A Stratigraphical System of Organized Fossils : With Reference to the Specimens of the Original Geological Collection in the British Museum

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William Smith (1768–1839) was a civil engineer and canal surveyor who pioneered the concept of stratigraphy. This volume, first published in 1817, contains Smith's catalogue of his fossil collection for the British Museum. Smith catalogues the fossils according to rock strata, providing a practical demonstration of his stratigraphic system.