Brodie, P B, 1815-1897 (palaeontologist)
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown, cAugust 1855 - 12 June 1921
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown sub-series consists of:
- 73 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1855-1921)
Dates:
cAugust 1855 - 12 June 1921
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, cAugust 1855
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/67
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie asking him if he could swap a sample of a fossil Ashea from the Isle of Skye with him as he would like to compare it with those he is familiar with from the south of England. He offers a variety of other fossils which he could swap, including some crustaceans. He remarks that he would also like some specimens of old red fish fossils from Scotland. He tells Geikie that he will shortly be submitting a paper concerning corals in lias to the...
Dates:
cAugust 1855
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, cAugust 1855
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/68
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie thanking him for the offer of a liassic (or jurassic) coral fossil and arranging carriage of it. He tells Geikie that he will be reading a paper regarding these at the next Chiltern branch meeting of the British Association for the advancement of science, which is where most of his fossils originate. He asks Geikie if he knows of any collector who could furnish him with some old red fish fossils and offers to show Geikie his collection if he is...
Dates:
cAugust 1855
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, 03 October 1856
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/69
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie discussing the differences between Scottish and English lias formations (jurassic). He concludes that corals found in the Scottish lias are from lower levels in the series than those from Gloucestershire and Worcestershire where the outlines of old coral reefs can be seen on the surface, and fossil coral can be picked up in fields and at the side of the road. He sends some references concerning the subject, offers to send some local fossils, and...
Dates:
03 October 1856
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, 20 September 1856
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/70
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie discussing differences between the liass formations (jurassic) in Gloucestershire and Skye. He reports that there is no sandstone in Gloustershire. He describes some fossils he has found and a liassic reef covered with grass. He reports that he will be sending some specimens to the Museum of Economic Geology and would appreciate any samples which Geikie could spare. He adds a post script that he has lost a ticket sent by Geikie and requests a...
Dates:
20 September 1856
Notebook No.102, June 1842- June 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/102
Scope and Contents
This red leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Toronto, Ontario; Kingston, Ontario; Gananoque, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Burlington, Vermont. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries, as well as comparisons to other geological phenomena. The index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index",...
Dates:
June 1842- June 1842
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Professional Interaction 5
- Fossil Coral 4
- Fossils 4
- Professional Links 4
- Fossil Crustaceans 3
- Geology, Stratigraphic Jurassic 3
- Gloucestershire (England) 2
- Old Red Fish 2
- Canada -- United States and Ontario -- New York -- Lake -- Ontario 1
- England 1
- England -- Cornwall 1
- Geological Surveys 1
- Geology, Publications 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Limestone 1
- Madagascar 1
- Montreal (Quebec, Canada) 1
- Professional Assistance 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- St. Lawrence River, USA, Canada 1
- Toronto (Ontario, Canada) 1
- Vermont (United States) 1
- Worcestershire (England) 1 + ∧ less
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