Phenomena Collection (page 12)

Etna Crater in 1834
The crater of Mount Etna, Sicily, is continually being modified by eruptions : this is how it appears in 1834, before the massive 1869 eruption changes it again. Date: 1834

Cartoon, Sheltering from a squall
Cartoon showing a couple sheltering from a squall under a leafless tree. The wind blows her skirts up, giving him a revealing view of her legs. Date: 1916

Autumn Winds 1928
The winds of auutumn blow up this young ladys skirts in a revealing manner, but does she care ? Not she ! Date: 1928

Social / Girl in Snow 1904
The streetgirl and the cabbie commiserate with each other - in this weather, business is bad for both their professional activities. Date: 1904

Norwegian Snow Plow
A Norwegian snow plow, drawn by eight or ten horses - in this snow, its difficult to count them ! Date: 1905

Snow on the Thames - on the boats, the wharves and quays, the river-side buildings. Date: 1895

Clearing Snow Whitehall
Snow in Whitehall - on one side of the street men are clearing the snow into wagons, while a bus and wagons proceed cautiously in the other lane. Date: 1905

Great Lake Falls, Sweden
Stora Sjofallet (Great Lake Falls) in Saltoluokta, Sweden Date: 1927

Windy weather 1882
Two children hold their umbrellas, while getting pushed down hill by the wind. Date: 1882

Dutch Dykes Burst
Terrible flooding caused by the bursting of dykes in the Netherlands Date: 17th century

Guyana / Sericoeng &c
Sericoeng and Ayangike waterfall in Guyana, providing the setting for Conan Doyles The Lost World Date: 1876

Mirage on the beach
On a Tripoli beach, bathers mistake a mirage for a huge tidal wave. Date: 1936

Ma-Robert / Zambesi River
The Ma-Robert steamer on the Zambesi river. Date: 19th century

Frozen River Danube
A forlorn boathouse keeper looks out over the frozen River Danube. Date: early 1930s

During Paris Floods 1910
During the Paris inundations, three ladies leave their Avenue Montaigne home by boat, taking with them hat box, bird cage, and other baggage, not forgetting the dog January 1910

Lunar Phenomenon 1893
Light phenomena in the Polar night : moon-ring with vertical axis through the Moon Date: 22 November 1893

Lunar Phenomenon 1893 3
Moonlight phenomena at the beginning of the Polar Night : vertical axes pass through the Moon and two mock moons, luminous patches show where they intersect the horizon Date: November 1893

Stalagmite 1881
Stalagmite of ice in the Beilstein ice-cave, Austria Date: 1881

The Matterhorn, Swiss Alps Date: 1885

Cartoon, March goblins, showing an old lady teased by the March winds and squally showers. Date: 1919

COMETS OF 1577 1680 1769
THREE EARLY COMET OBSERVATIONS - 1577, after Cornelius Gemma - 1680, after Sturm - 1769, after Messier Date: 1577, 1680, 1769

Comet of Coggia, 1874
THE COMET OF COGGIA observed from the Pont-Neuf, Paris, France Date: 1874

Canadian Farm, Winter
A Canadian back country farmyard in winter Date: 1907

April Showers
April showers Date: 1921

Brocken Spectre
THE SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN a bizarre effect caused by projected shadows seen, notably, on the Brocken in the Harz mountains, Saxony, Germany Date: circa 1880

Floods in France
Les inondations de la Meurthe - homes flooded out at Tomblaine, near Nancy, France Date: 1895

Earth in Gaseous State
The Earth circulating in space in a gaseous state

Polar Currents
Kirchers sketch of the ocean currents swirling round the North Pole Date: 1665

Hat Lightning Conductor
Parisienne women wearing hat lightning-conductors. Date: 1778

Field Scenery
Sundew and butterwort in a German field Date: 1913

Tidal Wave at Ito
The town of Ito, in the Izu peninsula of Japan, is destroyed by a tidal wave caused by an earthquake Date: September 1923

Spring and Winter
Winter looks enviously at Springs blossoms... Date: 1903

Comet of 1811 / Anon
A comet seen in 1811 somewhere over England, quite possibly the same one which was seen at daybreak from Otterbourne Hill, Winchester on October 15th. Date: 1811

Comet of 1811 / Mag. Pitt
A comet seen in 1811, quite possibly the same one which was seen at daybreak from Otterbourne Hill, Winchester on October 15th. Date: 1811

Eclipse / Aswan Dam 1901
Photographed above the Aswan dam on the Nile, Egypt Date: 11 November 1901

Egyptian Sand Whirlwind
An Arab rider is menaced by a whirlwind of sand Date: 1904

Sandstorm, Egypt
Arab riders spur their camels to escape a sandstorm Date: 1904

Evening / Atmospheric 1896
Evening in the countryside. Date: 1896

Snow in Japan
Walking in the snow, Japan

Herbert Thurston
HERBERT HENRY CHARLES THURSTON Jesuit researcher into paranormal phenomena Date: 1856 - 1939

Lion of Nemea /
The LION OF NEMEA, which, according to ancient legend, fell to the Peloponnese (Greece) from the MOON

Friederike Hauffe
FRIEDERIKE HAUFFE The Seeress of Prevorst German countrywoman, patient of Justinus Kerner, who displayed remarkable psychic phenomena Date: 1801 - 1829

Snow Covered Winter Farm
A farm in winter time : gathering firewood, while sheep browse and ducks head for the icy pond

The volcano Vesuvius, 1894
Vesuvius, as seen from the bay. Date: 1894

Morehouses Comet
MOREHOUSEs COMET photographed from Greenwich Date: 1908

Comet Pons-Winnecke 1921
The PONS-WINNECKE COMET, which some feared might hit Earth, passes by harmlessly Date: 1921

Hole in the Earth 1912
Prof Flammarion proposes to bore a hole eight kilometres into the Earth in order to study the composition of the inside of the planet Date: 1912

Book illustration -- December, with a snowy country scene at dusk. Date: circa 1880

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