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Sopwith Model VII: Surface denudationThis 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 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 V: Dislocations of coal strataThis model shows that while very little coal may appear at ground level, coal seams (subject to faults and dislocations) can be found below the ground
Sopwith Model IV: Fallacious coal indicationsThis model depicts the scenario where from the surface an abundance of coal appears to exist, but there is actually very little quantity below
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
Sopwith Model II: Coal strata nr NewcastleUnlike the models of generic situations this representation of coal strata was specific to a particular surveyed location in England showing several thin, and mostly hidden, coal seams
Cover of Thomas Sopwiths Geological Model SetThomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist and civil engineer who pioneered methods of representing geological features
Prosqualodon davidi, skull castCast of the cranium of Prosqualodon davidi from the early Miocene of Tasmania, Australia (original skull no longer exists)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus1904 Colonsay specimen of Coccyzus americanus, held at the Natural History Museum at Tring Date: 1904
Tawny Rajah, Charaxes psaphonGeorge De Alwis (Dates unknown) Tawny Rajah (Charaxes psaphon), Westwood, c. 1874-1878. Watercolour on paper, 255 x 168 mm. Date: 1874
Cardinal Pandoriana pandora lilicina, (dorsal)Pandoriana pandora lilicina (type specimen ), captured on May 31st, 1911 by Georges Durand, in the village of Olonne. Date: 1911
Alexandrite crystalsA cluster of the gemstone alexandrite trillings, or twinned crystals. This gemstone was named after the Russian Tsar Alexander II. It can appear in both red or green
Launton MeteoriteThe Launton meteorite fell on 15 February 1830 at approximately 7.30pm, Launton village in Oxfordshire. The meteorite is of the most common type of stony meteorite, known as an ordinary chondrite
Wold Cottage meteorite (detail)The earliest surviving meteorite seen to land in the UK fell in Wold Cottage, Yorkshire, in 1795. It prompted the first serious investigation into the origin of meteorites
Wold Cottage meteoriteThe earliest surviving meteorite seen to land in the UK fell in Wold Cottage, Yorkshire, in 1795. It prompted the first serious investigation into the origin of meteorites
Charles Darwins pigeonsThe original label on a pigeon specimen given to the Museum by Charles Darwin
Dodo skeleton, Raphus cucullatusThe dodo is an icon of extinction, one of the first widely acknowledged cases of a species being wiped out by humans. There are so few complete dodo skeletons that we may never know exactly what they
Lacandonia schismaticaA member of the Triuridaceae, a family of saprophytes. Found only in the Lacandon rainforest in southeast Mexico
Wallaces Orang UtanPongo pygmaeus, bornean orangutan specimen. An Alfred Russel Wallace specimen
Ad鬩e penguin, Pygoscelis adeliaeAd鬩 e penguin specimen collected during Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition, by expedition surgeon Murray Levick
Pogonophryne scottiFish specimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological
