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II.—William Smith's Manuscript Maps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. W. Judd
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It is well known to all students of the history of geology that, although the date of publication of William Smith's “Map of the Strata of England and Wales” was the year 1815, yet even before the commencement of the present century the “Father of English Geology” had not only established the principle that strata can be identified by their organic remains, but had actually applied that important principle in the construction of a number of geological sections and maps. Conclusive documentary evidence of the truth of this statement is fortunately in the possession of the Geological Society.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 4 , Issue 10 , October 1897, pp. 439 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1897

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page 440 note 1 The Edinburgh Review, February, 1818; the London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine, vol. i, pp. 147–60, 268–75, 442–50; and vol. ii, pp. 37–57, (1832–1833).Google Scholar

page 440 note 2 Proceedings of the Geological Society(1831), pp. 270–80.Google Scholar

page 440 note 3 Memoirs of William Smith, Author of “The Map of the Strata of England and Wales,” 1844.Google Scholar

page 442 note 1 According to a written statement of William Smith, published by Fitton, a copy of the document was, at the time it was drawn up, given to William James, Esq.

page 442 note 2 Proc. Geol. Soc., vol. i (1831), p. 276.Google Scholar

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