View of the Montaña de Guajara on Tenerife, Tenerife Experiment of 1856, photograph, page, number: 'Plate 1.', inscription: 'Portion of a Photograph (magnified 4.3 diameters), representing a mountain side (Mount Guajara, and the interior Southern wall of the Great Crater), four miles distance from the Camera, stationed at the height of 10, 700 feet above the level of the sea. (The apparently low, flat ground in the lower left hand corner, is part of the elevated Crater floor, at a height of 7, 000 feet above the sea, and 3, 500 above the ordinary level of the N. East summer clouds). See pp 513, 514.', photographer: Charles Piazzi Smyth, Tenerife, printer (person): JA Spencer (possibly), 1856, printer (person), paper, albumen print, height 100 mm x width 215 mm, Photo in the back section., experiment, test, science and technology, mountains, A sepia-toned photograph shows a rugged mountain landscape with layered ridges and steep rocky slopes, lighter-colored eroded rock faces and darker...
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View of the Montaña de Guajara on Tenerife, Tenerife Experiment of 1856, photograph, page, number: 'Plate 1.', inscription: 'Portion of a Photograph (magnified 4.3 diameters), representing a mountain side (Mount Guajara, and the interior Southern wall of the Great Crater), four miles distance from the Camera, stationed at the height of 10, 700 feet above the level of the sea. (The apparently low, flat ground in the lower left hand corner, is part of the elevated Crater floor, at a height of 7, 000 feet above the sea, and 3, 500 above the ordinary level of the N. East summer clouds). See pp 513, 514.', photographer: Charles Piazzi Smyth, Tenerife, printer (person): JA Spencer (possibly), 1856, printer (person), paper, albumen print, height 100 mm x width 215 mm, Photo in the back section., experiment, test, science and technology, mountains, A sepia-toned photograph shows a rugged mountain landscape with layered ridges and steep rocky slopes, lighter-colored eroded rock faces and darker shadowed areas, a sharp silhouetted foreground ridge with textured vegetation, and a pale sky above the peaks, all framed by a rectangular border on a creamy paper background.

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View Montaña de Guajara Tenerife Tenerife Experiment 1856 photograph page number Plate 1 inscription Portion Photograph magnified 4.3 diameters representing mountain side Mount Guajara interior Southern wall Great Crater four miles distance Camera stationed height 10 700 feet level sea apparently low flat ground lower left hand corner part elevated Crater floor 7 000 feet 3 500 ordinary level N East summer clouds See pp 513 514 photographer Charles Piazzi Smyth printer person JA Spencer paper albumen print height 100 mm x width 215 mm Photo back section experiment test science technology mountains sepia-toned photograph rugged mountain landscape layered ridges steep rocky slopes lighter-colored eroded rock faces darker shadowed areas sharp silhouetted foreground ridge textured vegetation pale sky peaks framed rectangular border creamy paper background

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