Element Collection (page 5)

Artillery at Tobruk
North Africa : Rommels artillery bombards Tobruk, Libya, recognised as a key element in the strategy of the North African campaign Date: 1941

The Elements
Beautiful illustration of five women dressed as the elements: Air, Fire, Earth, Water and Geology. Date: c. 1890

DALTON, John (1766-1844). British chemist and physicist. Founder of the athomic theory in 1803-05. Oil

Fire safety -- correctly guarded electric fire
Fire safety -- a correctly guarded electric fire

New element in British Navy by G. H. Davis
The new element in the British Navy: how the four corners of the Empire are combining to support the central Home Navy. Showing how Canada, Australia

By-products developed from coal by G. H. Davis
The enormous importance of coal as the basic element in vital war manufactures. A diagrammatic drawing showing a great variety of by-products developed from coal. Date: 1944

British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Methods of Britains night fighters during the Second World War: the element of surprise. Clear, dark nights are ideal for hunting enemy raiders

India Surat
Surat is the location of the first British trading station in India, founded circa 1608 : it can be seen as the first element in the British Empire. Date: circa 1770

The Latrobe gold nugget
A 717gm mass of crystallised cubes of gold about 11cms in length. Specimen was found at Mt. Ivor, Victoria, Australia in the presence of the then govenor of the colony, C. J. Latrobe

Silver on Copper
A deposit of elemental, native silver (Ag) on native copper (Cu). Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London originally from Houghton Co. Michigan, U.S.A

Platinum model
A reconstruction of a platinum nugget. Platinum (Pt) is an element and very precious metal. The most common source of platinum is from alluvial deposits

Gold in unspecified mineral
Scanning electron microscope image of an elemental map showing the distribution of gold (Au) in mineral samples

Platinum (Pt) is an elemental and a very precious metal. The most common source of platinum is from alluvial deposits. Specimen from nirjni, Tagilsk, Urals, Russia

Gold can be rediposited during the processes taking place in the earths crust underneath volcanoes. Water traveling through cooled magma can collect minerals from igneous rock and move them elsewhere

Native Iron
Native iron is a heavy, magnetic element (Fe). Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Arsenic is a highly poisonous metallic element (As). This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus persica, bud and elements of peach flower
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Bourgeon et parties anatomiques de la fleur

Prunus persica, elements of peach flower
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Sommet, pistil, molecules et Insect

Gold specimens
A variety of gold specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London. Gold is an elemental metal. It occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits

Mineral replacement
This piece of wood has been replaced with metallic copper. Specimen is from the Mavovouni mines, Cyprus 2, 300 BP. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Tungsten minerals
Tungsten deposit formed through the direct contact of volcanic magma with the surrounding rock. Tungsten is a metallic element with the atomic number 74. It is contained in minerals such as wolframite

Tellurium (Te) is a rare elemental metal, but is mostly used in alloys with other metals. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London

Ivuna meteorite
The Ivuna carbonaceous chondrite. This type of meteorite is the richest in volatile elements

Gold nugget, The Welcome Stranger
Model of the largest true gold nugget ever found in Australia. It weighed 2520 oz (about 1.5cwt) and yielded 2284 oz of pure gold

Dendritic gold growth
Gold (Au) is an elemental metal. Dendritic or branching gold growth on a specimen from Hopes Nose, Devon, England, length 5cm

Diverse gold nuggets
A diverse collection of gold nuggets from river gravels near Antioqua, Colombia. Deep yellow gold is practically pure whilst the white gold is electrum, an alloy containing significant silver

The Wicklow gold nugget
The Wicklow Nugget was found in the Ballin valley stream, Co. Wicklow, Ireland in 1795. The nugget became the property of George III and weighed 682g

Copper is an elemental metal. Seen here is a dendritic or branching native copper specimen from the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London

Native silver

Sulphur crystals partly coated with white granular crystalline calcite from Cianciana, Sicily. Sulphur is an elemental substance and is bright yellow in colour

A much-needed comedy element in the campaign of 1900. Illustration showing Admiral George Dewey as a circus clown, with William Jennings Bryan on a donkey labeled Dem Party

Nuclear Computer 1973
Inspection of nuclear reactor fuel element components at Springfields Laboratories : Close-up of the computerised measurement of the grids. Date: 1973

The Element of Luck in Golf
A man playing golf with the help of a cow. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Police breaking up a fight in Soho, London, 1911
Illustration showing the aftermath of a street brawl between immigrants in Soho, London. The original caption emphasised that although many of these foreigners were hard working handcraftsmen

Couple Boozing 1823
PERFECT FELICITY A couple of drinkers in their element with glasses of booze and bottles in either hand

Cinchona in Peru
European travellers in Peru are taught the medicinal effects of QUININE; French missionaries had learnt this in 1630, but the curative element was not identified

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