Scotland Collection (page 82)

Reid Park Bowling Green, Forfar, Scotland Date: 1908

Dyke Neuk, Leven, Scotland
Cottages at Dyke Neuk, Leven, Scotland Date: 1909

Interior of Balmerino Abbey, Scotland
The arches of the vaulted roof of the Chapter House at Balmerino Abbey, or St Edwards Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland. Date: circa 1910s

The Scottish National Exhibition - Welcome Club
The Scottish National Exhibition - held at Edinburgh between May and October 1908. Pictured on this card are the Welcome Club and Machinery Hall. Date: 1908

The Scottish National Exhibition - Palace of Industries
The Scottish National Exhibition - held at Edinburgh between May and October 1908. Pictured here is the Palace of Industries. Date: 1908

Old Ballikinrain House, Strathendrick, Scotland
Old Ballikinrain House from the Avenue, Strathendrick, Scotland. Date: circa 1910s

Brechin Cathedral - Scotland
13th century Brechin Cathedral, Scotland. Immediately adjoining the cathedral to the southwest stands the Round Tower, built about 1000 A.D

Loch Assynt, Calda House and Ardvreck Castle, Scotland
Loch Assynt, Calda House and Ardvreck Castle, Sutherland, north west Highland, Scotland. In 1726, the Clan MacKenzie constructed a more modern manor house nearby (in the foreground in this view)

Passing through the locks at Fort Augustus, Scotland
The SS Cavalier passing through the locks on the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus (Scottish Highlands), Scotland at the south west end of Loch Ness. Date: circa 1910s

Bishops Palace, Kirkwall, Scotland
Bishops Palace, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Housed St Magnus Cathedrals first bishop, William the Old (of the Norwegian Catholic church)

Exact Representation of Mr Lunardis Balloon
Plate showing An Exact Representation of Mr Lunardis Balloon travelling with himself. From the 5 Voyages in Scotland, 1786

An Account of the Aerial Voyages in Scotland
Plate from An Account of the Aerial Voyages in Scotland, in a series of Letters to his Guardian, Chevalier Gerardo Compagni, by Vincent Lunardi published in London in 1786

Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Irish Lady s-tresses orchid
Species found on Colonsay, Scotland, by Lady Strathcona and A.N. Skelton, July 1930

Cothurnocystis elizae Bather, carpoid
The carpoids were a member of the Echinoderms. Specimen dates from the Upper Ordovician, Armillan Series, Drummuck Group Starfish Bed. Ayrshire c. 449m yrs old

Scotlandite comprises of (lead sulphite) and derives from the sulphates group. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London originally from Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Heulandite crystal group on matrix, from Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire. One of the group of Zeolites. Zeolites are microporous crystalline solids containing silicon, aluminium and oxygen

Edinburgh volcano
Illustration of the Edinburgh Volcano erupting in the late Palaeozoic period (543 to 248 million years ago), superimposed onto a modern aerial photograph of the city

Thursius pholidotus, fossil fish
This shows a Devonian fish originating from the Old Red Sandstone near Thurso, Scotland

Ice age Britain
Display illustrating the ice sheet which moved over Scotland around 670 million years ago. The Natural History Museum, London

Lava-flow from Edinburgh volcano
A specimen of lava-flow that erupted from the haunch vent down the flanks of the volcano to its present resting place on Whinny Hill

Asteroxylon mackiei, clubmoss
A wax model reconstruction of the Early Devonian plant Asteroxylon mackiei, a clubmoss, approximately 10cm tall. Original specimen discovered at Rhynie Chert, Scotland

Ginkgo adeantoides
Eocene fossil leaf from Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Platinites hebridicus
Eocene fossil leaf from Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ginkgo gardneri, maidenhair tree
Fossil leaf from Ardtun Head, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Paleocene/Eocene. Ginkgo gardneri is an extinct relative of the living Ginko biloba. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Arenaria norvegica, Norwegian sandwort
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ginko gardneri, maidenhair tree leaf fossil
This fan-shaped ginko florin dates from the Lower Eocene rocks of Mull

Potentilla nivea L. snow cinquefoil
Sketch 2, Newfoundland Volumes. From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Galena
A specimen of the mineral galena (lead sulphide) which is a major ore of lead as well as silver. This specimen is from Wanlockhead mine Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Quartzite

Rhynia major, fossilised plant
A complete soft tissue preservation at the cellular level in Rhynia major. Transverse section through stem, approximately 2mm in diameter. From Rhynie Chert, Scotland, Early Devonian

Granite from Ailsa Craig
A photomicrograph of granite taken between crossed polarisers. Granite is an igneous rock

LCC-MFB Scotland Yard fire station, London SW1
Located in Great Scotland Yard SW1, Scotland Yard fire station was finally opened in 1884, although construction had started two years earlier

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