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Mirages

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  • A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
  • Meteorology: various effects of the weather, from summer calm (left) to winter storms (right). Mixed method engraving after A.M. Perrot.
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    Meteorology: various effects of the weather, from summer calm (left) to winter storms (right). Mixed method engraving after A.M. Perrot.

    Perrot, A. M. (Aristide Michel), 1793-1879. | Reference: 501039i
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    Dullul, Djibouti: a mirage in which a camel train appears to walk through a lake. Coloured lithograph by L. Rottmann after J.M. Bernatz.

    Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878. | Date: [1852-1855] | Reference: 3015902i
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    A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.

    | Date: [1817] | Reference: 25520i
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