Lovely Illustrations In Book Published 1846

[Eponastill]

I was looking for information on a current fortean favourite of mine (the will o the wisp) and came across this lovely book:
https://archive.org/details/Thirtyplatesill00Soci/page/n3/mode/2up
'Thirty plates illustrative of natural phenomena, etc'
They include intriguing things such as the Aurora Borealis, Fata Morgana, Water Spouts, Halos, Petrifying Springs, and Whirlpools (not to mention the Will o the Wisp).
I thought this would be the place for someone appreciative to see them.
I find the drawings very evocative (and I live in the 21st century where illustrations and photos of everything are at my fingertips - imagine being tucked up by the fireside in the library of a grand house, poring over these in 1846). Mmmm.

 

[escargot]

How wonderful, thank you!

Food for thought. The plate illustrating 'THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE' shows animals moving forward in that bounding motion familiar from old paintings.

Eadweard Muybridge demonstrated the gait of horses through the use of photography in 1878. They do not bound although for a split second all four hooves are off the ground at once, big revelations at the time!

Here's a TIME page about it -

eadweard-muybridge-horse-in-motion

Photography advanced both art and science.

 

[Min Bannister]

They are lovely. I like the attention to detail. I especially like the tiny figure in the "glacier" illustration which changes the whole sense of scale.

 

[Frideswide]

wow! good find!

The Breaking Up of Ice Floes one is of HMS Terror - The Franklin Expeditions and different narratives are one of /my/ current favourites! @Eponastill

 

[Min Bannister]

I noticed that the "dropping well" is what is now known as Mother Shipton's Cave. According to their website, Mother Shipton died in 1561. Seems like the assocation is rather more modern then!

https://www.mothershipton.co.uk/the-story/

 

[Yithian]

Very nice.

Lots of good ones with this possibly the most atmospheric for me:

 

[Schrodinger's Zebra]

Ooh, thanks for sharing. What beautiful illustrations; I would love to own a copy of that book.

I can't really decide on a favourite, but one of them would have to be this one:

 

[Timble2]

The plate with the PERTIFYING SPRINGS is still recognizable as the hot springs and the ruins of Hieropolis by Pamukkale in Turkey. The ruins have a very impressive collective of enormous tumbled sarcophi, as though the dead had risen and walked away.

 

[Frideswide]

I can't really decide on a favourite, but one of them would have to be this one:

The whirlpools one mentions Corryvreckan! I'm fascinated by my local whirlpool and there is no way I'm gong anywhere near it

EDit to add:

 

[INT21]

The whirlpools one mentions Corryvreckan! I'm fascinated by my local whirlpool and there is no way I'm gong anywhere near it

EDit to add:

There's a whirlpool and weir that you mustn't go near
when you're messing about on the river.