Geoff
Have you seen this
The Origins of Stratigraphy 1419-1807 More like this...
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A Historical Guidebook to the Early Days of Stratigraphical Geology
/Fuller, John/
/Greensmith, J.T.
Geological Asociation 2004
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Geoff Carver wrote:
>the usual apologies for cross-posting
>after about 4 months waiting, inter-library loans have just informed me that they cannot get me a copy of william smith's "A memoir to the map and delineation of the strata of England and Wales" of 1817
>this is not the map itself (the one simon winchester wrote about) but an explanation of how it was drawn, etc., and is said to include a comment to the effect that smith wanted to be able to organise his fossils the way antiquaries could order their coins...
>does anyone have access to a copy of this? that they could copy/scan?
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