Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
Geological Survey of Scotland: Sheet 49, 1888
Item
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
Hebrides or Western Isles, c1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/9/7
Scope and Contents
To an 1872 reprint of the map created from a survey of 1865, minor annotations have been added.
Dates:
c1877
Hydrographic Maps, c1877
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-99/11/9
Scope and Contents
Hydrographic maps, created by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, annotated and hand-coloured by James Geikie when he was involved in surveying the north and north-west of Scotland and the Western Isles..
Dates:
c1877
Invitation to James Geikie from the Royal Society, 1911
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Identifier: Coll-99/10/7
Scope and Contents
Inivitation to James Geikie to attend the 250th anniversary celebrations of the receipt by the society of its royal charter in July 1662.
Dates:
1911
Joint Advisory Committee on Engineering curriculum with Heriot-Watt College Minute Book, 1901-1913
Item
Identifier: GB 0237 EUA IN1/ACA/SCI/1/10
Scope and Contents
Includes letters and reports looking at the division of engineering teaching between the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt College. Those present at meetings included Arthur Pillans Laurie, Alexander Crum Brown, James Gordon MacGregor, and James Geikie.
Dates:
1901-1913
Lectures and Syllabus, 1882-1897
Series
Identifier: Coll-99/1
Scope and Contents
The lectures and syllabus series consists of:
- examination papers
- lecture notes
- syllabus
Dates:
1882-1897
Lectures in Mineralogy, c1895
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Identifier: Coll-99/1/1
Scope and Contents
Lectures given by James Geikie on mineralogy, covering areas including the form of minerals (crystals), their characteristics depending on light (colour, pleochromism, play of colours, iridescence, lustre, transparency, refraction, phosphorescence), characters depending on state of aggregation (hardness, tenacity, fracture), other characteristics (taste, odour, feel, electricity, magnetism, specific gravity) and their origins (solution, fusion, sublimation).
Dates:
c1895
Letter from Daniel Cunningham to James Geikie, describing a trip to Egypt, 1909
File
Identifier: Coll-11/E15
Scope and Contents
Letter from Daniel Cunningham to James Geikie, decribing a trip to Egypt (taken in the hope it would restore his health) and enclosing 4 photographs of himself at the pyramids.
Dates:
1909
Letter from James Geikie to Professor Dunn, 28 February 1887
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1485
Scope and Contents
The letter is dated 28 February 1887, at 10 Bright['s] Crescent, presumably in Edinburgh. It appears to begin, 'Dear Prof. Dunn'. Geikie regrets that he 'shall be unable to attend the Council meeting for t. night - I am not allowed to go out in the evening'. He remarks how it is 'a terrible loss to the Society in the death of our dear friend Mr. Gray!' It finishes with autograph signature, James Geikie. There is also a printed outline map of Scotland showing principal directions of...
Dates:
1887
Letter to James Geikie from the University of St Andrews, 1911
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Identifier: Coll-99/10/6
Scope and Contents
Letter to James Geikie from the University of St Andrews, with commemorative invitation in Latin, inviting Geikie and his wife to attend the 500th anniversary celebration of the university.
Dates:
1911