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Sopwith Models: denudation & faultingModels showing the effect of denudation and faulting on how rock strata appear at the surface. Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879)
Sopwith Model VII: Denudation of mineral veinsThis model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen
Sopwith Model XII: Mineral vein denudationThis model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on inclined strata, with increased complexity to the situation in Model VII
Sopwith Model VIII: Overcutting of strataThis model shows overcut strata: when the layers of rock are inclined at a gentler angle than the eroded slope, the resulting vee pattern points uphill
Sopwith Model X: Denuded basset of strataThis model shows undercut strata: when the layers of rock are inclined at a steeper angle than the eroded slope, the resulting vee pattern points downhill
Sopwith Model III: Dislocation of strataThis model represents the side of a valley of denudation, with undisturbed horizontal beds of sedimentary rock when fully assembled
Sopwith Model I: Stratified rocks / denudationBlack lines in this model represent coal seams, between lighter shales and sandstones. When separated the lower section shows a gently inclined valley floor
Snow beds in the Th lonok Valley, HimalayasLithograph from Himalayan Journals by Joseph Dalton Hooker
The natural arches of Icononzo, BoliviaEngraving of a sketch by Alexander Humboldt, 1810, of the natural geological formations that provide a crossing for the deep canyon Date: 1810
Tequendama Falls, ColombiaEngraving of a sketch by Alexander Humboldt, 1810 Date: 1810
The AvalanchePlate 20 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated withdesigns by Joseph Wolf, London 1874. Date: 1874
Pygmy elephant tooth shown here next to one of normal size. Discovered around 1901 by Dorothea Bate (1878 - 1951)
Coquimbo, ChileIllustration (p.366) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Raised beaches, PatagonisIllustration (p.182) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Bridge of the Incas, Uspallata PassIllustration (p.357) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
St HelenaIllustration (p.517) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Berkeley Sound, Falkland islandsIllustration (p.214) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Skin from a Ground slothThis rare sloth skin, one of the best examples of its kind, was found in a cave in Chile in the early 1900 s
Eimeo and barrier reefIllustration (p.432) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Chalcostigma stanleyi vulcani, blue-mantled thornbill
Dermacentor andersoni, Rocky Mountain wood tickThis armoured tick species, the Rocky mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) is capable of causing paralysis
Moschus chrysogaster, alpine musk deerPlate 191 from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
Montane rainforest canopy, Sri LankaView of montane rainforest canopy, The Peak Wilderness between Balangoda and Bogowantalawa, Sri Lanka
Lepus timidus hibernicus and Lepus timidus scoticusSkins of Irish mountain hare and Scottish mountain hare. Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Adams Peak, Sri LankaA view of Adams Peak from the Nuwara Eliya area, Sri Lanka
Stercorarius skua, great skuaPlate 78 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Buteo lagopus, rough-legged buzzardPlate 7 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
The Tower of Pelee, looking NorthThe breaking clouds and vapors uncovering the giant obelisk. Photograph taken June 13, 1902. Figure XXXII in Heilprin, A. (1908)
Mammuthus trogontherii, steppe mammothCranium and tusks of this Pleistocene steppe mammoth found at Ilford, Essex, England on display at the Natural History Museum, London
The Piltdown (Skull) Gravel PitThe site where the Pitdown specimens were claimed to have been discovered (1912-1915). Photograph believed to have been taken during the winter of 1913
Sterna caspia, Caspian ternPlate 68 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
The Tower of Pelee, looking West-SouthwestView impressively showing the core-like extrusion from the cone of dome. Photograph taken June 13, 1903. Figure XXXIV in Heilprin, A
Geological timescaleA diagram showing geological time on earth as expressed in a spiral starting with earth in a molten state and progressing through deserts to the rise of mountain ranges and volcanoes
Drepanis pacifica, Hawaii mamoFf. 27, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)
Ursus speleaus, great cave bearFig. 28 from A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, by Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), published in 12 parts, 1844-1846
Columba livia, rock dovePlate 3 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, red-billed choughPlate 62 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Turdus ulietensis (Turdus badius), bay thrush. Also known asFf. 146. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus badius and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Morus bassanus, gannetPlate 54 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Jezirat Halaniya, OmanJezirat Halaniya in the Kuria Muria Islands, the island group off the southeast coast of Oman. Photograph held in the John Murray Collection, the Natural History Museum, London. Z MSS SEW A74
Through the Forest to the Palta LakePage 209 from Journey Across South America Vol.2, 1873 by P. Marcoy
Tea fields, Sri Lanka
Adams Peak ridge, Sri LankaThe Adams Peak ridge from Gilimale, north of Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Sri LankaView from Wildlife Heritage Trust Station at Agrapatana, Sri Lanka
Riverston, Sri LankaView looking east from the Laggala Illukkumbura road at Riverston, Sri Lanka
Cochineal Plantation, Tenerife 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Lepus timidus, Arctic harePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
