Wernerian Natural History Society (1808-1858)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Geological remarks on the Cartlane Craig, 1814
piece
Identifier: Coll-10/6/96
Scope and Contents
Geological remarks on the Cartlane Craig. Letterpress. 1814. Macknight, James, Author; Wernerian Natural History Society, Publisher; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher.
Published in: Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, vol. II part II (1814-16).
Note: 10pp. article 'read 12th February 1814'.
Dates:
1814
Mineralogical Description of Tinto, 1812
piece
Identifier: Coll-10/6/116
Scope and Contents
Mineralogical Description of Tinto. Letterpress. 1812. Macknight, James, Author; Wernerian Natural History Society, Publisher; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher.
Published in: Wernerian Natural History Society, vol. II part I (1811-13).
Note: 15pp. article 'read 11th April 1812'.
Dates:
1812
Minutes, 12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Series
Identifier: Coll-206/1
Scope and Contents
- details of the constitution of the society
- minutes concerning the scientific papers read at society meetings
- minutes concerning membership applications and acceptances by the society
- minutes concerning business matters of the society
Dates:
12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Minutes volume 1, 12 January 1808 - 01 May 1830
Item
Identifier: Coll-206/1/1
Scope and Contents
Bound volume containing 310 numbered pages. The first 23 sessions of the Wernerian Natural History Society are minuted, including: details of the formation of the society, its original members and constitution, the Charter from the Town Council of Edinburgh and details of nominations for and ratifications of membership. Details of titles and abstract content of all papers read to the society are minuted. These include: Observations on the Mineral System of...
Dates:
12 January 1808 - 01 May 1830
Minutes volume 2, 11 December 1830-16 April 1858
Item
Identifier: Coll-206/1/2
Scope and Contents
Bound volume containing numbered pages. Sessions 24 to the final session, 44, are minuted including: details of nominations for and ratifications of membership, business matters, plans for a bust of Robert Jameson and final business matters including disbanding the membership and settling affairs. Details of titles and abstract content of all papers read to the society are minuted. These include: a description of Greenockite, and a paper on stratification of primitive rocks by...
Dates:
11 December 1830-16 April 1858
Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-206
Scope and Contents
The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:
- 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Dates:
1808-1858
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- Archival Object 5
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Edinburgh -- Scotland 4
- Mineralogy 4
- Societies, Natural History 4
- Meetings 3
- Natural History 3
- Chemistry 2
- Geology 2
- Appointment to Office 1
- Botany 1
- Cartland Craigs (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) 1
- Entomology 1
- Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) 1
- Geologists 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic 1
- Meteorology 1
- Mineralogists 1
- Minerals 1
- Neptunian Theory 1
- Nominations for Membership 1
- Ornithology 1
- Physics 1
- Rocks, Igneous 1
- Sand, Iron 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- Tinto Hill (South Lanarkshire, Scotland) 1
- Volcanism 1
- Zoology 1
- Zoology, Arctic Regions 1 + ∧ less
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