Information about Sedgwick Museum Of Earth Sciences
The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, opened in 1904, is the geology museum of the University of Cambridge in England. The Sedgwick has a collection of more than 1 million rocks, minerals and fossils. The museum was built in memory of Adam Sedgwick and started with Dr John Woodward's bequest of his fossil collection in 1728 (still on display in its original cabinets).
Displays include a gallery of minerals and gemstones, rocks collected by Charles Darwin on the 'Voyage of the Beagle', dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Triassic, and fossils from the local area including a hippopotamus from the nearby Barrington gravel pits.
FOSSIL is a standard for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under the DOS operating system.
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Displays include a gallery of minerals and gemstones, rocks collected by Charles Darwin on the 'Voyage of the Beagle', dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Triassic, and fossils from the local area including a hippopotamus from the nearby Barrington gravel pits.
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Oceanic crust 0-20 Ma
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University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the world's most prestigious universities.
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Balanced Rock stands in Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs, CO]] A rock is a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids. The Earth's lithosphere is made of rock. In general rocks are of three types, namely, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
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A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition, a highly ordered atomic structure and specific physical properties.
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- For other uses of the term, see Fossil (disambiguation)
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Adam Sedgwick
Adam Sedgwick
Born March 22nd, 1785
Dent, Yorkshire
Died January 27 1873
Cambridge, England
Residence UK
Nationality British
Field Geologist
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Adam Sedgwick
Born March 22nd, 1785
Dent, Yorkshire
Died January 27 1873
Cambridge, England
Residence UK
Nationality British
Field Geologist
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John Woodward (May 1, 1665 - April 25, 1728) was an English naturalist and geologist.
Woodward was born in Derbyshire. At the age of sixteen he went to London, where he studied with Dr Peter Barwick, physician to Charles II.
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Woodward was born in Derbyshire. At the age of sixteen he went to London, where he studied with Dr Peter Barwick, physician to Charles II.
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