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Volcanic gases

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  • A jet of steam on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.
  • "Vulcan's cave" on the Solfatara, near Naples, showing volcanic gases and the processing of alum. Etching by Bénard after Delarue.
  • Hot mud wells in the crater of the volcano Papandayan, Java. Coloured lithograph by W.J. Gordon after P. van Oort, 1833.
  • A cauldron of boiling mud on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.
  • A crater on the island of Vulcano, Lipari islands. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.
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    Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 726189i
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    A cauldron of boiling mud on a sulphur mountain, Iceland. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1811, after Sir George Mackenzie.

    Mackenzie, George Steuart, 1780-1848. | Date: 1811 | Reference: 43912i
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    Hot mud wells in the crater of the volcano Papandayan, Java. Coloured lithograph by W.J. Gordon after P. van Oort, 1833.

    Oort, Pieter van. | Date: [1833?] | Reference: 43943i
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    Hveravellir hot springs, Iceland. Etching.

    | Reference: 43898i
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    A crater on the island of Vulcano, Lipari islands. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.

    Mayer, Luigi, active 1776-1792. | Date: 1812 | Reference: 43915i
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