Simon Winchester

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Simon Winchester The Map That Changed the World William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology FOR HAROLD READING In days of old, old William Smith, While making a canal, Sir, Found out how the strata dipped to the east With a very gentle fall, Sir. First New Red Sand and marl a-top With Lias on its border, Then the Oolite and the Chalk so white All stratified in order. Sing, cockle-shells and oyster-banks, Sing, thunder-bolts and screw-stones, To Father Smith we owe our thanks For the history of…