Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Synoptic index, Thematic
These pages contain a subject and place index (still under construction!) to the books scanned to create the British Library's Mechanical Curator collection of images.
Each entry in the index points to the images on Flickr which match the tag for the book. Additionally, when there are images from a book that have been copied over to Commons, this is shown with a green clickable (Book cat) link, which links to the relevant Commons category for the book.
A full list of the titles of the books that were scanned for the collection is also available, at
and succeeding pages, which may help browsing what is available.
The index is not (yet) complete. As of January 22, 2014 the titles in the detailed part of the index below accounted for about 40% of the images in the whole collection. A further 35% of images can be found through a more loosely organised set of "to do" pages constructed based on the books' class-marks, while a further 20% of images occur in books which are classed below as fiction, plays, verse or works. The focus of the indexing so far has been mostly geographical, with little development as yet of thematic classification.
The Commons main project page for the collection gives some further hints on searching; on how to upload the images to Commons, and on how to tag images on Flickr. If you do upload images to Commons, please create a Commons category for the book they were taken from, like those in Category:Books with images from the British Library Mechanical Curator collection, and include the images in it. The template {{HasBookCat}} can then be used to create a link to the category (on a green background) from the book's entry in this list.
Georeferencing campaign: For any titles below that have a to georef template, please click on that templated link to find the thumbnails and then the pages on Flickr for the relevant map and plan images, and follow the links in their image description sections to the BL/Klokan Georeferencer to place the images on a present-day map of the world. This in turn should allow the map images' ready upload to Wikimedia Commons with reasonably accurate automatic categorisation. See also: BL information page and overall progress page.
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Agriculture
[edit]- A Dissertation on the Soil & Agriculture of the British Settlement of Penang, or Prince of Wales Island, in the Straits of Malacca; including Province Wellesley on the Malayan Peninsula. With Brief References to the Settlements of Singapore & Malacca, and Accompanied by Incidental Observations on Various Subjects of Local Interest in these Straits (1836; 7 images, 3 plates; 1 map )
Animals and birds
[edit]- The British Miscellany: or, coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, etc. vol. I., vol. II (1806; 86 images, 23 plates; no maps) (Colour)
- British Ornithology; being the history, with a coloured representation of every known species of British birds (1811; 49 images, 45 plates; no maps) (Colour)
- On the Domesticated Animals of the British Islands: comprehending the natural and economical history of species and varieties; the description of the properties of external form, and observations on the principles and practice of breeding (1845; 22 images, 1 plate; no maps)
- Feathered Favourites. Twelve coloured pictures of British birds, from drawings by Joseph Wolf. With descriptions in verse by various authors. (1854; 52 images, 12 plates; no maps) (Colour)
- The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds, and Fish of that Country ... Illustrated with coloured plates and woodcuts (1866; 19 images, 4 plates; no maps)
Geology and natural history
[edit]- See also: ./to do/geology
- Manual of Geology: treating of the principles of the science with special reference to American geological history ... Revised edition.; (1895; 625 images, 75 plates; 43 maps to georef ) 1880 edition (429 images, 35 plates; 21 maps to georef ) ; 1864 edition (357 images, 13 plates; 23 maps to georef )
- Gately's World's Progress. A general history of the earth's construction and of the advancement of mankind ... Edited by C. E. Beale. Édition de luxe (1886; 532 images, 155 plates; 6 maps to georef )
- The Earth: a descriptive history of the phenomena of the life of the Globe ... (The Ocean, Atmosphere and Life; being the second series of A descriptive history of the phenomena of the life of the Globe, etc.) Translated by ... B. B. Woodward and edited by H. Woodward ... Illustrated, etc (1871; 504 images, 187 plates; 321 maps to georef )
- Life-history of our planet ... Illustrated by M. Gunning (1876; 81 images, 9 plates; no maps)
