559898 The Royal Institution. Sir Roderick Murchison\'s Lecture on the Distribution of Gold Ore (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From the Illustrated London News, 9 March 1850. Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871) geologist; Following on from his first presidential address to the RGS in 1844 on the possibly auriferous (gold bearing) character of the Great Eastern Chain of Australia; science and forces of imperialism and national expansion; entrepreneurial science; geology and exploration; President of the Royal Geograhical Society; comparing the geology of Australia\'s Great Dividing Range with that of the Urals); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English, out of copyright.