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Britain's first geological map
14. The Museum's collection includes five copies of Smith's 1815 map. 15. Smith's ability to map Britain's geology was based on his realisation that the combinations of distinctive fossils (such as ...
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Earth Science in Britain 1660–1815
Between the mid-seventeenth century and the early nineteenth century there developed in Britain a range of empirical and increasingly ... self-sustaining discipline: 'geology'. During this period the ...
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The Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland 1
THE summary of progress of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom for the year 1899 has been issued by Sir Archibald Geikie, Director-General. The field-work was carried out in England and ...
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A Catalogue of the Collection of Cambrian and Silurian Fossils Contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge
John William Salter (1820–1869) was an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his work as palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain. This is a complete catalogue of the ...
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Fossil Explorer app
field guide to common fossils in Britain, covering nearly 90 fossil groups interactive map of Britain and geological map overlay illustrations and data for more than 1,200 fossils in the Museum ...