Abstract
We are anxious to trace the whereabouts of any of the geological models, maps and pamphlets produced by Elias Hall. He was born at Castleton in 1764 and is mentioned by John Farey in his 'General View of the Agriculture of Derbyshire 1811 p xx as "Elias Hall, Fossilist of Castleton, near Tideswell. Mineral Collector and Models of Strata", and more specifically in the Introduction to Vol. 2, pp. x-xi with reference to the geological models of Derbyshire he was then constructing. Farey elsewhere speaks of him as a true pioneer in Derbyshire geology "a plain unlettered individual", and he received considerable encouragement from Farey, who was much...
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