Showing posts with label Geological Survey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geological Survey. Show all posts
Monday, 17 June 2013

Picture relating to the career of Tom Eastwood

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BGS image ID: P832327 Tom Eastwood (1888-1970) joined the Geological Survey in 1911 and retired in 1949. The sketches of the other ge...
Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Sir Roderick Murchison's medals

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 BGS image ID: P582068 These medals were awarded to Sir Roderick Murchison (1792-1871). Having served in the army during the Napoleo...
Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Hercules and his fig leaf

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   BGS image ID: P807851 This picture shows the fig leaf that used to be part of the statue of Hercules that is now at BGS Keyw...
Monday, 18 March 2013

Act of Parliament, 1845

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 BGS image ID: P815508 This Act of Parliament was to "facilitate the completion of a Geological Survey of Great Britain and Irel...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013

The Bandits' Lair - the 'Desperadoes' of the Geological Survey of Scotland, 1885

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BGS image ID: P008715 The Bandits' Lair. The names of those desperadoes are (left to right), back row - J.B. Hill, L.W. Hinxman, J....
Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Portrait of Henry De la Beche

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BGS image ID: P718393 This portrait, on enamel, was painted by Henry Pierce   Bone (1779-1855) who was the son of noted enamel painte...
Friday, 1 March 2013

Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, first floor

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BGS image:  P640479 The Survey had a museum from as early as 1841 at Craig’s Court, London, known as the Museum of Economic Geology...