II: Newcastle Coal Seams

Description

Geological model of carved wood, "II: Newcastle Coal Seams", layers of strata are depicted using different colours and types of wood, originally in two parts, one part missing, mounted on wooden display plinth, made for the Industrial Museum of Scotland, by Thomas Sopwith, Newcastle, England, 1857

Museum reference

T.1857.170.2

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, Metal

Associations

Industrial Museum of Scotland

References

Sopwith, Thomas; Geological Models, (1841) pp.28 - 36