Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Home-Milne, David to Charles Lyell, 24 August 1871 - 9 May 1874
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/135
Scope and Contents
Lyell's own summarises are given in quotation marks:
1) Milne Home Aug '71 Macclesfield Shells'
2) Milne Home- The pact-Roman use in Firth of Forth, June 1872'. The letter discusses Home's work on a discovery of a stone covered in Roman Sculpture at Bo'ness on the Forth Estuary.
3) Letter contains information about the Roman tablet found about 15 feet above the Kish Water Mark.
4) Milne Home 'on Post Roman use of land, Sept 5 1872'. Milne-Home to visit where the...
Dates:
24 August 1871 - 9 May 1874
Notebook No.256, 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/256
Scope and Contents
This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 20 April 1869 to 10 September 1869. Lyell starts in England and travels through Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, with special attention to the Lake District. He then travels to Scotland, and from Edinburgh through Perthshire and the Highlands. Transcription note: This notebook was written by Charles, Mary and Arabella Buckley. The index is written entirely by...
Dates:
20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869