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Central heating for cars / W H RobinsonThe Autofooetjoye central heating device, consisting of a small zinc water tank glued to the back of the car, warmed by an oil stove with connecting pipework that the driver can rest his feet
Franklinite, zinc oreA granular rock composed of white calcite, dull green willemite, red zincite and black franklinite (Zinc Iron Manganese Oxide). See T00387 for a fluorescent view
Woman Feeds ChickensAn older woman in a long dress and wide-brimmed hat throws handfuls of chicken feed on to the ground for the chickens to peck at and scratch in the straw
Diagram of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17
Photograph of the lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) - the site of the discovery of a Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area on June 17
Cranium of Homo rhodesiensis, discovered in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area in a lead and zinc mine in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) on June 17, 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner. H
Frongoch lead and zinc mine near Pontrhydygroes early 1900s
Frongoch lead and zinc Mine near Pontrhydygroes, Wales
State of Oklahoma, USA - Eagle-Picher Central Mill, Lead and Zinc Mining District, near Miami. Date: circa 1940
Tile designs in SMB wallpaper sample bookFourteen Tileonite tile designs in an SMB wallpaper sample book. The only British made enamelled metal decoration on zinc. Date: 1934
Vieille Montagne zinc company. Mines, works and foundries in France and Belgium
French Railway Alphabet - Z for Zingueurs (metalworkers). 19th century
Spain. Cantabria. Cave of Altamira. BisonSpain. Cantabria. Cave of Altamira. Upper Paleolithic Paintings. Bison. Polychrome ceiling. Around Santillana del Mar. World Heritage Site by UNESCO
Electricity / Daniell CellDANIELL CELL Invented in 1836 by John- Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist, using zinc and copper
Metals including galena, cerussite and zinc.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886
POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). Printed songsPOSADA, Jos頇 uadalupe (1852-1913). Printed songs 1901. En alta mar (Waltz) and Dance of the forty-one. Zinc engraving printed in the press of A. Vanegas Arroyo
Singapore - Zinc Mine Date: circa 1910s
Scorodite comprises of (hydrated zinc arsenate) and is characterized by brownish-green crystals. Specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
SphaleriteDrusy aggregates of black lustrous crystals. Sphalerite or zinc blende comprised of (zinc iron sulphide). Specimen from Nenthead, Cumbria
Sphalerite or zinc blendeDark crystals of sphalerite or zinc blende comprised of (zinc iron sulphide). Specimen from the collections of The Natural History Museum, London
Descloizite is comprised of (lead zinc vanadate hydroxide) and is characterized by platy crystals with a rounded triangualr shape. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London
Zincite comprises of (zinc oxide). It is an important ore of zinc, and almost exclusive to one mining locality in New Jersey, U.S.A. Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London
HemimorphiteA specimen of the mineral hemimorphite (hydrated zinc silicate hydroxide). This mineral was formerly known as calamine
Franklinite, fluorescingOre of zinc fluorescing under ultra violet radiation: calcite - pink; willemite - green; zincite - blue; franklinite - black. See image number 388 for white light view
Phosphophyllite comprises of (hydrated zinc iron manganese phosphate). Blue-green specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
AdamiteA specimen of the mineral adamite (zinc arsenate hydroxide). It is a fluorescent mineral, popular among collectors and shows bright green fluorescent under UV lights
Hemimorphite crystals enclosed in rock crystalHemimorphite, formerly known as calamine is comprised of (hydrated zinc silicate hydroxide). Magnification = x1.2
Emile Lowitz demonstration at Royal Botanic Society
Leclanche Electric CellLECLANCHE CELL An early version of the battery invented by Georges Leclanche, made up of zinc in an ammonium chloride solution
Bunsens BatteryBUNSENs CELL A carbon-zinc electric cell invented by Robert Bunsen in 1841
Camera Accessories / 1884A selection of low-cost accessories, including filters, chemicals, zinc & porcelain bowls, funnels and paper
Child in Zinc Bath 1919A slightly bewildered child sits in a zinc bath: " The end of a perfect day."
The Brazier 1827A brazier hammers kettles, pans, candlesticks and other utensils from brass, a metal which is compounded from copper and zinc
Zinc Mines in SilesiaMale and female workers in the zinc mines in Silesia
BABYs MORNING BATH 1905Elder sister gives baby his morning bath in a zinc tub
Rocks, Zinc and TinSilicate of zinc, smithsonite, carbonate of zinc, sulphide of zinc and oxide of tin
Radiation Treatment 1968A patient seen through a circular zinc bromide safety window, containing a theratron 80 unit used for radiation treatment, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England