Melting Collection

On Ice, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Christmas Fold-out Greetings Card - Melting Snowman
Christmas Fold-out Greetings Card - Snowman meets his demise thanks to rain and the kindly gift of a hot water bottle from a little girl. Date: circa 1937

Burning lens built in 1782 by William Parker, the London instrument maker. According to Parker, the optical glass melted platinum in 30 seconds

A Melting Moment or The Warm Kiss bys R Lagneau

The Royal Mint - Silver Melting House. Date: circa 1908

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

RUSSIA - Arctic tundra, melting snows, tundra of Taimyr peninsula near Kara Sea

Snow melts in arctic tundra spring. Aerial view from a helicopter. landscape near Kara sea, Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic. July

Semi-tundra in spring, Siberia. Snow melts in semi-tundra, near river Taz; spring; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)

Very Hot! by William Heath Robinson
The wonderful Heath Robinson New Patent Thawing Machine. This stupendous invention has been specially designed to enable the pedestrian to walk with confidence on the most slippery roads

Crucible. Punic art. Terracotta. From Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Spain

The Mint House. Workers in the smelting of gold pastes. Colored engraving from 1872. Spain

A Melting Moment or The Warm Kiss. 20th century

Belgian soldiers larks at Quex Park
Seven men are larking about with a large bath chair or basket. One man is underneath it, two others are sitting on top or behind it, others are standing around. They are all very amused

Stamping Clay by Foot
This method of stamping clay by foot was still employed as late as the 1930s for making the large pots used for melting glass - the method used by the Ancient Britons. Date: 17 February 1933

Making Clay Pots
A man moulds vast clay pots, which will later be used for melting glass into. Date: 1930s

Dance in a Meadow
Four Italian girls celebrate the coming of Spring by dancing barefoot in a meadow among puddles of melting snow Date: early 20th century

Rise of the Rising Sun
Europe melts under the rising sun of Japan... Date: 1905

Buildings / Plumber 1827
The original occupation of plumbing, which involved melting lead into drainpipes etc. Date: 1827

Arctic tundra - snow melts in small river valley. tundra of Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Arctic Russia. Summer, July

Mount Kilimanjaro - Snow melting on summit. Tanzania - Africa

Mixed taiga forest in early spring - remnants of melting snow on an old road - early morning. near Ekaterinburg - Middle Ural Mountains - Russia

RUSSIA - semi-tundra. Lakes and melting snow, aerial. Taiga near Norilsk town, Russian Arctic

Burning the ice at both ends! by George Studdy
Burning the ice at both ends! Bonzo and the Bonzolines keep their temperatures down on a hot day, with a large cube of ice

Slushy Snow
A little boy takes a walk in the winter sunshine, among the melting tracks of a road covered in slushy snow. Date: 1930s

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Assay Furnaces Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Melting Furnace Date: circa 1910s

Drying Fish - Kamchatka Peninsula - Far Eastern Russia
The Method the people of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Far Eastern Russia dry fish (on racks) and melt down the grease and oils for other uses. Date: circa 1800

Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment

A man engaged in metalwork, appears to be melting statues to reuse the metal, with a kitten next to his left leg. Date between 1790 and 1840

The melting pot. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with two large hands labeled Militarism and Jingoism at center that are squeezing men labeled Labor

Alpine Crevasse
Mountainous Alpine scenery - climbing a glacier through a narrow crevasse in the rocks, through which melting water flows. Date: 1930s

Melting Snow Scene
Melting winter snow on the thatched roofs of some of the old cottages at Buckland-in- the-Moor, in the heart of Dartmoor, Devon, England. Date: 1960s

Gold Beater C1760
A gold-beating factory in France in the 18th century. Workers are melting and beating gold to make ingots. Date: circa 1760

Melting Appeal by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a festive, scarlet snowsuit and posing with a snowman. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Glaciers (Liebig) 6
6 - The ice front at the foot of the glacier, where more ice is lost through melting than is gained by snowfall

Biblis into a Spring
Biblis falls in love with her brother Caunus but he flees her incestuous lust; she, melting into tears, turns into a spring, which doubtless cools her passions

Melting Metal for Coins
Melting metal for coins at the Royal Mint, London

Little girl eating an ice cream, Cornwall
Close-up of a little girl sitting on a mooring post in a Cornwall harbour, eating an ice cream

Two children give their snowman an umbrella
Two children (and their dog) thoughtfully provide their snowman with a parasol to stop the sun melting him (or an umbrella to keep the snow off)

Social / Japan / New Year
Street scene on New Years Day, from Hokusais So-gwa ; pedestrians, porters and two perambulating buffoons make their way through the slush of melting snow

Silver Melting Room
The silver melting house at the Royal Mint, London Date: circa 1910

Silver Melting at Mint
The silver melting house

Game / Winter / Snowman 1890
Two children (and their dog) thoughtfully provide their snowman with a parasol to stop the sun melting him

The Devils Arrows
A druid is persuading a Celtic king against Christianity when it is seen that the rock he is standing on is melting, revealing that he is the devil

A Glacier Table
Glacier tables, where a boulder has protected the ice and snow beneath it from solar melting; as the surrounding snow melts the rock is left atop a pillar of ice

Erratic block in Rhone Valley, near Monthey, Switzerland
An erratic block, left behind by a melting glacier, in the Rhone Valley near Monthey, Switzerland. It is known as La Pierre des Marmettes, and has a small chapel built on top of it

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