Author: Geological Survey of Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. ...
Author: Geological Survey of Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom ... Mining Records. Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Geological Survey of Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Memoirs of the Geological Survey [of] England & Wales
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Author: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London
Author: Geological Survey of Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Economic Geology in London
Author: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of Practical Geology
Author: Geological Survey of Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. Vol. I[-IV, Pt. I].
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Author: Geological Survey of Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Memoir of a Geological Map of England
Author: George Bellas GreenoughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Map That Changed the World
Author: Simon WinchesterPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061978272
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell—clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world—making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Smith spent twenty-two years piecing together the fragments of this unseen universe to create an epochal and remarkably beautiful hand-painted map. But instead of receiving accolades and honors, he ended up in debtors' prison, the victim of plagiarism, and virtually homeless for ten years more. The Map That Changed the World is a very human tale of endurance and achievement, of one man's dedication in the face of ruin. With a keen eye and thoughtful detail, Simon Winchester unfolds the poignant sacrifice behind this world-changing discovery.
Strata
Author: Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780226754888
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"The story starts with William Smith's early years, from apprentice to surveyor for hire, and from publication of his groundbreaking 1815 geological strata map to imprisonment for debt. Smith's 1799 geological map of Bath and table of strata, his first strata map of England and Wales, published in 1801, and photographs of some of Smith's collection of 2,000 fossils illustrate the tale. The remainder of the book is organized into four parts, each beginning with four sheets from Smith's hand-colored, 1815 strata map, accompanied by related geological cross sections and county maps (1819-24), and followed by sections of Sowerby's fossil illustrations (1816-19), organized by strata. Interleaved between the sections are essays by scholars that focus on the people and industries that benefited from the knowledge imparted by Smith's work. Concluding the volume are reflections on Smith's later years as an itinerant geologist and surveyor, plagiarism by a rival, receipt of the first Wollaston Medal in recognition of his achievements, and the influence of his geological mapping and biostratigraphical theories on the sciences, which culminated in the establishment of the modern geological timescale"--