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abhurite crystals from shipwreck

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:16 -0700

Abhurite occurs exclusively on tin ingots in shipwrecks. It is formed by the chemical reaction between the tin and the chloride ions present in seawater. Here, a scanning electron micrograph shows the platy abhurite crystals discovered on tin ingots salvaged from the wreck of S.S. Liverpool off the coast of Anglesey.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

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Mae abhurit i'w gael dim ond ar ingotau tun mewn llongddrylliadau. Fe'i crëir gan adwaith cemegol rhwng tun a'r ïonau clorid sydd i'w cael mewn dŵr môr. Dengys yr electronmicrograff sganio yma y crisialau haenaidd o abhurit y cafwyd hyd iddynt ar ingotau tun a achubwyd o'r llong hwyliau Liverpool, a ddrylliwyd oddi ar arfordir Môn.

Rhyd-y-car Cottages

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0800

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Rhyd-y-Car Cottages
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

The Rhyd-y-car cottages were built about 1800 by Richard Crawshay of Merthyr to house workers in his iron-ore mines. They were re-erected at the museum in 1987. The six houses have been displayed to illustrate different periods of their history: 1805, 1855, 1895, 1925, 1955 and 1985.

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Roman fryingpan

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:29:27 -0700

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Roman folding frying pan
From: The National Roman Legion Museum, South Wales

Made in the 3rd century AD the handle of this frying pan folds away so that it may easily be packed into luggage or stored away.

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dodo-with-skeleton

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:20:19 -0700

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Capel Garmon Firedog

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:22:08 -0700

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Capel Garmon Firedog
From: National Museum Cardiff

This firedog is unique, and considered to be one of the most important pieces of early decorative ironwork to have been found in Britain. It illustrates the skill and artistic imagination invested in the working of iron during the Celtic Iron Age. It was discovered in 1852 near Capel Garmon, Conwy.
Firedogs, usually used in pairs, would have stood next to the hearth at the heart of a roundhouse. The opposed animal heads with both horse and cow affinities have a mythical beast quality, whose significance we can still only guess at.

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Moon Rock

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:08:11 -0700

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Moon rock
From: National Museum Cardiff

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www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/Rhagor/article/moonrock/

Piece of olivine dolerite from Head Crater on the Moon. Collected during the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in November 1969. The moon rock, on loan from NASA is kept in a special airtight container filled with nitrogen to protect it from contamination. At 3.3 billion years old, it is considerable older than the most ancient Welsh rock, which is displayed alongside it – and a mere 702 million years old.

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Bow-tie sprays of agardite crystals

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:18 -0700

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Scanning electron micrograph of 'bow-tie' sprays of agardite-(Y). Agardite-(Y) is only known from three UK localities - one in Wales and two in Cornwall. The Welsh occurrence is at Gwaith-yr-Afon Mine in Central Wales.

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Crystals and Minerals online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.
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Electronmicrograff sganio o glystyrau dici-bô o agardit-(Y). Hyd y gwyddom, mae agardit-(Y) i'w cael ar dri safle yn unig yn y Deyrnas Unedig – un yng Nghymru, sef Mwynglawdd Gwaith-yr-afon yn y canolbarth, a dau yng Nghernyw.

smith-map

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:22 -0800

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Complete geological map of England and Wales
From: National Museum Cardiff

Complete map of England and Wales produced by William Smith in 1815.
The Smith Map is the first geological map created by William Smith in 1815 and the oldest map of Britain completed by a single geologist. The Museum holds the largest collection of William Smith maps in the world. These are critical documents to the history of the science of geology and the evolution of its understanding in Britain.

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tractor

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:22 -0800

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Fordson Tractor
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

The Fordson and Ferguson tractors which revolutionised Welsh farming after 1945 are as important as the historic horse-drawn implements and archaic ox ploughs in the story of Welsh agriculture.

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mari-llwyd

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:20:23 -0800

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The Mari Lwyd
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

The Mari Lwyd is the horse-figure carried from door to door during the Christmas season. The Mari is joined by a group of boys and men who all take part in an 'ad lib' singing contest between themselves and those within the houses.

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Triple harp

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0800

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Triple Harp
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

The triple harp is different from the more conventional harp as it has three sets of strings and no pedals. It originated in Italy around 1600, but owing to its popularity in Wales by the end of the 18th century, it has become widely known as 'The Welsh Harp'. The instrument has three rows of strings, making it possible to play chromatic notes in addition to the diatonic scale.

