Thursday, 18 September 2014

Franklin's Ships: Records from HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

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‘Term day books’ from HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1840-1842, containing both magnetic and meteorological observations. Sir John Fran...
Monday, 8 September 2014

Forth Road Bridge construction. 50th Anniversary

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BGS image ID:  P537923 A main lift. Images from the Hugh O'Neill collection of the construction of the Forth Road Bridge. BGS im...
Monday, 25 August 2014

Haematite vein from Eas an Fholaich, near Loch Eilt, west of Fort William

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BGS Imager ID: P527666 Part of a haematite vein from Eas an Fholaich, near Loch Eilt, west of Fort William, Invernessshire.  British Ge...
Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Mining subsidence in Ferniehill, Edinburgh, 2000

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BGS Image ID: P100363 Ferniehill, Gilmerton, Edinburgh. Limestone mine subsidence event, November 9th 2000 to March 2001; 'Tumbledow...
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Saturday, 2 August 2014

William Smith, Geological section from London to Snowdon, 1819

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William Smith: Geological section from London to Snowdon showing the varieties of the strata and the correct altitudes of the hills. Publ...
Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Letter from Admiralty to Geological Museum, 1917

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BGS Archive Ref: GSM/DR/St/A/20   This letter relates to materials suitable for making compasses for aeroplanes. Such compasses would ...
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Sunday, 20 July 2014

Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, Middle Jurassic limestone

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BGS Image ID: P212039 Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Looking north-east.  Malmesbury Abbey was constructed in the 12th cent...
Monday, 30 June 2014

PLUMBUM Galaena. Sulphure of Lead; Galena. Plate no. 24. From: Sowerby, James. 1802-1817. British Mineralogy

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BGS Image ID: P704650 PLUMBUM Galaena. Sulphure of Lead; Galena. Plate no. 24. From: Sowerby, James. 1802-1817. British Mineralogy: Or ...
Sunday, 22 June 2014

Settle Lime, November 1960. The new Priest kilns.

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BGS Image ID: P538126 Settle Lime, Nov 1960, north of Settle, Ingleborough, Horton and Threshfield. The new kilns. Priest kilns. From ...
Sunday, 15 June 2014

Crossing water, E.O. Teale Collection

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BGS Image ID: P776556 Crossing a river by bridge,  Mbeya, Tanganyika Territory, 1928. BGS Image ID:  P776485 Crossing a river b...