Amethyst under polarized light Product:Greetings card Hygiene was gradually being recognised

Hygiene was gradually being recognised as essential in managing the health of the nation

and the new nomenclature of DUMAS

A swarm of English bees hiving in the Imperial carriage

it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s

Amethyst under polarized light Product:Greetings card Hygiene was gradually being recognisedSixteen figures showing specimens of amethysts viewed under polarized light and exhibiting veined structures. Brewster notes in his text: 'The observations are the result of an immense variety of experiments, which accidental circumstances put it in my power to make upon this interesting mineral. Having access to whole bagfuls of amethystine pyramids from the Brazils, in the possession of Mr Alexander, lapidary in Edinburgh, I have examined some