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Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton

Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton

William Smith was the first man to realise that rock strata extended right across the country – that fossils found in Dorset were the same as those in Yorkshire because the rocks were of the same age. In 1797, he drew up a list of twenty-eight rock strata beneath the...
Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton

Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton

William Smith was the first man to realise that rock strata extended right across the country – that fossils found in Dorset were the same as those in Yorkshire because the rocks were of the same age. In 1797, he drew up a list of twenty-eight rock strata beneath the...
Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton

Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton

William Smith was the first man to realise that rock strata extended right across the country – that fossils found in Dorset were the same as those in Yorkshire because the rocks were of the same age. In 1797, he drew up a list of twenty-eight rock strata beneath the...

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  • - Field Meeting: Malvern Rocks: geology in a Victorian health resort
  • Apr 2022 - A.C. Ramsay: insights into mid-19th century geology from his papers
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    Past Meetings

  • Nov 2021 - The ‘Discovery’ of the Silurian: following in the footsteps of Murchison.
  • Jul 2021 - Geological drugs and prophylactics – discovering how knowledge of geology was used in the past to prevent disease and protect against ailments
  • Oct 2021 - The history of petroleum exploration: evolving technologies based on a handful of underlying principles.
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