Ref NoLDGSL/78/3/2
TitleWatercolours of fracturing of veins in limestone
Date1811
LevelFile
Extent3 ms sheets
FormatMap/section
DescriptionThree watercolour drawings showing the fracturing of veins in limestone, by John MACCULLOCH, 1811. Drawings 1 and 2 are of a millstone, showing the different parts of the fractured veins; drawings three and four are of two sections of a cliff, showing the vein in situ before and after the limestone has fractured and slid.
Administrative HistoryBetween 1809-1813, John MacCulloch was tasked in locating a British source of silica-free limestone for gunpowder millwheels, after the preferred Belgian limestone was unavailable due to the Napoleonic Wars. He conducted geological surveys in Wessex, Wales, and Scotland, eventually locating suitable stone in Skye and Sutherland.
ProvenancePresented to the Society by John MacCulloch, 1812.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteAccompanying paper read before the Society, 15 November 1812 and published as: MacCulloch, J. "On a Shifted Vein occurring in Limestone", 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London', series 1, vol 4 (1817) pp393-397. Images published on plate 26.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameMACCULLOCH | John | 1773-1835 | surgeon and geologist 
SubjectVeins
Mining sections
TermLimestone
Previous referenceLDGSL 87
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/30MACCULLOCH; John (1773-1835); surgeon and geologist1773-1835
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