- Life's Dawn on Earth: being the history of the oldest known fossil remains, and their relations to geological time and to the development of the animal kingdom ... Second thousand (1875; 58 images, 5 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- Records of the Rocks; or notes on the geology, natural history, and antiquities of North and South Wales, Devon, and Cornwall, etc (1872; 84 images, 10 plates; no maps)
- Siluria. The history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains, with a brief sketch of the distribution of Gold over the Earth. (1867; 257 images, 47 plates; 1 map) ; 1859 edition (263 images, 50 plates; 1 map) ; 1854 edition (206 images, 42 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- The Origin of Mountain Ranges considered experimentally ... and in relation to their geological history (1886; 45 images, 42 plates; 6 maps to georef )
- British Mining. A treatise on the history ... and future prospect of metalliferous mines in the United Kingdom ... With ... illustrations (1884; 219 images, 24 plates; 9 maps to georef )
- Gems and Precious Stones of North America. A popular description of their occurrence, value, history, archæology, and of the collections in which they exist, also a chapter on pearls and on remarkable foreign gems owned in the United States. Illustrated, etc (1890; 87 images, 17 plates; no maps)
- Precious Stones and Gems, their history and distinguishing characteristics ... Illustrated, etc (1877; 94 images, 5 plates; no maps)
- The Coal-fields of Great Britain: their history, structure, and duration. With notices of the Coal-fields of other parts of the world. (1881; 39 images, 14 plates; 12 maps to georef ) ; 1873 edition (36 images, 13 plates; 12 maps to georef ) ; 1861 edition (19 images; no maps) ; another copy (1861; 17 images; no maps)
- The Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, being a general geological, historical & statistical review of the anthracit coal districts. Illustrated with colored maps and engravings ... Edited by Ele sic Bowen (1848; 45 images, 1 plate; 1 map)
- Hand Book to the Geology of Weymouth and the Island of Portland. With notes on the natural history of the coast and neighbourhood ... Accompanied by a map of the district ... and numerous other illustrations. (1884; 37 images, 8 plates; 1 map)
- The Glaciers of the Alps. Being a narrative of excursions and ascents. An account of the origin and phenomena of Glaciers, and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related ... With illustrations. (Appendix. Comparative view of the cleavage of Crystals and Slate-rocks; a lecture delivered ... the 6th of June, 1856.) (1860; 55 images, 4 plates; 4 maps to georef )
- A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos ... Being the substance of some lectures delivered before the University of Oxford, with much additional matter. [With plates, including maps.] (1848; 57 images, 8 plates; 12 maps to georef )
Transport
[edit]Roads
[edit]- Coaching Days and Coaching Ways ... With illustrations by H. Railton and H. Thomson (1888; 200 images, 144 plates; no maps)
- The Bath Road. History, fashion and frivolity on an old highway ... Illustrated by the author, etc (1899; 79 images, 26 plates; no maps)
- The Brighton Road: old times and new on a classic highway ... With ... illustrations by the author, etc (1892; 95 images, 55 plates; no maps)
- Brighton and its Coaches. A history of the London and Brighton road. With some account of the provincial coaches that have run from Brighton ... With twenty illustrations from original water-colour drawings by J. & G. Temple, etc (1894; 20 images, 20 plates; no maps) (Colour)
- The Dover Road. Annals of an ancient turnpike ... Illustrated by the author, etc (1895; 65 images, 26 plates; no maps)
- The Portsmouth Road and its tributaries: to-day and in days of old ... Illustrated by the author, etc (1895; 83 images, 35 plates; no maps)
- The Exeter Road. The story of the West of England highway ... Illustrated by the author, etc (1899; 68 images, 31 plates; no maps)
Cycling
[edit]- Our Cycling Tour in England ... Illustrated (1892; 27 images, 5 plates; no maps)
- The Cyclists' Route Book for Great Britain and Ireland, including the Isles of Man and Wight, etc (1893; 20 images, 6 plates; 5 maps)
Railways
[edit]- (Book cat) The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc (1839; 45 images, 18 plates; 1 map)
- (Book cat) The Book of The Grand Junction Railway, being a history and description of the line from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester ... By T. Roscoe, assisted by the resident engineers of the line (1839; 22 images, 17 plates; 4 maps)
