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Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie, 05 June 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/52
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Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie apologising for any distress caused by the publication of sensitive material from his private letters in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and explaining why he was not given the opportunity to view the proofs before the book went to press.

Dates: 05 June 1861

Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/9
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Drainage Map, showing a portion of Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, 1879, surveyed by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Primary triangulation by AD Wilson; Topography by Henry Gannett, GB Chittenden, Gustavus R Bechler and FA Clark.

Dates: 1879

Drawings for Cuts, late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-74/5/2
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Set of illustrations of geological nature, including peat bogs, coral reefs, coastline, sand and gravel.

Dates: late 19th century

Economic Map of Colorado, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/17
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Economic Map of Colorado by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.

Dates: c1879

Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art Syllabus of Lectures, 1867-1868

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Identifier: Coll-74/8/1
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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).

Dates: 1867-1868

Geological Map of Scotland, 1876

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/11
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Hand coloured geological map of Scotland produced by Sir Archibald Geikie.

Dates: 1876

Geological Survey notebook 'O O', 1891

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/5
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Drawings and notes on the geology, largely of Ireland but also of Ayrshire. References are made to volcanic rock at Lizard and silurian.

Dates: 1891

Geological Survey notebook 'Q Q', 1893-1894

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/6
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Drawings and notes on the geology of parts of Scotland (including Edinburgh, Arran, Mull and Islay) of parts of England and also of Pomeroy, Ireland. References are made to Plymouth limestone, Skye granite, toadstones in Derbyshire and papers on raised beaches at Loch Carron.

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Dates: 1893-1894

Geological Survey notebook 'T', 1877

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/1
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Drawings and notes on the geology of various parts of Scotland, including Stonehaven, Pentland, Nairn and the Braid Hills. Geological features include curved silurian and old red sandstone.

Dates: 1877

Geological Survey notebook 'U', 1875-1876

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/2
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Drawings and notes on the geology of various parts of Scotland, including Pitlochry, Dalwhinnie, Glencoe, the Caledonian Canal, Shetland, Inverness and Aberdeen. Geological features include silurian and gravel.

Dates: 1875-1876

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  • Names: Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) X

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Names
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 57
MacMillan, Alexander, 1815-1896 (publisher) 30
United States Geological Survey 27
Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 25
Jukes, 1811-1869 (director of the Geological Survey of Ireland) 21
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Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) 20
Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 20
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 15
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 15
Yelverton, Emily M, fl1860 (widow of Edward Forbes) 15
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 13
Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) 10
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (man of science) 10
Wilson, Jessie Aitken, fl.1860 (fiction writer, sister of George Wilson, wife of James Sime) 10
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist) 8
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 8
Allport, Samuel, fl1870-1882 (geologist and librarian) 7
Ball, Sir Robert Stawell, 1840-1913 (astronomer and mathematician) 7
Godwin-Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne, 1808-1884 (foreign secretary of the Geological Society) 7
Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist) 7
Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) 7
Anderson, Joseph, fl1877-1903 (antiquarian) 6
Anderson, W, fl1890-1893 (geologist) 6
Royal Institution of Great Britain (1799-:) 6
Thomas Constable (1834-1850) 6
Voorst, John Van, fl1863 (publisher) 6
Wilson, George, 1818-1859 (regius professor of technology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Baily, William Hellier, 1819-1888 (geologist and palaeontologist) 5
Bechler, Gustavus R, fl1879 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 5
Boog-Watson, Robert, fl1862 (clergyman and zoologist) 5
Brodie, P B, 1815-1897 (palaeontologist) 5
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 5
Geological Survey of Ireland 5
Government School of Mines and of Science as Applied to the Arts (1851-) 5
Paterson, Robert, 1802-1872 (president, Natural History Society of Belfast) 5
Royal Geographical Society (1830-:) 5
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist and professor of geology, University of Cambridge) 5
Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist) 4
Barrow, George, 1853-1932 (geologist) 4
Bennett, FJ, fl1885-1895 (geologist) 4
Bennie, James, fl1874-1897 (geologist, Geological Survey of Scotland) 4
Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 (geologist and distiller) 4
Bristow, Henry William, 1817-1889 (geologist) 4
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer, 1829-1887 (American geologist) 4
Horne, John, 1848-1928 (geologist) 4
Howell, Henry Hyatt, 1872-1898 (geologist) 4
King, Clarence, 1842-1901 (American geologist) 4
Anderson, Tempest, 1846-1913 (opthalmic surgeon, photographer and volcanologist) 3
Baron, Richard, 1847-1907 (clergyman, botanist and missionary, London Missionary Society) 3
Bartholomew, John George, 1860-1920 (cartographer) 3
Binney, Edward William, 1812­-1881 (geologist and founder Manchester Geological Society) 3
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 (clergyman, mountaineer and geologist) 3
Department of Mineral Resources. Geological Survey of New South Wales (1875-:) 3
Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon) 3
Hull, Edward, 1829-1917 (Irish geologist) 3
MacMillan Publishers Ltd (1843-:) 3
Nature 3
Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 1812-1896 (British geologist and businessman, Fellow of the Royal Society) 3
Salter, John William, 1820-1869 (palaeontologist, Geological Survey of Great Britain) 3
Scotsman (1817-:) 3
Scott, Robert Henry, Robert Henry 1833-1916 (meteorologist) 3
Société géologique de France (1830-:) (scientific society) 3
Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist) 3
Teall, Jethro Justinian, 1849-1924 (geologist) 3
Thomson, Sir William, 1824-1907 (1st Baron Kelvin | mathematical physicist and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1846-1899) 3
Wilson, AD, fl1878 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 3
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 (American naturalist and industrialist) 2
Ball, John, 1818-1889 (man of science and politician) 2
Banerman, H, fl1894-1898 (member, Geological Society of London) 2
Barrett, Sir William Fletcher, 1844 -1925 (professor of physics, