| RefNo | AP/52/6 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the extension of the coal-fields of England beneath the newer formations; and the successive physical changes whereby they have been reduced to their present dimensions' by Edward Hull |
| Date | 1870 |
| Description | Hul shows that the coal measures were originally distributed over large tracts of England, to the north and to the south of a central ridge or barrier of Old Silurian and Cambrian rocks, which stretched across the country from North Wales and Shropshire into the Eastern Counties, skirting the southern margin of the South Staffordshire coal field. This barrier, or ridge, was a land-surface till the close of the Carboniferous period.
Annotations in ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives Mar 2/71'. Includes three maps of England and Wales showing the distribution of coal mines.
Subject: Geology
Received 30 November 1870. Read 22 December 1870.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 19 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the extension of the coal-fields beneath the newer formations of England; and the succession of physical changes whereby the coal-measures have been reduced to their present dimensions'. |
| Extent | 23p |
| Format | Map |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1870.0025 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/7/104 |
| RR/7/105 |
| RR/7/106 |
| RR/7/107 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6845 | Hull; Edward (1829 - 1917); geologist | 1829 - 1917 |