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' The fossil was in the possession of William Buckland and collected by Mary Anning

27th November 1982

figures 8-12: details of Acanthonotus cristatus

In this iconic image the right half of the Ardhanarishvara images comprises male anatomy and the left that of the female

The preparation of nitre (saltpetre) mb-width 3075 Flying with them is aThis plate forms part of Johann Rudolf Glauber's treatise on 'The Prosperity of Germany', and illustrates various stages in 'the Preparation of Salt petre' (nitre). The two images at the top show 'the manner of Boiling Salt petre, and by what means a Lixivium is to be made out of a Nitrous Earth', according to the methods of another German chemist, Lazarus Ercker. The lower image shows the preparation of the 'Lixivium' of saltpetre from horse dung or