Lost & Found: 60. Sopwith, Thomas (1803-1879)

1979; Volume: 2; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.55468/gc1108

ISSN

0144-5294

Autores

Susan Turner,

Tópico(s)

History of Science and Natural History

Resumo

I would like to ask for information on the whereabouts of any geological models made by Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879), as listed in his book of 1841 "Description of a series of Geological Models illustrating the nature and stratification, valleys of denudation, coal seams in the Newcastle coal field, faults or dislocations of the strata, intersection of mineral veins etc,". We have in Newcastle a large collection, and I know of others in the Geological Museum of London and at Glasgow. Some were also illustrated in Charles Lyell's books. "Photograph of a Thomas Sopwith wooden model entitled "Surface denudation of mineral veins". The models were designed and made by Sopwith...

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