Geology Collection (page 15)

Folding of rock strata, 1671. Diagram from Danish geologist Nicolaus Stenos Prodromus (1671), showing how rock strata can fold and give different formations

Charles Lyell, Scottish-born British geologist, 19th century. In his highly influential Principles of Geology (1830-1833)

Mineral Court of New South Wales, Centennial International Exhibition, Australia, 1888. Artist: O Shamessy
Mineral Court of New South Wales, Centennial International Exhibition, Australia, 1888. In 1888 the city of Melbourne hosted an exposition in commemoration of the centenary of the arrival of

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist, 1881. Agricola (christened Georg Bauer) was the author of De re metallica (Basel, 1555)

Geology and Palaeontology, c1880. Diagram showing geological eras and periods with the rock strata associated with each (right) as well as the types of flora and fauna alive at the time

Charles Darwin, English naturalist. Darwin (1809-1882) as a young man. Darwin was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

North American Indian Archaic Stone chipped Spear Point, Paleolithic
North American Indian Archaic Stone chipped Spear Point. Paleolithic. End of Pleistocene Period, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA

Cretaceous Dinosaur fossil, Mesozoic era. The Cretaceous period is a division of the geological time scale that belongs to the Mesozoic Era; it began 145 million years ago

Fish of Early Devonian Era, Gemuendina Stuertzi, Prussia

Ostracaderms, (Jawless Fish) from West of England, Early Devonian
Early Devonian Ostracaderms (Jawless Fish) from West of England, Early Devonian. Above, two Pteraspis Rostrata, Below, one Hemicyclaspis Murchisovi. The Devonian was a geologic period

Section of Fossil Nautilus Shell. British Museum (Natural History]

Interior of Temppeliaukio Church, 1960s
Interior of Temppeliaukio Church, cut into solid rock, 1960s

Sedimentary rocks showing their strata ? shales and limestones

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1906
Eruption of Vesuvius. People being evacuated from their houses as Vesuvius erupts in the background: April, 1906. From Le Petit Journal, Paris 20 April 1906

Fingals Cave, 1849. The best known of the caves on the southwest coast of Staffa, Scottish Inner Hebrides, was the inspiration for Felix Mendelssohns overture The Hebrides

Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Artist: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Eruption of Vesuvius, 1770s. Vesuvius, the volcano most famous for its eruption of 79 AD which destroyed Pompeii, erupted several times in the 1770s

Viking 2 image of Mars Utopian Plain, September 3, 1976. Creator: NASA
Viking 2 image of Mars Utopian Plain, September 3, 1976. The boulder-strewn field of red rocks reaches to the horizon nearly two miles from the Viking 2 spacecraft

Rainbow Falls in Winter, Watkins Glen, New York, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Rainbow Falls in Winter, Watkins Glen, New York, c1897. The first settlement of European peoples in the area began circa 1800. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R

Natural Bridge on the Coast near Santa Cruz, California, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Natural Bridge on the Coast near Santa Cruz, California, c1897. Mudstone bridge formed by wave erosion. The first inhabitants in Santa Cruz were Native Americans

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