- The Railroad Book of England: historical, topographical, and picturesque ... With a brief sketch of the lines in Scotland and Wales. With illustrations and a map. (1851; 57 images, 2 plates; 1 map) (Country seats)
- Through the Peak, between London and Manchester. The Railway Traveller and Tourist's Guide between London and Manchester, viâ Derby, Matlock, and Buxton, etc (1871; 17 images, 16 plates; 14 maps to georef )
- “Mountain, Moor and Loch” illustrated by pen and pencil, on the route of the West Highland Railway (1894; 203 images, 20 plates; 6 maps)
- The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, etc (1898; 11 images, 8 plates; 1 map)
Canals
[edit]- Tour of the Grand Junction, illustrated with a series of engravings, with an historical and topographical description of those parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hartfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, through which the Canal passes (1819; 25 images, 25 plates; no maps)
Sailing directions
[edit]- See also: ./to do/Navigation
Europe and Mediterranean
[edit]- The British and Foreign Coaster's Guide; containing complete sailing directions for the east coasts of England and Scotland, the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the coasts of France, Holland, and Jutland to the Scaw Point; those of Norway and the White Sea, and the Cattegat, Baltic and Gulf of Finland, the English and St. George's Channels, and the whole coast round Ireland, etc. (Sailing directions for the Bristol and St. George's Channels .. Sixth edition.) (1852; 24 images, 6 plates; 6 maps to georef )
- Baltic Pilot (1870; 59 images, 1 plate; no maps); 1893 edition (55 images; no maps); 1895 edition (22 images, 1 plate; 1 map)
- Sailing Directions for the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea, comprehending the Coasts of Spain, France and Italy ..., the Coasts of Greece ... and the African Coast, from Tangier to Alexandria (1841; 27 images; no maps)
Waters around the UK
[edit]- Sailing Directions for the West Coast of Scotland ... Pt. 1 Compiled ... by ... H. C. Otter. (Revised by G. F. McDougall.) (Pt. 2. Compiled ... by ... G. F. McDougall.) (1867; 16 images, 3 plates; 1 map to georef ); 1885 edition (17 images, 4 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- Sailing Directions for the west coast and islands of Scotland, from the Mull of Cantyre to Cape Wrath. Third edition. Revised from recent Admiralty Surveys (1870; 51 images; no maps); 1893 edition (7th) (52 images, 1 plate; 1 map)
- Lauries Sailing Directory for the navigation of the North Sea, with its harbours; describing the Eastern Coasts of Great Britain from the Downs to Shetland; and the Coasts of Europe from Calais to the Cattegat. By J. Purdy ... The eighth edition, by A. G. Findlay (1855; 22 images; no maps)
- North Sea Pilot (1857; 273 images; no maps); 1876 edition (95 images, 1 plate; 1 map); 1887 edition (55 images, 3 plates; 2 maps to georef ); 1894 edition (262 images, 8 plates; 4 maps to georef )
- North Sea Pilot, part III. East Coast of England ... Sixth edition (by J. J. P. Hitchfield. Supplement, 1900) (1897; 46 images, 1 plate; 1 map)
- Sailing Directions for the English Channel. Part I. The South coast of England ... Part II. The North coast of France (1887; 34 images, 21 plates; 20 maps to georef )
- The Channel Pilot. Part II. Coast of France and the Channel Islands. By J. W. King (1882; 26 images, 26 plates; no maps)
- The Pilot's Handbook for the English Channel ... Thirteenth edition. Revised to present date by Commander T. A. Hull (1898; 25 images, 22 plates; 22 maps to georef )
- The Solent Chart Book, with sailing directions for all rivers and harbours between Selsea and Portland (1898; 19 images, 15 plates; 19 maps to georef )
- Our Silver Streak; or, the Yachtsman's Guide from Harwich to Scilly (1892; 20 images, 5 plates; 5 maps to georef )
- Sailing Directions for the St. George's Channel and the Bristol Channel ... The sixth edition. (1857; 42 images; no maps)
Atlantic
[edit]- (Book cat) North Atlantic Directory. The physical geography and meteorology of the North Atlantic; together with sailing directions for the principal ports and harbours of Europe, N. America, N. Africa, and the N. Atlantic Islands, etc (1864; 29 images, 10 plates; 8 maps to georef ); 1869 edition (50 images, 29 plates; 26 maps to georef )
- (Book cat) Atlantic Ocean Pilot. The Seaman's guide to the navigation of the Atlantic Ocean, with numerous illustrations, charts and plans ... To which is added, Notes on the Physical Geography of the Atlantic Ocean. By W. H. Rosser (1884; 74 images, 43 plates; 45 maps to georef )
