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  • Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.
  • Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with a reindeer-drawn sledge in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • A storm over a Dutch landscape. Etching after Rembrandt van Rijn.
  • The climate of London, deduced from meteorological observations, made in the Metropolis, and at various places around it / by Luke Howard.
  • A windy day at Margate: a man accidentally bumping into another man, and knocking out his last tooth. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1810.
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    Meteorology: a chart of air pressure and temperature at Manchester, for the year 1812. Coloured engraving, 1813, after T. Hanson, 1812.

    Hanson, Thomas, active 1807-1828. | Date: 1 February 1811 | Reference: 46615i
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    A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.

    | Reference: 36107i
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    Hvg. Grotii Batavi Syntagma Arateorvm. Opvs antiqvitatis et astronomiae stvdiosis vtilissimvm / quo quae contineantur versa pagella indicabit.

    Aratus, Solensis. | Date: 1600
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    Twenty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1857.

    State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. | Date: 1858
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    Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Photomechanical reproduction by Dawsons after H. Dawson.

    Dawson, Henry, 1811-1878. | Reference: 28185i
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