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Commemorative letter from the Scottish Geographical Society to the Geological Society of London, 1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/10/5
Scope and Contents
2 copies of commemorative letter from the Scottish Geographical Society to the Geological Society of London on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the latter.
Dates:
1907
Invitation to James Geikie from the Royal Society, 1911
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/10/7
Scope and Contents
Inivitation to James Geikie to attend the 250th anniversary celebrations of the receipt by the society of its royal charter in July 1662.
Dates:
1911
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Keene enclosing Major Richard Woodfield Fuller's report on zebrules used in Indian mountain artillery, 24 October 1905
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/11/39
Scope and Contents
Keene provides a summary of the reports, which conclude that the campaign in Tibet proved that the zebrules could not compete with ordinary mules. He asks if Ewart has any zebra stallions which the Indian Government could use for stud work and that he was unsuccessful in his application for Secretary of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. There are two reports on the zebrules' performance in Tibet from Major Fuller, one dated 16 April 1904 and the other 22 January 1905, both...
Dates:
24 October 1905
Papers of Professor James Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-99
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Geikie consist of:
original lecture notes
reprints of scientific papers
correspondence relating to the publication of scientific papers
personal correspondence and photographs
a copy of The Great Ice Age and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man, (1877), 2nd ed with hand-written...
Dates:
1872-1917
Reprints, 1872-1914
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-99/3/1
Scope and Contents
- reprints of scholarly articles by James Geikie
- reprint of scholarly article by John Somerville Geikie
- reprints of testimonials for James Geikie
Dates:
1872-1914
The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol XXXI, No 4, April 1915
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/10/12
Scope and Contents
The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol XXXI, No 4, including an obituary article and other notices on the late James Geikie.
Dates:
April 1915
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