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Highest MountainsThe worlds highest mountains, headed by Kanchenjunga; it has subsequently been established that Mounts Everest and Godwin Austen are both higher
Copernicus / Solar SystemThe solar system according to Copernicus where Earth rotates daily on axis and, with other plants, revolves around the Sun
Snow is brought by the Fairy of the North Wind Date: early 20th century
Hastings, Sussex - Lightning over the sea from the beachHastings, East Sussex - Lightning over the sea from the beach - June 6th, 1904. Date: 1904
Mount Suilven
Gustav GeleyFrench investigator of psychical phenomena, author, involved in many high- profile investigations. Photographed at the Warsaw congress 1923, with Ossowiecki and his wife
Hydra Star MapHydra constellation, including an owl, a raven and a sextant
Orion Star MapOrion, giant hunter, clubbing a lion. Being slain by Diana, he was made one of the constellations and is supposed to be attended with stormy weather
Ursa Minor Star MapDraco and Ursa Minor constellation
Canis Major Star MapCanis Major (dog) and Lepus (hare) constellation
Irish Coastline SceneA breezy day on the beach at Howth, near Dublin : James Joyce lived somewhere near here for a while
Orion (Kranz)A star-filled sky, featuring the constellation of Orion
Blunt / Full Moon / Plate 13The Moon at the full
Marshall Island CoastSouth Sea Island - Jaluit, in the Marshall Islands
Copernicuss System (1)A representation of his system, showing Earth circling the sun which illumines different parts of the globe according to the time of day and the season of the year
Homeward at Sunset AldinHomeward : three white horses pull a covered wagon and an elderly man and woman follow on foot as the sun sets over the hills
Schiaparellis two hemispheres of the planet MarsThe two hemispheres of the planet Mars as drawn by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli
Lunar EclipseThe Moon in eclipse
Ursa Major Star MapThe constellation of Ursa Major
Kepler Planetary SystemModel of Keplers planetary system
View of St Michaels Mount, CornwallView of St Michaels Mount from the mainland, Cornwall. The Mount is united with nearby Marazion by a manmade causeway which can only be walked on at mid to low tide -- at high tide the sea covers it
Cornish CoastlineWaves crashing against the rugged coast of Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s
Blunt / Pisces / Plate 49The constellation of Pisces, the fish
Japanese SnowscapeWinter snowscape, Japan - travellers in a light snowfall
The Arrow Star MapThe Arrow constellation, showing Antinous being attacked by an eagle and also including a dolphin
Pegasus Star MapThe Pegasus and Equuleus constellation
Whittaker Star Maps 12Including Pegasus
Whittaker / Ursa MajorIncluding the Ursa Major
The Victoria Falls, by Thomas BainesThe Victoria Falls from the Narrow Neck near the Eastern Headland of the Outlet, by Thomas Baines(1820-1875). Date: circa 1860s
Dyserth Falls, near Rhyl, North Wales - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Jungle, Sri LankaParasitic plants in the Sri Lanka jungle Date: 1913
The Blue Room at Borley RectoryUndated photograph of the Blue Room at Borley Rectory, where many manifestations took place. HPG/1/3/4 (vii)
Austrian medium Maria SilbertPhotograph of the Austrian medium Maria Silbert, wearing a hat and sitting in a coach outside her home in Graz, 1933. Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936)
Krakatoa Ship BeachedThe steamer Berouw is carried by a tidal wave into the jungle at Telokh-Betang, Sumatra
Mount Fuji in SpringtimeA beautiful spring day. Fujiyama is in the distance and blossom is on the trees in the foreground
Jamaica EarthquakeWhen Jamaica is devastated by an earthquake, the Royal Navy brings food and supplies for the victims
Blunt / Ophiucus / Plate 36The constellation of Ophiucus - the figure is that of a man wrestling with a serpent
Geocentric SystemThe pre-Copernican system of the Planets - Earth at the centre orbited by the other planets including the sun, and surrounded by the stars
Leap Year Programme / Paul ChesneyGeorge Robey is the principal performer in the LEAP YEAR show at the London Hippodrome
Donald E KeyhoeDirector of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena [NICAP], and author of three books on flying saucers
Weather / SnowSnow crystals
Planet Mars seen from one of its moonsThe planet Mars as seen from one of its moons, a hundred times larger than the planet Earths Moon as seen from Earth
Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry - FebruaryFEBRUARY A French farm in winter Date: 1409 - 1487
Heidelberg Comet 1618A comet seen over Heidelberg Date: 1618
Chester in WinterWinter by the River Dee and The Groves, at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s
THORs STONEThors Stone, a natural rock formation, where Vikings are reputed to have offered human sacrifices to Thor, the god of thunder; Thurstaston, Merseyside, England. Date: BC
Wind & Waves RackhamAn illustration to a story, The Wind and the Waves. Date: 1911
Junction PictureA medieval missionary finds a place where the Earth touches the Heavens. (Note that this is not a medieval illustration but a very clever 19th century pastiche !)