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File:Luray Caverns Ballroom 1882 B10154140 014 Tif M039k623n.tiff
Entitled "A wonderful ceiling", this plate is credited copyright 1882 by C. H. James. The rest of the caption reads: "An underground cavern (Luray in the United States) called the Ballroom, the room of which has been fashioned by the continual drip of water charged with carbon dioxide and carrying chalk in solution."

This plate is found within The Romance of Modern Chemistry, which is a layman's introduction to topics in chemistry. Includes a history of chemistry along with alchemy and the philosopher's stone; elements including organic, invisible, metals, acids, alkalies, and water; chemical changes such as fire, freezing and explosions; chemistry of the stars; food; electricity; solutions and crystals; as well as discoveries in chemistry.
Date 1909
date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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institution QS:P195,Q5090408
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QC851 .B46 1912, Science History Institute.
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current21:42, 3 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 21:42, 3 October 20192,578 × 2,085 (20.51 MB)Mary Mark Ockerbloom== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |photographer = James, C. H. |author = Philip, James Charles, 1873-1941 |title = "A wonderful ceiling", Luray Caverns Ballroom of stalactites, 1882 |description ={{en|1= "A wonderful ceiling", Luray Caverns, 1882, photograph by C. H. James, from ''The Romance of Modern Chemistry'' by James Charles Philip. London, England, 1909. Entitled "A wonderful ceiling", this plate is credited copyright 1882 by C. H. James. The rest of the caption reads: "A...

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