'Silex arenacea' Blackfriars This was achieved by wearing

This was achieved by wearing lots of layers of petticoats and emphasising it by adding extra frills and layers to the ourtside of the skirt

View of The Observatory in Southwark

during a fire on the evening of April 11th

Four figures of the event seen by Hirst using a 2-foot long reflecting telescope to x55 magnification

'Silex arenacea' Blackfriars This was achieved by wearingFossil shells in sandstone, here termed 'calcereous sandstone'. Plate 15 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 'Masses of this were found at near twelve feet deep in a lightly gravel stratum, in cutting the canal at the Isle of Dogs' The plate is inscribed: 'Feb. 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby,