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Image number: RS.10672
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Lavas of Krakatoa
Date
1888
Creator - Organisation
Typo-Etching Company, Printer
After
A E Tutton (British) , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
8122
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 295mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sections of Krakatoa lavas at x25, x35 and x250 magnifications. Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, erupted in catastrophic explosions on 27 August 1883.
Figure 1. Older andesite at x25 magnification. Figure 2. Older andesite at x250 magnification showing microlites of feldspar, tridymote and magnetite. Figure 3. Crystal of feldspar at x35 magnification. Figure 4. Glassy base of porphyritic pitchstone at x250 magnification. Figure 5. Section of porphyritic obsidian at x25 magnification. Figure 6. Section of porphyritic obsidian at x250 magnification.
Plate 3 from The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society, edited by G.J.Symons (London, Trubner & Co., 1888).
The plate is inscribed: ‘Krakatoa. Rep.Roy.Soc.Com. Plate 3. Sections of the Rocks of Krakatoa. A.E Tutton, del. Parker & Coward, lith. West, Newman & Co. imp.’
Figure 1. Older andesite at x25 magnification. Figure 2. Older andesite at x250 magnification showing microlites of feldspar, tridymote and magnetite. Figure 3. Crystal of feldspar at x35 magnification. Figure 4. Glassy base of porphyritic pitchstone at x250 magnification. Figure 5. Section of porphyritic obsidian at x25 magnification. Figure 6. Section of porphyritic obsidian at x250 magnification.
Plate 3 from The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society, edited by G.J.Symons (London, Trubner & Co., 1888).
The plate is inscribed: ‘Krakatoa. Rep.Roy.Soc.Com. Plate 3. Sections of the Rocks of Krakatoa. A.E Tutton, del. Parker & Coward, lith. West, Newman & Co. imp.’
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