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WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS. 1817-1819. 
Between 1817 and 1819 a series of geological sections was issued, 
prepared by Smith, and published by John Cary. Of these a complete 
set is framed in the Geological Gallery at the Hull Museum ; I have a 
set, and the London Geological Society also has a set. It was princi- 
pally the cost of the publication of these which necessitated Smith 
selling his London property, and leaving for Yorkshire, after which 
he published but little. 
The first is a " Geological Table of British Organized Fossils." 
It measures 16f inches by 14 J inches (engraved surface) and is very 
similar to that published in his "Stratigraphical System of Organized 
Fossils," 1817,* see page 134 — in fact most of it is apparently from the 
same plate. The chart published independently of the volume, 
however, has much additional information upon it, inasmuch as each 
of the beds is numbered (1 to 34) and a key is given showing exactly 
which beds occur in each county. This occurs below the bottom 
border of the chart, and takes the place of the advertisement of 
his large map, etc., which appears in the earlier issue. On the 
later chart the wording is : — " The figures of Reference to the Colours 
and Names show what Strata are found in each County — thus to find 
the Strata and Products of Norfolk look to the corresponding figures 
above, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, & 11." In this way particulars of the 
beds, etc., occurring in forty counties are given, and also similar 
information for " North Wales " and " South Wales." At the bottom 
is the imprint : " Sold by John Cary, 181 Strand, London." 
The following is the list, and it clearly shows the extent of Smith's 
knowledge of the different strata represented in each county : — 
Bedfordshire, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16. 
Berks., 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 
Buckingham, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18. 
Cambridge, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 
Cheshire, 28, 30. 
Cornwall, 33, 34. 
♦Prof. Judd places the date of this Section as 1815, the same 
year as the large Map. The copy in the Geological Society's Library, at 
any rate, and that in the Hull Museum, must be later than that appear- 
ing in the Volumes for 1817, as it they contain additional figures, etc., 
on the plate. These could not have been erased in the 1817 Volume. 
