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Title
A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales with part of Scotland exhibiting the Collieries and Mines, the Marshes and Fen Lands originally overflowed by the Sea and the varieties of soil according to the variations of the Substrata, illustrated by the most descriptive names
Description
A high resolution scan of William Smith's pioneering geological map of Britain.
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Explanation
London Clay of Harrow, Highgate and Shooters Hills
Clay and Brickearth, with some Sand and Gravel
Sand and light Loam
Chalk
Green Sand, parallel to the Chalk
Blue Marl, or Oaktree Soil
Purbeck Stone, Kentish Rag, and Limestone of the Vale of Pickering
Iron Sand or Carstone
Clunch Clay and Shale, Vales of North Wilts and Bedford
Cornbrash Limestone
Forest Marble and Clay
Great Oolyte, or Barth Freestone
Under Oolyte
Blue Marl Pastures of the Midland Counties
Blue and White Lias Limestones
Red Marl, Millstone and Brecciated Limestone
Magnesian Limestone
Coalmeasures.....Penant paving Grindstones and Millstones
The Coal
resting on Sandtone
Derbyshire Limestone
Red and Dunstone Breccon and the Southe Eastern Part of Scotland
various alternations of Hardstone, Limestone and Slate
Killas and Slate of Cornwall, Devon, Wales, Westmoreland, and Scotland
Granit, Sienite and Gniess
Canals marked by strong lines thus
Tunnels
Rail Roads
Other Roads
Collieries
Lead Mines
Copper Dep
Tin Dep
Salt and
Alum Works
The Figures shew the Altitude in Feet above the Level of the Sea
Salt Works in the Redland of Cheshire, ......Shirlywich near
Stafford and Droitwich near Worcester

Alum Works,.....North York Moors
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Creator
William Smith
 Geotemporal data
Date depicted
Map location England, Wales, part of Ireland, Scotland and France
Map type Geological Map
Spatial reference system Unknown
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Bounding box
N: 56.7707704°N
W: 7.2587261°W E: 2.9290337°E
S: 48.7728325°N
Georeferencing View the georeferenced map in the Wikimaps Warper
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Language English
 Archival data
Template:Yorkshire Museum
Accession number
YORYM : 2004.25
Dimensions height: 260 cm (102.3 in); width: 184 cm (72.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,260U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,184U174728
Medium Printed on Paper
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