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Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art Syllabus of Lectures, 1867-1868
Syllabus for a series of lectures given by 5 scientists at the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art during 1867-1868. They were: Sir Lyon Playfair (Chemistry), George James Allman (Natural History), Sir Archibald Geikie (Geology), Edward Sang (Natural Philosophy), and John Hutton Balfour (Botany).
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman, 17 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman telling him that his paper on the Trap Rocks of Scotland will be accepted for the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh once he has undertaken the additions which he indicated he intends to make.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman, 23 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman telling him that his paper on the Trap Rocks of Scotland is of sufficient quality to publish in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh without the additions he was planning, if that is what he wishes.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman, 28 December 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman asking permission to make a copy, for his classroom, of a large unpublished map which Geikie has sent him. He discusses the contents of the map. He asks for clarification concerning the differences in rock types indicated between this map and a previous sketch map which is in his possession.