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  • Astronomy: the phases of the Moon. Coloured engraving with tracing paper by J. Emslie, c.1850.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of the Earth's passage around the Sun in a solar year. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Geology: the ages of the Earth and details of types of stone. Coloured lithograph by Bethmont, 1911, after himself.
  • Geography: avalanches of mud. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
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    Astronomy: the Earth and the sun during summer in the Northern hemisphere. Coloured lithograph.

    | Reference: 46608i
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    Geography: six views of the Earth, showing different ways of projecting information. Engraving.

    | Reference: 46627i
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    The age of the earth considered geologically and historically / By William Rhind.

    Rhind, William, active 1818-1867. | Date: 1838
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    Telluris theoria sacra : orbis nostri originem & mutationes generales, quas aut jam subiit, aut olim subiturus est, complectens. Libri duo priores de diluvio & Paradiso. Editio secunda. Authore T. Burnetio.

    Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715. | Date: MDCLXXXIX. [1689]
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    A review of The theory of the earth, and of its proofs : especially in reference to Scripture.

    Burnet, Thomas, 1635?-1715. | Date: 1690
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