Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8785
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"The Great Steam Cloud..."
Date
1886
Creator
Charles Spencer (1854 - 1933, New Zealander) , Photographer
Object type
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Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 135mm
width (print): 199mm
width (print): 199mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape with a copy typescript inscription, "The Great Steam Cloud on 13 June 1886; distant 20 miles. From Taranaki 120 miles off its altitude on this day was measured by Chief Trig. Surveyor Humphries & computed at 22,000 feet.. Print marked "34" top centre.
Object history
From an album of photographs describing the eruption of Mount Tarawera on the central North Island of New Zealand on 10 June 1886. Presented to the Royal Society by James Hector on 17 July 1886, with additional photographs on 22 September 1886.
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