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5 Lectures on geology, c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/18
Scope and Contents

Notes and text for five lectures on geology. Sir Archibald Geikie placed civilisation, religion and mythology in the context of geological development, looking at geolgical formations and the processes and materials involved in their creation.

Dates: c1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Account of the 'Liasic district of Skye', 1853

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Identifier: Coll-74/2/2
Scope and Contents

An account of geolocical and natural history aspects of the Isle of Skye made by Sir Archibald Geikie, who visited there in 1853. References are made to the scenery, shale, limestone, coral and glacial formations amongst others.

Dates: 1853
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Alfred Elis Törnebohm, 1883-1902

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Identifier: Coll-74/14/8
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Alfred Elis Törnebohm sub-series consists of:


  1. letters (with enclosed diagrams, maps and a photograph), chronologically arranged (1883-1902)
Dates: 1883-1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Alfred Harker, 1888-1899

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/21
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Alfred Harker sub-series consists of:


  1. 7 letters, chronologically arranged (1888-1899)
Dates: 1888-1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne, 1865-1899

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/7
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne sub-series consists of:


  1. 44 letters, alphabetically arranged (1865-1899)
Dates: 1865-1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from John Stuart Blackie, 1880-1882

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/9
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from the John Stuart Blackie sub-series consists of:


  1. 11 letters written from1880-1882
  2. 8 press clippings from the Scotsman, most dated 1873, written by John Stuart Blackie
Dates: 1880-1882
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Joseph Beete Jukes and family, 1864-1871

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/8
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Joseph Beete Jukes and family series consists of:


  1. 18 letters, chronologically arranged (1864-1871)
Dates: 1864-1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler, 1845-1901

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/18
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler sub-series consists of:


  1. 40 letters, alphabetically arranged (1845-1901)
Dates: 1845-1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence: John Strong Newberry to John Perry, 1863-1900

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/17
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Strong Newberry to John Perry sub-series consists of:


  1. 37 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863-1900)
Dates: 1863-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence: Joseph Wilson Lowry to HR Mill, 1839-1909

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/14
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Joseph Wilson Lowry to HR Mill sub-series consists of:


