Monday, 20 October 2014

English churches - building stones

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BGS Image ID:  P209976 Drewsteignton village square, Devon. Looking east. Drewsteignton village is sited high on the northern edge of D...
Tuesday, 7 October 2014

BGS maps portal — maps and sections 1832 to 2014

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Sheet 10  [Isle of Wight, Lyrnington, part of Portsmouth Harbour.] Geological Survey of England and Wales Old Series. 1:63,360. 1856. T...
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 ...