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Medlicott, Henry Benedict, 1829-1905 (geologist)

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Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Indian geologists, 1878-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/7
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Indian geologists sub-series includes letters from:


  1. 14 letters, alphabetically arranged (1878-1900)
Dates: 1878-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Letters from Lyell, Charles to Lesley, Peter, 27 May 1869-18 May 1869

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/19
Scope and Contents Copy letters, the earliest of which is written by Mary, which the final section written by Lyell - no summary but relates to Lesley's publication in 1864 in the Proceedings of the Phil[osophical] Soc[iety] of Philadelphia . Lyell praises Lesley's diagrams showing the complexity of the Appalachians. The second letter [numbered in the folios first] is written by Arabella Buckley, summarised as 'Faults in Appalachians, Hull on Permian overlying Coal-measures Medlicott theory of mountain...
Dates: 27 May 1869-18 May 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence from Charles Lyell to A-Z recipients

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