Accession No

5784

Brief Description

print, Johnson’s chart of heights of mountains and lengths of rivers of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, by A. J. Johnson, U.S.A., 1864

Origin

U.S.A.

Maker

Johnson, A. J.

Class

prints; geology

Earliest Date

1864

Latest Date

1864

Inscription Date

1864

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 682mm; width 459mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from an individual, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge, England on 01/02/1999.

Inscription

‘JOHNSON’S
CHART OF COMPARATIVE
HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS,
AND
LENGTHS OF RIVERS
OF
AFRICA.’ (top diagram)
‘JOHNSON’S
CHART OF COMPARATIVE
HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS,
AND
LENGTHS OF RIVERS
OF
ASIA.’ (second diagram)
‘JOHNSON’S
CHART OF COMPARATIVE
HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS,
AND
LENGTHS OF RIVERS
OF
EUROPE.’ (THIRD DIAGRAM)
‘JOHNSON’S
CHART OF COMPARATIVE
HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS,
AND
LENGTHS OF RIVERS
OF
SOUTH AMERICA.’ (fourth diagram)
‘JOHNSON’S
CHART OF COMPARATIVE
HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS,
AND
LENGTHS OF RIVERS
OF
NORTH AMERICA.’ (bottom diagram)
‘Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1863, by A.J. Johnson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.’ (bottom of print)
‘RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN THE WORLD’ (twice on reverse)
‘2.’ (top right)
‘3.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Print; Johnson’s chart of heights of mountains and lengths of rivers, of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, by A.J. Johnson, USA, 1864.

Each has a title.

On the reverse is text about religious denominations in the world.
Possibly originally in a book.

Condition: fair.

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