Diagrams of the zodiacal light in relation to the Earth's orbit Size:S: 30 x 25cm viewed from the transept

viewed from the transept

This relates to a visit made to Britain by the Viceroy of Egypt in July 1867

A very strong cluster of flowers

The reference in the heading to a civil war concerns the many rumours circulating during the previous year concerning Louis Napoleon's supposed plot to launch an invasion on Britain

Diagrams of the zodiacal light in relation to the Earth's orbit Size:S: 30 x 25cm viewed from the transeptFour diagrams of the appearance of the zodiacal light. Each view is captioned: Figure 1 'Plan of the zodiacal light & the Earth's orbit.' Figure 2 'Sectional view of th same, as seen from the nodes of the Sun's equator 7 Earth's orbit.' Figure 3 'Sectional view of the zodiacal light, as seen from a point in the Earth's orbit , 90 degrees from its nodes with the Sun's equator'. Figure 4. 'Appearance which should be seen from the Earth, if the zodiacal