Catalogued

Geological cross-section

Made by

John Strachey (earliest known); developed by William Smith

Year

1719

Field

Earth science and hydrology

Kind

Concept diagram

Room

Places — Placed by reading its description, not yet studied

121 other forms share this skeleton

Source

Strachey 1719, A curious description of the strata observ'd in the coal-mines of Mendip, Philosophical Transactions 30

Attribution less certain: contested, or no single inventor recorded

Searches, not citations

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