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2. 010095.de.56(12)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(12)
- Title:
- Alta Vista Observatory, from the northern lava ridge. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 303, looking down onto the stone buildings of the observing station, with the telescope visible.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. 010095.de.56(8)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(8)
- Title:
- Trachyte blocks on Guajara. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view of rock formations, facing p. 193. These 'curiously stray blocks of greenstone, and of black lava,' are described on p. 167.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. 010095.de.56(9)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(9)
- Title:
- Masses of lava slag at Alta Vista. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 215, of lava mounds. These blocks, 'varied and grotesque,' are described on p. 250.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. 010095.de.56(5)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(5)
- Title:
- Sheepshanks telescope first erected on Mount Guajara, the peak of Teneriffe in the distance. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 131, showing the erected telescope, with two figures posed among the equipment at the base.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. 010095.de.56(11)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(11)
- Title:
- Close view of Alta Vista observing station, from the east − altitude 10,702 feet. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 283, looking towards the low stone buildings of the observing station, with a telescope visible on the left behind the wall, and a large block of lava in the foreground. The station is described at pp. 284-285.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. 010095.de.56(2)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(2)
- Title:
- Volcanic 'blowing cone' in Orotava, on the northern coast of Teneriffe. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Facing p. 27. Stereographic view looking along a street in La Orotava, towards the volcanic cone, with three men standing in the foreground. See pp. 54-55, for Smyth's description of taking several photographs at this location.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. 010095.de.56(3)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(3)
- Title:
- Peak of Teneriffe from Orotava, on the northern coast. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Facing p. 63. Stereographic view looking over the rooftops of La Orotava, towards the summit of Pico de Teide in the distance. See p. 403 for Smyth's notes on the difficulty of securing satisfactory photographs of distant scenes at this location.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. 010095.de.56(4)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(4)
- Title:
- Tent scene on Mount Guajara, 8903 feet high. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 103 and showing tents, a telescope and other equipment, with a female figure (Mrs Jessie Smyth), posed among the impedimenta: 'At the back, and on either side of the tent, ran dwarf stone walls, to keep off the wind; the narrow intervening s...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. 010095.de.56(7)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 010095.de.56(7)
- Title:
- Second mate of yacht observing radiation thermometers on Mount Guajara. Photographer: Smyth, Charles Piazzi
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Scientific Photography Stereoscopic view, facing p. 173, showing the second mate, standing among scientific equipment: 'To chronicle the exact circumstances under which these high results appeared, the photographic camera was employed with effect. Accordingly in Stereograph, No. 7, may be see...
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1856
- Extent:
- 1 item