Snowflakes Alexander III whilst under construction

whilst under construction

shaking his head

A contemporary quote from Punch illustrates that Britain was keen to prevent any aggressive action by Russia

Entomological study of an insect identified by the author as the Painted lamia Lamia picta

Snowflakes Alexander III whilst under constructionSnowflakes drawn and described by Leonard Stocke as falling between 2 January and 1 March 1740 and 25 December to the 31 December 1740 at Middelburg, Zeeland, in the Netherlands. Figures 1 24 appended to a letter from Leonard Stocke, Middelburg, 29 June 1741, to Cromwell Mortimer. Not published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Leonard Stocke was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. Original: ink on paper. 1741