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MAPS ILLUSTRATING REVOLUTIONS.
CHAP. XIV.

Fig. 40

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MAP SHOWING WHAT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS WOULD REMAIN ABOVE WATER AFTER A SUBSIDENCE OF THE AREA TO THE EXTENT OF 600 FEET.

The authorities to whom I am indebted for the information contained in this map are—for

Scotland.—A. Geikie, Esq., F.G.S. and T. F. Jamieson, Esq., of Ellon, Aberdeenshire. England.—For the counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Durham—Col. Sir Henry James, R.E.
Dorsetshire, Hampshire, and Isle of Wight—H. W. Bristow, Esq.

Gloucestershire, Somersetshire, and part of Devon—R. Etheridge, Esq.
Kent and Sussex—Frederick Drew, Esq.

Isle of Man—W. Whitaker, Esq.
Ireland.—Reduced from a contour map constructed by Lieut. Larcom, R.E., in 1837, for the Railway Commissioners.