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- 23:47, 16 March 2026 Czechoslovak Republic: Post-Cards - index, GA 'Carreck Archive' (hist | edit) [6,958 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0001 Item 1] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0002 Item 2] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0003 Item 3] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0004 Item 4] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0005 Item 5] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA047_0006 Item 6] [https://larg...")
- 23:40, 16 March 2026 Sun Album. Geological ABC of North Cornwall - index, GA 'Carreck Archive' (hist | edit) [4,878 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Pages== [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0001 Image 1] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0002 Image 2] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0003 Image 3] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0004 Image 4] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0005 Image 5] [https://largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/seadragon/geolsoc.html?id=GA153_0006 Image...")
- 10:43, 25 February 2026 Bob Payne Collection - GA 'Carreck Archive' (hist | edit) [4,797 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "= Bob Payne Collection - GA 'Carreck Archive' = Obituary (from magazine of the Geologists' Association Volume 13 No. 4 December 2014.) Robert (Bob) Payne May 1929 – August 2014 Bob was born in North London and started work in 1943 in the building & construction industry, progressing to senior site management on contracts all over the London area and Scotland. He had spells working abroad, in Khartoum, Gibraltar, Kuwait, Muscat and Bahrain. On retiring in 1992, havi...")
- 19:09, 20 December 2025 Industrial Museum of Scotland Sub-Collection at the British Geological Survey (hist | edit) [3,049 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Contents based on a poster by William Adams | Geoscience Collections Manager | wadam@bgs.ac.uk''' == Background == The Industrial Museum of Scotland (IMS) was founded in 1854 and reflected the impetus of Victorian ideals of education, with a focus on displaying the power of the British Empire and research into the exploitation of the world's natural resources for economic growth. The museum was renamed in 1866 as the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, situated on...")
- 18:43, 20 December 2025 Industrial Museum of Scotland (hist | edit) [2,129 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Industrial Museum of Scotland was founded in 1854, it became the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art in 1866, the Royal Museum of Scotland in 1904 and then in a merger with others became the National Museum of Scotland. While never part of the Geological Survey it housed Survey collections since the Industrial Museum of Scotland days. [https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/history-of-the-national-museum-of-scotland History of the museum] History of the British Geo...")
- 15:54, 20 December 2025 Museum of Practical Geology (hist | edit) [19,193 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with " A series of photos can be found on [https://bgs.assetbank.app/assetbank-bgs/action/browseItems?categoryId=1679&categoryTypeId=1&cachedCriteria=1 Geoscenic] == Extract from: Bailey, E.B. Geological Survey of Great Britain, London T. Murby, 1952. == The quarters at Craig's Court soon proved too cramped for the staff and exhibits marshalled by De la Beche. Moreover, in 1839 the Treasury had sanctioned a proposal for lectures on the practical applications of geology, and...")
- 15:12, 20 December 2025 Museum of Economic Geology (hist | edit) [9,211 bytes] Scotfot (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumbnail|Museum of Economic Geology. Wood engraving from Illustrated london News 8th April 1848, showing the exterior. == Extract from: Bailey, E.B. Geological Survey of Great Britain, London T. Murby, 1952. == Having successfully launched his scheme for a geological survey of the kingdom, De la Beche proceeded to point out to the Chancellor of the Exchequer the advantages that would accrue to the country from possession of a museum for display of...")
