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Answers to queries, late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-74/5/5

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Answers to queries made by Sir Archibald Geikie on the form of clouds, dust wirlwinds, heights of British lakes, Petermann's drawings of vertical distribution of plants and the sea bed between Britain and Norway.

Dates: late 19th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Scandanavian and Danish geologists, 1876-1906

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Identifier: Coll-74/14/2

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The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Scandanavian and Danish geologists sub-series includes letters from:

Waldemar Christofer Brögger (1889-1902)
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (1882-1904)
Hans Henrik Reusch (1880-1906)
Jakob Johannes Sederholm (1899-1906)
Thorvaldur Thoroddsen (1896-1906)

Dates: 1876-1906

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886

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Identifier: Coll-74/7/2

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Notes for 4 lectures on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', given to the Royal Institution in 1886. Sir Archibald Geikie looked at the emergence of types of geological formations against a geological timeframe and how they have been affected by various processes, especially the action of volcanoes and materials produced by them, within the natural world. He used examples from numerous locations from different parts of the British Isles.

Dates: 1886

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Thomas George Bonney, 19 December 1873

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/58

Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Thomas George Bonney discussing the origin of basins in a glaciated landscape. He refutes the chemical erosion theory and supports the glacier erosion theory. He reports that he has studied the theory of glacial erosion on Alpine scenery in Wales, Scotland, Norway and Switzerland. He asks Geikie if he knows of a rock collector who could get him authenticated specimens of, amongst other locations, Eigg pitchstone. He reports on a field trip to...

Dates: 19 December 1873

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881

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Identifier: Coll-74/8/4

Scope and Contents First proof copy of an article by Sir Archibald Geikie on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History' from printers Clay, Sons and Taylor, for Macmillan the publisher in 1881. This looked at ancient peoples and legendary figures, puting them in the context of the evolution of the natural world. Including elements such as the impact of the devlopment of commerce and the move from an agricultural to an urban industrial society, Sir Archibald Geikie mapped them...

Dates: 1881

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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Answers to queries, late 19th century

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Scandanavian and Danish geologists, 1876-1906

Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Thomas George Bonney, 19 December 1873

Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881

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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