WILLIAM SMITH : HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
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SMITH'S GEOLOGICAL ATLAS. 
On January 1st, 1819, appeared the first part of a new work by- 
Smith, entitled a " New Geological Atlas of England and Wales."* 
It contained maps of Norfolk, Kent, Wiltshire and Sussex. Part II., 
dated September 1st, 1819, contained the maps of Gloucester, Berk- 
shire, Surrey and Suffolk. Part III. was published on February 1st, 
1820, and contained maps of Oxford, Bucks., Bedford and Essex. 
Part IV., appeared in 1821, and contained a map of Yorkshire in four 
sheets. In the same year Part V. was printed, but was not published 
until 1822. It contained maps of Nottingham, Leicester, Huntingdon 
and Rutland. In 1824 Part VI. was published, with maps of Cumber- 
land, Durham, Northumberland, Westmoreland. This Atlas, another 
of Smith's incomplete works, then ceased publication, although 
Phillips records that " other parts to complete this work were left in 
a state of forwardness." 
All the county maps published contain much more information 
than was shown on Smith's large map of 1815, and indicate that 
during the intervening years he had done much to increase his know- 
ledge. 
The maps are based on Cary's county maps, and are headed, 
" By W. Smith, Mineral Surveyor." Each map measures 21J inches 
by 19J inches ; the scale varies slightly, but averages 3 miles to an 
inch. The usual footnote is added to the effect that " The numbers 
attached to the deposits of each stratum refer to the Geological 
Tables of British Organic Fossils which may be had of the Publisher, 
price Is. 6d." Occasionally there are references to the sale of " ac- 
companying sections at 5s. each." 
SMITH S-MAP OF YORKSHIRE. 
Of the Yorkshire map, in which we are principally interested. 
Prof. Judd truly says| : " This is one of the finest of Smith's works. 
* " Between the appearance of the great general map in 1815 and 
the year 1821, [ ? 1824] Mr. Smith published no less than twenty 
geological maps of English counties, often remarkable for their 
accm-acy ; and he has not desisted from preparing others, amidst 
difficulties and privations such as few men devoted to science ever 
endured," loc. cit., p. 218. Woodward, loc. cit., says 21, "with (i.e. 
including) a four -sheet map of Yorkshire."' 
t Geological Mag., 1898, p. 103. 
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