Pumice and dust of Krakatoa mb-width 3495 At the end of December

At the end of December 1868

Whitechapel

Barlow wears a dark frock coat over a lighter waistcoat and trousers

View of Newgate Market in Paternoster Square

Skinners' Hall

Pumice and dust of Krakatoa mb-width 3495 At the end of DecemberSections of Krakatoa pumice and volcanic dust at x50 and x250 magnifications. Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, erupted in catastrophic explosions on 27 August 1883. Figure 1. Sections of pumice from earlier period of the eruption (May 1883) at x50 magnification. Figure 2. Cross section of the same pumice x50 magnification. Figure 3. Common pumice of Krakatoa x50 magnification. Figure 4. Section of artificial pumice at x50