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Smith (CHARLES HAMILTON) [1776-1859] 



Smith's original MS. on "Horses, the Equidas or genus Equus of 

 authors," illustrated with 100 water-colour drawings, is preserved in the 

 Museum (Z). It formed the basis for the volume in the " Naturalists' 

 Library." 



Smith (CHRISTOPHER) [ -1806 ?] 



183 original water-colour drawings of Plants from the Straits Settle- 

 ments by 0. Smith, Superintendent, Botanic Gardens, Moluccas, were 

 acquired' in 1885 (B). 



Smith (EDWIN DALTON) [fl. 1823-1832] 



56 original water-colour drawings by E. D. Smith for the illustrations 

 to E. Sweet's " Flora Australasica " are preserved in the Museum (B). 



Smith (WILLIAM) [1769-1839] 



Of the few but valuable maps, or their facsimiles, and memoirs by 

 W. Smith, "The Father of English Geology," the Museum possesses 

 (G):~ 



1. " Observations on ... Water Meadows . . . with an account of 

 Prisley Bog," 1H06. 



2. Photograph of the original MS., in the possession of the Geological 

 Society, of a Table of the " Order of Strata and their embedded Organic 

 remains, in the vicinity of Bath, examined and proved prior to 1799." 

 This was dictated by Smith and written down by the Rev. Benjamin 

 Richardson at the house of the Rev. J. Townsend in 1799. It was revised 

 and printed in the "Memoir to the Map" in 1815. This facsimile was 

 presented to the Museum in 1897 by Prof. J. W. Judd. 



3. A coloured photographic reproduction of " A map of five miles 

 round the City of Bath, on a scale of one inch and half to a mile . . . 

 1799," geologically coloured the same year by W. Smith, of which the 

 original is in the possession of the Geological Society, presented in 1897 

 by Prof. J. W. Judd. 



4. A coloured photographic reproduction of the "General Map of 

 Strata found in England and Wales . . . 1801 " [Scale 1 in. = 37 m. 

 about], taken from the original in the possession of the Geological Society, 

 presented in 1897 by Prof. J. W. Judd. 



5. A geological map begun in 1812 and completed in 1815 entitled, 

 " A delineation of the Strata of England and Wales with part of Scotland " 

 [Scale 1 in. = 5 m.], presented in 1880 by Mr. (afterwards Sir) A. W. 

 Franks. 



6. " A Memoir to the Map," etc., 1815. 



7. " A new Geological Atlas of England and Wales " [Scales from If 

 to 3 m. = 1 in.], Pt. i.-iii. and vi. [Besides Pt. iv. and v. the maps of 

 Wilts, Cumberland and Westmoreland are wanting.] Purchased 1889. 



8. " Strata identified by Organized Fossils," 1816. 



9. " Stratigraphical System of Organized Fossils," 1817. 



10. Six coloured geological views and sections across various parts 

 of England and Wales, 1817-19, formerly in the library of Smith's 

 nephew, J. Phillips (afterwards Professor of Geology at Oxford), pre- 

 sented by W. Topley in 1887. 



11. A new Geological Map of England and Wales" [Scale 1 in. = 

 15 m.], 1827. Presented, in 1884, by W. Carruthers, who notes that it is 

 identical with editions dated 1820 and 1828. 



12. " Synopsis of Geological Phenomena," 1832. 



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