Coastal strata in Sussex
Date
1818-1822
Creator
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790 - 1852, British) , Geologist
Object type
Library reference
RCN54380
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 308mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three geological sections through chalk cliffs at Brighton and Falmer in Sussex, England. Figure 1: ‘Vertical Section of the Cliff at Brighton.’ Figure 2: ‘Strata East of Brighton’. Figure 3: ‘Fissures in Chalk, near Falmer.’
Plate 4 from the book The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell (London, Lupton Relfe, 1822).
Inscribed above ‘Tab IV’. Inscribed below: ‘Gideon Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 4 from the book The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell (London, Lupton Relfe, 1822).
Inscribed above ‘Tab IV’. Inscribed below: ‘Gideon Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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