View of the residence of Elwood, friend of John Milton, at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire mb-code SF37622 the atmospheric phenomenon presenting as

the atmospheric phenomenon presenting as halos and mock suns

In front of the sitter is a table and curtain

Alan Ogley

containing Galena lead and quartz

These experiments were conducted at Cragside in Northumberland

View of the residence of Elwood, friend of John Milton, at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire mb-code SF37622 the atmospheric phenomenon presenting asView of the residence of Elwood, friend of John Milton, at Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, 1840. Thomas Elwood, an early Quaker, was secretary to the poet John Milton (1608 1674). Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).