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item:-
Armitt Library :
A1818
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Geological map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the
English Lakes and adjoining country Geologically Coloured,
scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Ruthven, Kendal,
engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett,
Windermere, Westmorland and by E Stanford, 6 Charing Cross,
London, about 1855.
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map feature:-
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card cover & mounted & folded (4x3) & north
point & up is N & scale line & lat and long
scales (rectangular projection, W from Greenwich) & sea
plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes &
relief & hill hachuring & forests & county &
settlements & roads & railways & canals &
geology & stratigraphical column & geological
section & descriptive text (in pocket of cover)
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inscription:-
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printed upper right
MAP / OF THE / ENGLISH LAKES / AND ADJOINING COUNTRY /
GEOLOGICALLY COLOURED / BY / JOHN RUTHVEN / OF KENDAL. /
1855.
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inscription:-
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printed bottom left, right, centre
Engd. by W. Banks. Edinburgh. / Entered at Stationer's
Hall. / PUBLISHED BY JOHN GARNETT, WINDERMERE, AND E.
STANFORD, 6 CHARING CROSS, LONDON.
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inscription:-
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printed: above scale line Scale of Miles
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scale line:-
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5 miles = 35.6 mm
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map type:-
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Ruthven 1855 (Cum/Geology)
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wxh, cover:-
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14x20.5cm
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wxh, sheet:-
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53.5x57cm
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wxh, map:-
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427x455mm
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scale:-
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1 to 230000 ? (1 to 226031 from scale line)
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General notes
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Geological Map of the Lake District, scale about 3.5
miles to 1 inch, by John Ruthven, Kendal, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1855.
The topographical base map is engraved by William Banks,
Edinburgh, Lothian.
There is an accompanying description:- Description of the
Geological Map of the Lake District to which is added A List
of the Fossils and the Locations where found.
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email:- JandMN@norgate.freeserve.co.uk