Images Dated 4th January 2005

Cauliflower head, SEM

Cauliflower. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a cauliflower (Brassica oleracea botrytis). The arrangement of florets around the head is according to a Fibonacci series, a number series in which each number is the sum of the two predecding it, for example 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 and so on

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The Whityngton Stone, Holloway, London, 1854

Engraving showing the Whityngton Stone, a memorial to Sir Richard Whittington (1358-1423), London, 1854. This stone was placed on the spot in Upper Holloway where he was traditionally supposed to have sat ruminating on his poor fortune, before hearing Bow Bells chiming Turn again, Whittington, Thrice Lord Mayor of London

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Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice at Osborne House

Engraving showing Queen Victoria at her writing desk in a room at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Her youngest daughter Princess Beatrice is playing the piano nearby. Victoria was deeply attached to Beatrice and was determined to keep her unmarried and at home. Beatrice married Henry of Battenberg in 1885 (this picture being part of a special supplement to celebrate the event) but the Battenberg family remained living with Victoria for much of the remainder of her life

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