- The Colombian Navigator or Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West-Indies. Volume the third. Comprehending ... the ... navigation of the Caribbean ... Sea, ... the Caribbee Islands, ... the Bay ... of Honduras ... Composed ... from a great variety of documents, ... especially, A ... translation of the “Derrotero de las Antillas” by A. Livingston ... Second edition ... enlarged. vol. 3 (1839; 19 images; no maps)
- A Nautical description of the Gulf of Mexico and Bay of Honduras, and of the Islands of Porto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, etc. ... Seventh edition (1856; 22 images; no maps)
- West Indies Directory. Sailing Directions. Part 1. Cuba, with the Bahama Islands & Banks, etc. (Pt. 2. Haïti or San Domingo and Jamaica, etc.-Pt. 4. The Gulf of Mexico.) Pts. 1, 2, 4 (1869; 31 images; no maps)
- The Atlantic Navigator: being a nautical description of the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, the West Coast of Africa, the coasts of Brazil and Patagonia, the Islands of the Azores, Madeiras, Canaries, and Cape Verdes, and of the detached shoals and dangers, reported to exist in the Atlantic ... Fourth edition, materially improved and enlarged (1854; 66 images, 23 plates; 23 maps to georef )
- The New Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic or Southern Atlantic Ocean; including the Coasts of Brazil, &c. to the Rio de la Plata, the Coast thence to Cape Horn, and the African Coast to the Cape of Good Hope, &c. ... Composed and arranged from a great variety of documents (1837; 32 images; 2 maps to georef ); 1844 edition (1844; 32 images; 2 maps to georef )
North America
[edit]- The American Coast Pilot ... from Passamaquoddy, through the Gulf of Florida ... together with the courses and distances from Cape Cod and Cape Ann ... to George's Bank ... Corrected and improved ... Ninth edition (1817; 19 images, 17 plates; 17 maps to georef ); 1842 edition (49 images, 18 plates; 18 maps to georef ); 1850 edition (41 images, 17 plates; 16 maps to georef ); 1867 edition (16 images, 6 plates; 3 maps to georef )
- The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, accompanied with directions for navigating the same, and a gazetteer, etc (1832; 48 images, 44 plates; 44 maps to georef )
- The St. Lawrence Pilot ... Fourth edition. (1894; 17 images, 2 plates; 2 maps)
- North Pacific Pilot. pt. 1. Sailing Directions for the west coast of North America between Panama and Queen Charlotte Islands. By J. F. I. ... Second edition. (North Pacific Pilot. Pt. II. The Seaman's Guide to the Islands of the North Pacific, with an Appendix ... By W. H. Rosser.) 2 pt. [With maps.] (1868; 68 images, 10 plates; 11 maps to georef )
- North Pacific Pilot: Part I. The West Coast of North America ... including Port Simpson and Sitka Sound ... Fourth edition enlarged and corrected up to date by H. D. Jenkins. (Part I. Supplement. Being additional information respecting the West Coast ... including a full description of the routes to the Klondyke Goldfields ... Compiled by H. D. Jenkins. 1898.-North Pacific Pilot: Part II. The Seaman's Guide to the Islands of the North Pacific, by W. H. Rosser. 1870.-Part II. Supplement. Being additional information respecting the Islands of the North Pacific, compiled ... by H. D. Jenkins. 1886.) (1885; 90 images, 32 plates; 33 maps to georef )
Indian Ocean
[edit]- Indian Ocean Directory. The Seaman's Guide to the Navigation of the Indian Ocean, including ... sailing directions for the principal ports on the South and East Coasts of Africa, ... together with a full account of all the Islands: also, notes on making passages during the different seasons ... Illustrated with ... charts, plans, etc (1866; 60 images, 45 plates; 47 maps to georef )
- The Bay of Bengal Pilot. A nautical directory ... Compiled by J. F. I., etc (1879; 22 images, 10 plates; 10 maps to georef )
Art
[edit]Satirical cartoons
[edit]- Excentric excursions; or, literary and pictorial sketches of countenance, character and country in different parts of England and South Wales ... Embellished with ... prints by J. Cruikshank (1807; 101 images, 101 plates; no maps)
- (Book cat) The Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque (Rowlandson, 1813; 32 images, 30 plates; no maps) (Colour)
- (Book cat) The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in search of the antique and picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney, and Shetland Isles. Illustrated by twenty humorous plates (1821; 20 images, 20 plates; non maps) (Colour)
Decorative
[edit]- gallery of decorative endpapers (various titles)
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