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Description: | 5, 4, N (stamped into the upper part of the model). DES SOPWITH,Thomas,F.G.S. 1841 23, Royal Arcade, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England. MANU John Sopwith. 1841 Grey Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England. ISSU J. Tennant. circa 1850 149, Strand, London, England. This is part of one of a series of originally twelve geological models designed by Thomas Sopwith and supplied as a boxed set. The first six were selected by Buckland, the rest by Buckland, Murchison, Lyell and De la Beche from a total of 36 models. The first six were intended "To present an elementary view of several phenomena which merit the attention of the general student in geology". The remaining six were intended "To exhibit in a clearer manner than has usually been accomplished by plans and drawings, the nature of several features, a knowl;edge of which is of importance to the owners and surveyors of mineral property". This is part of model III of the series and depicts "Dislocation of strata in carboniferous rocks". Originally the model was in four pieces cut from a single block made of about 13 laminae of different coloured woods. This remaining lower part of the model consisted ten of about laminae of different coloured woods. This represents the side of a valley of denudation at Cross Fell.The set was produced with an accompanying explanatory book at a cost of £5 in 1841. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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