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Blackadder, William, 1782-1860 (Surveyor, Architect from Glamis, Forfarshire)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: c1782 - 20 October 1860

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Extracts from Geological Works, 1824

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A2/3
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1824

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder regarding the geology of Forfarshire, 16 March 1825

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/25
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 16 March 1825

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  • Subject: Angus (Scotland) X

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Subject
Aberdeenshire (Scotland) 1
Deposition and Sedimentation 1
Diluvium 1
Flint 1
Lochs 1