'Plumbum galaena' victoire rhinoceros

rhinoceros

Britannia swoons on the left and a devil views the scene with glee on right

Interior of the Church of St Mary

William Thomson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851

1st March 1956

'Plumbum galaena' victoire rhinocerosSpecimen of Galena (lead sulphide) here termed 'sulphure of lead; galaena'. Plate 24 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that "This is the commonest lead ore The present specimen came from Derbyshire, and is valuable from having the primitive cubic crystals so distinct." The plate is inscribed: "May 1