Krakatoa tsumami waves 1 and 2 Size:L: 75 x 60cm View of Brill House

View of Brill House

They were early pioneers of front wheel braking and were at one time the biggest manufacturer in Europe

The car is pictured negotiating a steep bend on Kenmore Hill in the Highlands

during Commander James Clark Ross's exploration of Boothia Felix (now known as the Boothia Peninsula) and King William Land

Krakatoa tsumami waves 1 and 2 Size:L: 75 x 60cm View of Brill HouseFour figures showing the ocean tracks of the first and second tsunami waves generated by the eruption of Krakatoa, the island in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia on 27 August 1883. Plate 10 from The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society, edited by G. J. Symons (London, Trubner & Co., 1888). The plate is inscribed: 'Krakatoa. Rep. Roy. Soc. Com. Plate X. WAVE NO. I FIRST PASSAGE FROM KRAKATOA