Tuesday, 30 July 2013

James Croll

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BGS image ID: P742383 James Croll was born in 1821, the son of a Perthshire stonemason and crofter. He was to suffer from ill health thr...
Friday, 12 July 2013

Letter about C B Wedd being a German spy

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BGS image ID: P842013 This letter is from W H Spaull who was a magistrate at Oswestry. He is enquiring about geologist Charles Bertie We...
Monday, 1 July 2013

Parish's Loam Work, Erith.

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BGS image ID:  P201180 Parish's Loam Work, Erith. This is the southern portion of the great pit, entered along the southern tramline...
Sunday, 30 June 2013

Oblique aerial view of Blindwells Opencast Site, Tranent, 1996.

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BGS image ID:  P001315 Oblique aerial view of Blindwells Opencast Site, Tranent, East Lothian, looking from the east-north-east. Working...
Saturday, 29 June 2013

Joseph Beete Jukes M.A., F.R.S.

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BGS image ID:   P505852 Joseph Beete Jukes 1811-1869. Born at Summerhill, near Birmingham. Studied under Sedgwick. Worked in Newfoundla...
Friday, 28 June 2013

Scottish oil shale distillates, 1905 vintage.

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BGS image ID: P528115 Samples of the different distillates and products that are produced during the processing of Scottish oil-shale. S...
Thursday, 27 June 2013

Westfield Opencast Coal Mine, 1977.

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BGS image ID: P001513 Oblique aerial view of the Westfield Opencast Coal Mine from the north-east Fife Region. Cut to extract the abnorm...
Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Ball clay manufactures, Heathfield Potteries, Newton Abbot.

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BGS image ID:  P208108 Heathfield Potteries, Newton Abbot. Bovey Tracey ball clays. Great Western Potteries, Heathfield. Pipe making. Cl...
Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Cartoon by H T De la Beche

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BGS image ID: P832328 This cartoon was drawn by Henry De la Beche and features himself. The writing at the bottom says "Opportuni...

Making grindstones, Messrs. Armitage's Quarry, Normanton

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BGS image ID:  P206950 Messrs. Armitage's Quarry, Normanton, Yorkshire. Looking NE. Middle Coal Measures. Grindstone constructed fro...