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Lecture notes on 'The Materials of Land', c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/15

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Lecture notes on the materials the land is composed of, relating these to both mythology and the natural world in general, focusing in on the likes of mountain architecture, volcanoes and earth sculpture.

Dates: c1879

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures on American geological history, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/4

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Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.

Dates: c1879

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notes for lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-74/9/1

Scope and Contents Notes for 6 lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', encompasing a wide variety of related subjects. Sir Archibald Geike looked at various geological periods and how both the areas occupied by land and water changed over time. He looked at the creation of many geological formations, at the materials they were composed of and the processes involved, including the infleunce of different elements within the natural world. He used as examples numerous locations, mostly within the British Isles but...

Dates: late 19th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Royal Institution of Great Britain: Syllabus of a Course of Three Lectures on the Origin of Land-Surfaces by Archibald Geikie, FRS, 1867-1868

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Identifier: Coll-74/8/2

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Syllabus for a series of 3 lectures Sir Archibald Geikie gave to The Royal Insitution of Great Britain in 1869, broadly focusing on valleys, hills and mountains, erosion, geological structure and related subjects.

Dates: 1867-1868

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Lecture notes on 'The Materials of Land', c1879

Lectures on American geological history, c1879

Notes for lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', late 19th century

Royal Institution of Great Britain: Syllabus of a Course of Three Lectures on the Origin of Land-Surfaces by Archibald Geikie, FRS, 1867-1868

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