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Levelinus stone

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0800

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Levelinus-stone
From: National Museum Cardiff

This stone from near Pentrefoelas, Conwy, commemorates a gift of land from Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (1194–1240) to the Cistercian abbey at Aberconwy nearby. The inscription, cut between 1198 and 1230, can be read like a document. It plays on words, in a clever mixture of Welsh and Latin. This elaborate compliment explains Llywelyn’s Latinised name.

ED vidh LN DI enw alevon[e]
Fortitvdi[n]e brachii mesure
Leveline pri[n]ceps Norhv[a]llie

The name Levelin is from ‘llew’ – lion
And from the might of ‘elin’ – arm
O Levelinus, Prince of North Wales

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Albert medels

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0800

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Albert Medals
From: Big Pit: National Mining Museum

In 1877, the Tynewydd Colliery was inundated with water from an adjoining coal mine. Five men were killed and nine trapped by the flooding. Four of the trapped men were released after eighteen hours but the last five were only rescued after nine days. The heroism of the rescuers was recognised by the award of twenty four Albert Medals, the first time that this medal had been awarded for bravery on land. Three of these medals are on display at Big Pit.

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Cae Adda Cow byre

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0800

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Cae Adda Cow byre
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

Cae Adda Cow byre comes from Waunfawr, less then 5km from the original site of Llainfadyn Cottage. It would have been similar to the original cow shed at Llainfadyn. It was re-erected at the Museum to help interpret a fuller picture of life in a quarryman's cottage in Snowdonia. It would have housed a couple of cows over winter thus providing extra milk to be sold or consumed.

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Leatherback Turtle

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0800

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The largest turtle in the World
From: National Museum Cardiff

The leatherback turtle on display at the National Museum Cardiff, is so-called because of its tough but flexible carapace in place of the usual hard, shell-like protection. Not only is it, as a species, the largest reptile in the sea: this particular example is the world's largest and heaviest turtle ever recorded by man, measuring almost 3m (9ft) and weighing 914 kilos (2016 pounds). The turtle was washed ashore after being drowned when trapped in fishing lines. The discovery attracted world-wide attention and offered a rare opportunity for scientists to study a species whose life is intriguing and little-known. Work on preserving the turtle took a year to complete.

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Peppered-moth-close-up

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:51:41 -0800

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Close up image of the Peppered Moth Biston betularia
Image: James Turner, Amgueddfa Cymru

Discover more of these remarkable images on the Up Close With Nature online gallery on 'Rhagor', the collections based website from Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales.

Caergwrle Bowl

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:22:08 -0700

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The Caergwrle Bowl
From: National Museum Cardiff

This unique oval bowl, made of shale, tin and embossed gold, represents a sea-going boat with circular shields, oars and waves represented in its design. Discovered in a bog at Caergwrle, Flintshire during the early 19th century, it had been buried in the ground for over 3,000 years. The symbolism of the boat reminds us of the importance of far-flung sea trading contacts during the European Bronze Age.

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Bardic Chair

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:22:08 -0700

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Shanghai Bardic Chair
From: St Fagans: National History Museum

This Eisteddfod chair was presented as a prize for the best poet in the National Eisteddfod at Wrexham in 1933. What makes the chair unusual is that it was made at an orphanage in Shanghai, established by Catholic missionaries, where youngsters were taught crafts such as carving. The chair took four of them around 18 months to make. It is carved with both Chinese and Welsh inscriptions.

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Benz Car

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:22:08 -0700

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1900 Benz car
From: The National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

The Benz Duc model was introduced in 1898 when Benz was commissioned to design an automobile for King Leopold II of Belgium. This Benz Duc car dates from 1900 and is one of only two in the world. It was owned by a doctor from Chepstow.

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Dodo with Skeleton

nobody@flickr.com (MuseumWales) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:22:08 -0700

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Dodo with skeleton
From: The National Waterfront Museum, Swansea

The word Dodo is now synonymous with the worst thing that can happen to a wild animal - becoming extinct. The Dodo is a very early example of how we can unthinkingly destroy something such that they disappear without a thought. The skeleton held in the Museum is mostly complete with only a few bones needing to be modelled to complete it. The stuffed example is, however, a model, as there are no skins left of the Dodo anywhere in the world. The Dodo was first seen in 1601 and sadly last seen just 80 years later.

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