Caption

Tenerife Experiment of 1856, View of the crater of El Teide on Tenerife, photograph, page, number: 'Plate 3.', inscription: 'Portion of a Photograph (magnified 9.1 diameters), representing a mountain side (the interior S. Eastern wall of the Great Crater), four miles distant from the Camera, stationed at a height of 10, 700 feet above the level of the Sea. See pp 513, 514.', photographer: Charles Piazzi Smyth, Tenerife, printer (person): JA Spencer (possibly), 1856, printer (person), paper, albumen print, height 128 mm x width 197 mm, Photo in the section at the back., experiment, test, science and technology, volcano, A sepia-toned photograph of a rugged mountain landscape framed by a pale border, showing layered ridges and steep rocky slopes with scattered low vegetation, terraces and cliffs visible along the higher slopes, a broad valley floor with uneven ground and textured scrub, and distant rounded peaks beneath a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B05_366

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38.1Mb (8.1Mb) / 13.6in x 10.8in / 4094 x 3250 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tenerife Experiment 1856 View crater El Teide Tenerife photograph page number Plate 3 inscription Portion Photograph magnified 9.1 diameters representing mountain side interior S Eastern wall Great Crater four miles distant Camera stationed height 10 700 feet level Sea See pp 513 514 photographer Charles Piazzi Smyth printer person JA Spencer paper albumen print height 128 mm x width 197 mm Photo section back experiment test science technology volcano sepia-toned photograph rugged mountain landscape framed pale border showing layered ridges steep rocky slopes scattered low vegetation terraces cliffs visible higher slopes broad valley floor uneven ground textured scrub distant rounded peaks beneath pale sky