Publications
An Estuarine Mollusc from Bishopstone Village, by Ed Jarzembowski, published 1988 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 126, archaeological note, p.229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10371] & The Keep [LIB/500303] & S.A.S. library
Fossil dragonflies in Horsham Museum, by E. A. Jarzembowski, published 1994 in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association London (no. 105 issue 1, article, pp.71-75) View Online
Abstract:The family Petaluridae (Odonata: Anisoptera) is reported for the first time in the English Wealden from a new insect locality (Rudgwick Brickworks) and two new species, Libellulium zdrzaleki and Libellulium standingae spp. nov., are described.
Later Prehistoric Flintwork from Valley Dip, Seaford, East Sussex, by Christopher Butler and Ed Jarzembowski, published 1996 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 134, shorter article, pp.219-224) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13390] & The Keep [LIB/500296] & S.A.S. library
The Wreck of the Fairfax: A fifth foreshore wreck below the Seven Sisters, by E & B Jarzembowski, published April 2012 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 126, article, p.8, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/500475] & S.A.S. library View Online
Preview:At 6am on Thursday 10th February 1881, a leaking, three-masted steam screw ship called the Fairfax ploughed across the flint and chalk platform near the then Crowlink coastguard station. Made of iron and weighing 930 tons, she slid to a halt with the bowsprit just yards from the cliff face. Fortunately, the tide was falling and help was at hand from the nearby station. All aboard were rescued without serious injury, despite a perilous assembly on a chalk boulder. The shipwreck briefly became an Eastbourne tourist attraction before being sold off at auction on the 18th February. After the March inquest in London (maritime procedures moved fast then), the Fairfax was all but forgotten - until a rusty rib was spotted on an equinoctial tide in 2007, during an unsuccessful hunt for fossil reptiles.
A Lost Early WW1 Firing Range: Were controversial bullets fired at Newhaven?, by Ed & Biddy Jarzembowski, published April 2014 in Sussex Past & Present (no. 132, article, p.9, ISSN: 1357-7417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507923] & S.A.S. library View Online
Preview:Ever wondered why musket balls are round but rifle bullets are pointed? The answer is partly ballistic because technology advanced at an unprecedented rate in Victorian times, from the Brown Bess musket to the Lee-Enfield rifle in less than half a century. The answer is, however, also partly medical, as a pointed bullet is more likely to slice through flesh and bone, in contrast to a musket ball which smashed its way resulting in more damage and limb amputations. The typical twentieth century rifle bullet (the .303 Mk VII to give its technical name) appeared in 1910, replacing the older 'round nosed' 303, starting with front-line troops. Nevertheless, there was one infamous throwback in the adoption of the pointed bullet - the dum-dum developed in British India. The tip of the latter expanded on impact, but was banned internationally in 1899 under the Hague Convention.