  1. 35 letters, alphabetically arranged (1839-1909)
Dates: 1839-1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Names
Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 12
Boog-Watson, Robert, fl1862 (clergyman and zoologist) 5
Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist) 5
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 4
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
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Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 4
Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist) 3
Barrow, George, 1853-1932 (geologist) 3
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 3
Geological Survey of Ireland 3
Horne, John, 1848-1928 (geologist) 3
Royal Institution of Great Britain (1799-:) 3
Scotsman (1817-:) 3
Allport, Samuel, fl1870-1882 (geologist and librarian) 2
Binney, Edward William, 1812­-1881 (geologist and founder Manchester Geological Society) 2
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 2
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 2
Forster Brown, Thomas, fl1898-1903 (civil engineer) 2
Harker, Alfred, 1859-1939 (petrologist) 2
Howell, Henry Hyatt, 1872-1898 (geologist) 2
Jack, Robert Logan, 1845-1921 (geologist) 2
Jukes, 1811-1869 (director of the Geological Survey of Ireland) 2
MacMillan Publishers Ltd (1843-:) 2
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 2
Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) 2
Salter, John William, 1820-1869 (palaeontologist, Geological Survey of Great Britain) 2
Scott, Robert Henry, Robert Henry 1833-1916 (meteorologist) 2
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist and professor of geology, University of Cambridge) 2
American Institute of Mining Engineers (1871-:) 1
Ames, Mary L, fl1904 (daughter of J Peter Lesley and cousin of Benjamin Smith Lyman) 1
Ami, Henry Marc, 1858-1931 (Canadian scientist) 1
Anderson, Joseph, fl1877-1903 (antiquarian) 1
Anderson, Tempest, 1846-1913 (opthalmic surgeon, photographer and volcanologist) 1
Aveline, William Talbot, 1822-1903 (geologist) 1
Bachellery, A, fl1898 1
Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) 1
Bartholomew Ltd (c1850-:) 1
Bartholomew, John George, 1860-1920 (cartographer) 1
Bascom, Florence, 1862-1945 (American geologist) 1
Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, 1796-1855 (English geologist) 1
Becker, George Ferdinand, 1847-1919 (American geologist) 1
Bell, Robert, 1841-1917 (Director of the Geological Survey of Canada) 1
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 1
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 (clergyman, mountaineer and geologist) 1
Brodie, P B, 1815-1897 (palaeontologist) 1
Campbell, George John Douglas, 1823-1900 (8th and 1st Duke of Argyll, British polymath and Liberal statesman) 1
Clark, William Bullock, 1860-1917 (American geologist) 1
Clarke, John Mason, 1857-1925 (American geologist) 1
Clay, Sons and Taylor (fl1881) 1
Darwin, Sir George Howard, 1845-1912 (mathematician and astronomer) 1
Darwin, Sir Horace, 1851-1928 (civil engineer) 1
Daubrée, Gabriel Auguste, 1814-1896 (French geochemist) 1
Davidson, Thomas, 1817-1885 (palaeontologist) 1
Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934 (American geographer and geologist) 1
Davison, Charles, 1858-1940 (seismologist) 1
Dudgeon, Patrick (of Cargen, Dumfriesshire) 1
Duncan, Peter Martin, 1821-1891 (geologist) 1
Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) 1
Edinburgh Geological Society 1
Geological Survey of Canada (1842-:) 1
Geological Survey of Queensland (1868-:) 1
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist) 1
Hague, Arnold, 1840-1917 (American geologist) 1
Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer, 1829-1887 (American geologist) 1
Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon) 1
Hinde, George Jennings, 1839-1913 (geologist) 1
Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952 (American geologist) 1
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew) 1
Hull, Edward, 1829-1917 (Irish geologist) 1
International Geodetic Association (fl1904) 1
Irvine, Duncan M, fl1876-1898 (geologist) 1
James, Sir Henry, 1803-1877 (British Army Officer | Director-General of the Ordnance Survey) 1
Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1885 (British conchologist and malacologist) 1
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 1
Johns Hopkins University (1876-:) 1
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 (geographer) 1
Johnston, Alexander Keith, son of Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871) 1
Jones, Thomas Rupert, 1819-1911 (geologist and palaeontologist) 1
Jukes, Georgina Augusta, fl1871 (wife of Joseph Beete Jukes) 1
Jukes-Browne, Alfred John, 1851-1914 (palaeontologist and stratigrapher) 1
Le Conte, Joseph, 1823-1901 (American physiologist and geologist) 1
Lennox, fl1862 (nephew of the Duke of Richmond) 1
Lesley, J Peter, 1819-1903 (American geologist) 1
Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879 (engraver to the British Geological Survey) 1
Lubbock, Sir Joseph Wilson, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avesbury (astronomer and mathematician) 1
Lyell, Katharine Murray, 1817-1915 (nee Horner) 1
Lyell, Leonard, 1st Baron Lyell, 1850-1926 1
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 1
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920 (American geologist and mining engineer) 1
MacMillan, Alexander, 1815-1896 (publisher) 1
Maclaren, Charles, 1782-1866 (first editor of the Scotsman) 1
Mallet, Robert, 1810-1881 (civil engineer and scientific investigator) 1
Maryland Geological Survey (1896-:) 1
McHenry, Alexander, fl1881-1894 (worked on the Geological Survey of Ireland) 1
Milne-Home, David, 1805-1890 (Scottish advocate, geologist, meteorologist) 1
Museum of Economic Geology (1841-) 1
Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930 (Norwegian zoologist and explorer) 1
Newberry, John Strong, 1822-1892 (American geologist and palaeontologist) 1
Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907 (English zoologist and ornithologist) 1
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