Subject: ‘Geology’
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Posted in Geology, Historical articles, Minerals on Friday, 1 July 2016
This edited article about gold originally appeared in Look and Learn issue number 827 published on 19 November 1977.
Gold fever! In the 19th century, it could sweep whole continents like a raging fire. America, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada each had their own gold rush, or rushes.
The pattern kept repeating itself. There would be a rumour of a gold “strike”, then a stampede to the area would begin. Office boys in London and New York headed for the ports: good men and bad men set out for the gold-fields. Many never arrived; many more never found gold; a few discovered unimaginable wealth – in places with names like Bonanza Creek and Last Chance Gulch.
Some of those who had been in the Californian Gold Rush of 1849 in their teens were to be found heading for the Klondike in 1898. Such was gold fever.
Two things made the 19th century the greatest age of gold-mining – the sheer size of the finds, and the fact that travel by sea and later by rail became available to everyone.
Even so, toiling in the gold-fields was a hard way of making a fortune.
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Posted in Ancient History, Architecture, Best pictures, Educational card, Famous battles, Fashion, Geography, Geology, Historical articles, History, Industry, Invasions, Trade, War on Thursday, 26 November 2015
We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Tamburlaine and Bajazeth.
Tamburlaine conquers Bajazeth
The second picture shows silk merchants in Ancient Rome.
Silk merchants in Ancient Rome
The third picture shows a slate quarry.
Slate and its uses
High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in America, Ancient History, Animals, Best pictures, Bible, Bravery, Customs, Educational card, Famous battles, Flags, Geography, Geology, Heroes and Heroines, Historical articles, History, Minerals, Myth, Religion, Saints, Sea, Ships, Travel, War, Weapons on Thursday, 26 November 2015
We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Jason making a sacrifice to the Gods to aid the Argo in its voyage.
Sacrifice to the Gods to aid the Argo in its voyage
The second picture shows gold prospectors in Alaska.
Gold prospectors, Alaska
The third picture shows St James the Great, patron saint of Spain.
St James the Great, patron saint of Spain
High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in Ancient History, Best pictures, Boats, Educational card, Famous battles, Famous landmarks, Geography, Geology, Historical articles, History, Nature, Rivers, Ships, Transport, Travel, War on Wednesday, 25 November 2015
We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows the Galley of the Roman Emperor Caligula on Lake Nemi.
Galley of the Roman Emperor Caligula on Lake Nemi, Italy, 1st Century
The second picture shows Mount Etna.
Mount Etna
The third picture shows the submission of the Saxons to Charlemagne.
Submission of the Saxons to Charlemagne
High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in Best pictures, Educational card, Famous Composers, Geography, Geology, Historical articles, History, Industry, Legend, Minerals, Music, Myth on Tuesday, 24 November 2015
We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows Frigg accompanied by the Valkyries.
Frigg accompanied by the Valkyries
The second picture shows Mozart playing the piano at the age of three.
Mozart Plays the Piano at the Age of Three
The third picture shows the Wieliczka salt mine, Poland.
Wieliczka salt mine, Poland
High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in Best pictures, Customs, Dance, Educational card, Famous news stories, Fashion, Geography, Geology, Historical articles, History, Leisure, London, Music, Politics, Railways, Religion, Transport, Travel on Tuesday, 24 November 2015
We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows traditional Pentecost celebrations in Russia.
Traditional Pentecost celebrations in Russia
The second picture shows the Vesuvius funicular railway in Italy.
Vesuvius funicular railway, Italy
The third picture shows Gladstone defending his policy for Irish Home Rule in the House of Commons.
Gladstone defending his policy for Irish Home Rule in the House of Commons
High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in Best pictures, Communications, Educational card, Engineering, Geography, Geology, Historical articles, History, Industry, Plants, Trade, Transport, Travel on Monday, 23 November 2015
We have selected three of the best pictures from our large collection of 19th and early 20th century educational trade cards.
The first picture shows rock drilling work in the Culebra Cut, Panama Canal.
Rock drilling work in the Culebra Cut, Panama Canal
The second picture shows the English postal service.
English postal service
The third picture shows a Cocoa processing plant.
Cocoa processing plant
High-resolution scans of all educational cards can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in America, Architecture, Disasters, Famous news stories, Geography, Geology, Historical articles, History, News on Thursday, 19 November 2015
This dramatic picture is like a scene from a Hollywood disaster movie, and shows the uncontrollable enormity of the many fires which raged for several days after the earthquake struck the city early on April 18, 1906. The desperation and fear in the faces of the two inhabitants pictured convey the human dimension of a disaster which claimed over 3000 lives.
San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Many more pictures of disasters can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in America, Discoveries, Famous news stories, Geology, Historical articles, History on Thursday, 19 November 2015
Our colourful picture is like a Victorian narrative painting, and shows a Dickensian cross-section of the teeming humanity which flocked to California after the discovery of gold there in 1848. Many of the tens of thousands went on foot, others by wagon and carriage and many thousands journeyed to America from Europe and beyond.
Many more pictures of California can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.
Posted in Best pictures, Engineering, Famous landmarks, Geology, Historical articles, History, Industry, London, Music, The Illustrated Times on Monday, 16 November 2015
We have selected three of the best pictures from ‘The Illustrated Times’, a nineteenth-century illustrated newspaper and rich source of remarkable engravings.
The first picture shows casting of the great bell for the Clock Tower of the new Houses of Parliament.
Casting of the great bell for the Clock Tower of the new Houses of Parliament
The second picture shows a sewer at Notting-Hill, thirty feet below the surface.
Metropolitan Main-Drainage Works, Sewer at Notting-Hill, Thirty Feet below the Surface
The third picture shows marble mills in the Eastern Alps.
Marble Mills in the Eastern Alps
High-resolution scans of all the illustrations from ‘The Illustrated Times’ (London 1855-1866) can be found in the Look and Learn picture library.