Tellus nursing Romulus and Remus. Dated 13 BC. Museum of the Ara Pacis. Rome. Italy

Salvator Mundi, 1537-1545
Salvator Mundi. Christ with the Globe. 1537-1545. Lower Rhin. German Historical Museum. Berlin. Germany

Divine Comedy. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross t
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Eigth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in the boat of Phlegyas

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Physicist, Italian mathematician and astronomer. Galileo demonstrating his astronomical theories. Engraving by Rico in the Spanish and American Illustration (1884)

INDIA. Ajanta. Ajanta Caves. Cave 10. Detail of the decoration of the ceiling in the chaitya-griha with scenes from the life and incarnations of Buddha. Mural painting of the cave 2

September. Goddess Demeter
Demeter, mother of Persephone, the Greek goddess of harvest, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

Tanzania - Mbeya suburb near border with Zambia. road for Sumbawanga - Tanzania - Africa

Arctic tundra in spring - an aerial view from a helicopter. landscape near Kara sea, Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic. Summer, July

Eritrea - The old road from Asmara to Massawa - Built by Italians during colonialism. Africa

Desolation at sea-port Dikson, Arctic Russia. Summer, August. Broken and abandoned ships and rubbish everywhere in what use to be one of the major ports in Russian Arctic ocean coast (Kara sea)

Blitz in London -- Balham High Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- a bus in a bomb crater over an underground station in Balham High Road, SW London, 14 October 1940. Date: 1940

MOON MAP
Map of part of the Moon, showing the Sea of Serenity (or Tranquillity) Date: 1868

Carl Auer Welsbach
CARL AUER baron von WELSBACH Austrian chemist who discovered two rare-earth elements and invented the incandescent gas mantle. Date: 1858 - 1929

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