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James Nasmyth

30 works

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Black and white plate of the moon's surface showing the large crater Tycho surrounded by many smaller craters.

Tycho. and its surroundings

1873

Book page with two photographs: a shriveled apple above and the wrinkled back of a hand below, labeled Plate II.

Back of Hand & Shrivelled Apple. To illustrate the origin of certain mountain ranges by shrinkage of the globe

1870

Black-and-white plate of rugged lunar mountains and craters on a plain beneath a starry sky.

Group of Lunar Mountains. Ideal Lunar Landscape

1870

Black and white plate of a large lunar crater with a central peak and rugged surrounding terrain under a dark sky.

Normal Lunar Crater

1870

Printed plate of lunar craters of increasing size, each drawn with a central cone and labeled by name and diameter.

Diagram of lunar crates forming a series ranging from 1 3/4 miles to 78 miles diameter, all containing central cones

1873

Black and white plate of the lunar surface showing craters and the Apennine mountains, with a scale bar and caption.

The lunar Apennines, Archemedes, &c., &c

1870

Black and white plate of the Moon's surface showing craters Aristotle and Eudoxus with a scale bar below.

Aristotle & Eudoxus

1870

Plate of the Moon's crater Copernicus showing a large central crater with terraced walls and radiating ridges, with a scale b

Copernicus

1870

Photographic plate of the lunar surface showing the Triesnecker crater, rilles and smaller craters, with a scale bar below.

Triesnecker

1870

Book plate of lunar craters Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina at sunset, with scale bar in miles.

Theophilus Cyrillus & Catharina

1873

Black and white lunar plate showing craters Arzachael and Ptolemy with a faint straight rille, with a scale bar below.

Arzachael, Ptolemy, and the Railway

1873

Black and white plate of the Moon's surface showing the large crater Plato with long shadows and a miles scale bar below.

Plato

1870

Black-and-white plate of the moon's surface showing the large crater Wargentin with smaller craters and a scale bar.

Wargentin

1870

Black and white plate of the Moon showing craters Aristarchus and Herodotus with rilles and a mile scale bar.

Aristarchus & Herodotus

1870

Heliotype plate of a glass globe cracked by internal pressure, with radiating fractures across the sphere on a dark ground.

Glass globe cracked by internal pressure

1870

Plate showing a solar eclipse seen from the Moon: a dark disc with a glowing red ring and corona above jagged, lit terrain.

Aspect of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, as it would appear as seen from the Moon

1870

Black-and-white plate of the Vesuvius crater with smoke rising from its rough rocky rim, mounted beside a German text page.

Krater van de Vesuvius

1864

Plate XV: black and white photograph of the Moon's surface showing craters Mercator and Campanus with long shadows and a mile

Mercator & Campanus

1870

Photograph of lunar craters and mountain ridges with long shadows, mounted on a book page with French caption.

Gipsmodel, voorstellende kraters op het oppervlak van de Maan

1867

Open book showing a black-and-white full-disc plate of the Moon with craters and a numbered border, beside a page of text and

Fotografische kaart van de maan met schaalverdeling

1863

Black-and-white plate of lunar craters and mountain ridges with dark shadows, printed on a book page with caption.

Gipsmodel, voorstellende het oppervlak van de Maan

1874

Open book showing photographic plates of crater-pocked lunar terrain and the Vesuvius surroundings, with printed text and a d

Gipsmodel van het maanoppervlak en van de omgeving van de Vesuvius

1863

Black and white plate of the Copernicus lunar crater with radiating ray systems, facing a German text page.

Gipsmodel van de maankrater Copernicus, van bovenaf gezien

1863

Photographic plate of the lunar craters Aristoteles and Eudoxus, with shaded crater walls, beside a page of German text.

Gipsmodel van de maankraters Aristoteles en Eudoxus, van bovenaf gezien

1863

Black-and-white lunar photograph of the Archimedes crater and surrounding craters and mountain ridges, on an open book page.

Gipsmodel van de maankrater Archimedes, van bovenaf gezien

1863

Open book: left page a table of lunar coordinates, right page a plate of the Triesnecker crater on the Moon with a scale bar.

Gipsmodel van de maankrater Triesnecker, van bovenaf gezien

1863

Plate of the lunar craters Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina shown as a grey photographic print beside a page of German text

Gipsmodel van de maankraters Theophilus, Cyrillus en Catharina, van bovenaf gezien

1863

Open book showing a lunar photograph of the Plato crater ring mountains beside a text page with a crater cross-section diagra

Gipsmodel van de maankrater Plato, van bovenaf gezien

1863

Printed plate of lunar craters Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel, shown from above, beside a text page with a volcano diagra

Gipsmodel van de maankraters Arzachel, Ptolemaeus en Alphonsus, van bovenaf gezien

1863

Open book showing a crater cross-section engraving on the left and a lunar crater photograph plate on the right.

Gipsmodel van de maankraters Mercator en Campanus, van bovenaf gezien

1863

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