Murchison Collection

Harold Abrahams wins 100m - 1924 Olympics
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th)

The Murchison CM2 carbonaceous chondrite
Murchison fell in September 1969, in Victoria, Australia. It is rich in indigenous (i.e. not terrestrial contaminant) amino acids and other organic molecules

Uganda Kabalega Falls
Falls on the Victoria Nile, formerly known as Murchison Falls

Western Australia - Route of The Dettlers Expedition ?
Western Australia - Route of The Dettlers Expedition Under Mr Ac Gregory From Perth To Gascoyne River 1848 and Govenor Fitz Gerald's Route From Champion Bay To Murchison River 1848 and 1849

Murchison Snuff Box
The base of the gold snuff box presented to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison by Tsar Alexander II

Crown Hotel, Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa
Crown Hotel (left), Murchison Street, Ladysmith, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Roderick Imp. Murchison
Sir RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Geologist, director of the School of Science applied to Mining and the Arts (!) Date: 1792 - 1871

Cleodora sp. holoplanktonic mollusc
Fossilised specimen of holoplantktonic molluscs originating from Pliocene rocks, near Turin, Italy

Cyrtopirifer verneuili (Murchison), Delabole butterfly brach
A Delabole butterfly brachiopod (Cyrtopirifer verneuili Murchison) specimen from the Upper Devonian, Delabole Quarry, nr Camelford, Cornwall

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871)
Portrait of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, a geologist. Murchison was knighted in 1846, and appointed director-general of the British Geological Survey in 1855

Poem by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840s by Mary Anning in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871). Page 2 of 3

Poems by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840 s. Page 3 of 3. The Complaint of a sunbeam against Dr Faraday, written in honour of the English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Crocodile at Murchison Falls, Uganda, Africa Date: circa 1930s

Murchison Lectures
Sir Roderick Murchison lectures on geology (the distribution of gold ore) at the Royal Institution in London. Date: 1850

Royal Institution Lecture on Gold, London, 1850
Engraving showing a lecture given by Sir Roderick Murchison about the geographical distribution of gold ore, held at the Royal Institution, London, 1850

Murchison / Leighton Litho
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Scottish geologist

Murchison / Sepia Photo
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Scottish geologist

Murchison / Hennah Cdv
SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON Scottish geologist, with his dog

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