Blackadder, William, 1782-1860 (Surveyor, Architect from Glamis, Forfarshire)
Dates
- Existence: c1782 - 20 October 1860
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Extracts from Geological Works, 1824
Contains mostly extracts from select Geological Works, and some illustrations. Geological Works referred to include H[ar]burton on some beds of Shell Marle in Scotland; various authors on Bakie including Blackadder, Ogilvie; Humboldt's Personal Narrative. A number of pages blank, paginated.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from W. Blackadder, November 1827
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from W. Blackadder regarding diluvium and post diluvium gravels in the Forfar area. He mentions that Mr Stephen has found a fine axe head near Balgavies Loch and remarks that he is glad that Lyell has got Mr Martin enlisted. November 1827.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from W. Blackadder, 15 October 1827
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder on geological matters. He mentions some post diluvium conglomerate found at Glamis gate, discusses the route of the river Nith from its source in the coalfields of Ayrshire to the Solway Firth and remarks that he considers the sweep of diluvium hillocks near Melgund Castle to be the most extraordinary in the country, 15 October 1827.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder regarding the geology of Forfarshire, 16 March 1825
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder discussing various geological matters including the heights of diluvium in the Forfarshire area, the lochs in the Forfarshire area and his suspicions that land near Cortachie had once been a lake, marl deposition in the Forfarshire and Borders areas of Scotland and flints found in Aberdeenshire, 16 March 1825.
Letters from Blackadder, William, of Glamis, to Charles Lyell, 4 September 1826 - 14 February 1859
Newspaper cutting from the Scotsman, Verus et Utilis, Rise in the Bed of the Firth of Forth, 3 November 1834
Printed article concerning the discovery and distribution of oyster shells near the banks of the river Forth, Edinburgh, 3 November 1834.
Notebook No.30, August 1829- August 1829
Notebook No.63, August 1836- April 1837
Notebook No.72, 9 August 1838- September 1838
Notebook No.78, 12 August 1839-17 October 1839
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