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Description: | IV (stamped into the lower 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 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 model IV of the series and depicts "Surface indications of coal". It is in two pieces cut from a single block made of twenty three laminae of different coloured woods. The inclined slice through the model shows that dislocations in coal seams by faulting can reduce the availability of mineable coal, dug from an adit, by as much as a factor of four. 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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