Slide set: Kumatology (lecture: Newton & Co., 95 slides, 1902)

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A -- Drift Sand

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Pools left on obliteration of tidal sand wave

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B -- Drift Snow

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Stratification of snow revealed by action of wind

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C -- Snow Mushrooms

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Building with a 'thatch' of snow 5ft thick

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D -- 'Cahots,' the Undulations produced by Sledges

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E -- Water Waves

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F -- Wave Clouds

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E -- Water Waves: Additional Slides

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[Slides added in about 1912]

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Alternative title

Waves of water, sand, and snow

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Newton & Co., England

Other related organisation

in stock of Newton & Co., 1902-1913 (item ref. UW)

Main type of image

photograph

Main usage of set

lecture

Date of first manufacture

1902

Person linked to this set

photographer: CORNISH, Dr Vaughan, F.G.S., F.C.S., F.R.G.S. (1862-1948)

Notes

The 1902 Newton catalogue supplement lists slides 1-81, under the title Kumatology; the 1909 Newton catalogue adds slides 83-87 (omitting 82) and uses the title Waves of Water, Sand, and Snow. The final section of 8 'additional slides' dated December 1911 was probably added in 1912.

Collections

78 slides in Royal Geographical Society Collection

Subject keywords

science – meteorology
science – geography

Lucerna ID 3008207

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 20 August 2024

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Slide set: Kumatology (lecture: Newton & Co., 95 slides, 1902)