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Slide set: Natural phenomena (lecture: Joseph Levi & Co., 36 slides, in/before 1890)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1


no image available
Slide 2


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Slide 3


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Slide 4


no image available
Slide 5
Aurora Borealis
Slide 6


no image available
Slide 7
Mock suns
Slide 8


no image available
Slide 9
Ignis Fatuus; or, Will-of-the-Wisp
Slide 10


no image available
Slide 11
Waterspouts
Slide 12
Sand storms
Slide 13
Monsoons
Slide 14
Whirlpools
Slide 15
Geyser; or Boiling Springs of Iceland
Slide 16
Rapids
Slide 17
Waterfalls -- Niagara
Slide 18
Dropping Wells
Slide 19


no image available
Slide 20
Coral reefs
Slide 21
Natural bridges
Slide 22**
Caverns
Slide 23


no image available
Slide 24


no image available
Slide 25
Mountain oasis
Slide 26
Avalanches
Slide 27


no image available
Slide 28**
Glacier tables
Slide 29
Snow bridges
Slide 30
Icebergs
Slide 31
Breaking up of ice floes
Slide 32


no image available
Slide 33


no image available
Slide 34
Volcanoes
Slide 35


no image available
Slide 36
Prairie on fire
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1890-1914 (item ref. 264)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1892

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 368)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 242)

Main type of image
drawing / painting / print
Main usage of set
lecture
Date of first manufacture
unknown  (latest possible 1890)
Source of slide images

Josiah Whymper, Phenomena of nature (London: S.P.C.K., 1849)

Related slide set

see generic title Natural phenomena (generic set title – 10 different versions are known)

People involved in slide production

WHYMPER, Josiah, R.I.  (1813-1903) – creator of source image(s), all 36 slides

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Lucerna ID  3000590

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 April 2016

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