Sopwith's geological models: Fid-Bau Portal

Fachinformationsdienst BAUdigital

A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism

Sopwith's geological models

Susan, Turner / Dearman, W. R.

Summary Thomas Sopwith (1803–1879) of Newastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, was engineer and mineral surveyor in the coal mines of Newcastle and the lead mines of Alston Moor, County Durham. Self taught in geology and engraving, and with family connections in cabinet making, he designed and had made in the family workshops a series of small wooden models illustrating the simple geological structures which confronted the coal and lead miners underground. The models, and the drawings accompanying them, must be regarded as one of the earliest attempts at explaining simple geological structures in three-dimensions for the mining and civil engineer. As such, they have an important place in the early history of engineering geological mapping.

Access

Check availability in my library

Order at Subito €

Page navigation

Document information

Export, share and cite

Sopwith's geological models

Susan, Turner / Dearman, W. R.

Summary Thomas Sopwith (1803–1879) of Newastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, was engineer and mineral surveyor in the coal mines of Newcastle and the lead mines of Alston Moor, County Durham. Self taught in geology and engraving, and with family connections in cabinet making, he designed and had made in the family workshops a series of small wooden models illustrating the simple geological structures which confronted the coal and lead miners underground. The models, and the drawings accompanying them, must be regarded as one of the earliest attempts at explaining simple geological structures in three-dimensions for the mining and civil engineer. As such, they have an important place in the early history of engineering geological mapping.

Sopwith's geological models

Susan, Turner / Dearman, W. R.

Summary Thomas Sopwith (1803–1879) of Newastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, was engineer and mineral surveyor in the coal mines of Newcastle and the lead mines of Alston Moor, County Durham. Self taught in geology and engraving, and with family connections in cabinet making, he designed and had made in the family workshops a series of small wooden models illustrating the simple geological structures which confronted the coal and lead miners underground. The models, and the drawings accompanying them, must be regarded as one of the earliest attempts at explaining simple geological structures in three-dimensions for the mining and civil engineer. As such, they have an important place in the early history of engineering geological mapping.

Access

Check availability in my library

Order at Subito €

Page navigation

Document information

Export, share and cite

Document information

Title:

Sopwith's geological models

Contributors:

Susan, Turner (author) / Dearman, W. R. (author)

Published in:

Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology - Bulletin de l'Association Internationale de Géologie de l'Ingénieur ; 19

Publication date:

1979

ISSN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02600498

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

Keywords:

Tlcl , Mining District , Engineering Geological Mapping , Coal Seam , Mineral Vein

Classification:

BKL: 38.58 Geomechanik / 56.20 Ingenieurgeologie, Bodenmechanik
Local classification TIB: 050/6545

Similar titles

Sopwith's geological models

Susan, Turner / Dearman, W. R. | Online Contents | 1979

The early history of geological models

Turner, Susan / Dearman, W. R. | Online Contents | 1980

The early history of geological models

Turner, Susan / Dearman, W. R. | Online Contents | 1980

Engineering geological models: an introduction: IAEG commission 25

Parry, S. / Baynes, F. J. / Culshaw, M. G. et al. | Online Contents | 2014

FRONTIER EXPLORATION Testing Falkland's geological models - Consortia begin testing frontier geological models; South Atlantic rig rotation will avoid efforts duplication.

Online Contents | 1998