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Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:)

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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 32, 1863

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/4
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of part of Berwickshire, from a survey of or prior to 1863 by Sir Archibald Geikie and Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1863
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 41, 1889

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/6
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of part of south-east Fife and north East Lothian, from a survey of or prior to 1861 by Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1889
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 48, 1883

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/3/2
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of eastern Perthshire and part of Fife, from a survey of or prior to 1883 by James Geikie, Henry Hyatt Howell, Benjamin Neeve Peach and John Young as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Maps Survey of Scotland (1)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1884

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/3/3
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey in 1884 by James Geikie, Henry Hyatt Howell and HM Skae as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Maps Survey of Scotland (1)

Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1888

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/7
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological map of part of south-east Angus and north-east Fife, from a survey of or prior to 1884 by James Geikie and Henry Hyatt Howell as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Dates: 1888
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

Index to the Colours and Signs employed in the maps and sections of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1867

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/12
Scope and Contents

Chart detailing the colours, patterns etc. used by the Geological Survey of Great Britain when marking up maps.

Dates: 1867
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from H Arnold Bemrose, 10 September 1897

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/39
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from H Arnold Bemrose congratulating him on his book The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain, ( 1897) . He reports that he has not found any basalt rock while undertaking geological mapping in Derbyshire but has photographs and thin sections of bedded ash. He reports that his work is 3 months behind due to a knee injury but he is now recovered. He remarks that he is glad to see the Annual Report of the Geological Survey in print but...
Dates: 10 September 1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of: personal, organisational and scientific correspondence geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours reprints of his work miscellaneous lecture notes student's lecture notes lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston proofs for...
Dates: 1851-1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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