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Buist, George , 1805–1860 (Scottish journalist and scientist)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Buist, George, c 1843-1847

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Identifier: Coll-1073/1/72
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Portrait of George Buist. Caption: "George Buist LL.D. 1805-1860. (Bombay)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits I. Aiken-Candlish

Buist, George and Fraser, Peter, c 1843-1847

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Identifier: Coll-1073/1/73
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Group portrait of George Buist and Peter Fraser. Caption: "Peter Fraser and George Buist LL.D." No additional notes.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits I. Aiken-Candlish

Letters from Buist, George to Charles Lyell, 08 May 1839 - 08 June 8 1857

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/40
Scope and Contents Letters to Sir Charles Lyell from George Buist, including a map. Discusses Buist's own research on geological formation of soil and mud near sea shore and lakes. The earlier letters are about geography in Scotland and latter about India and Egypt. Lyell summarise these letters as: 1) 'Angus raised beaches': letter about Buist’s paper and research on the formation of beach shore 2) 'a Geology of Egypt Mud of the Nile' 3) 'Red Sea Section' 4) 'on laterite': a brief...
Dates: 08 May 1839 - 08 June 8 1857
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

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