VI: Horizontal Strata Intersected by mineral veins or Lodes

Description

Geological model of carved wood, '"I: Horizontal Strata Intersected by mineral veins or Lodes", layers of strata are depicted using different colours and types of wood, originally in two parts, one part and display plinth missing, made for the Industrial Museum of Scotland, by Thomas Sopwith, Newcastle, England, 1857

Museum reference

T.1857.170.6

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Geological model

Production information

Sopwith, Thomas, 1803 - 1879, Maker
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, Northern Europe

Date

1857

Materials

Wood, Paper

Associations

Industrial Museum of Scotland

References

Sopwith, Thomas; Geological Models, (1841) pp.55 - 63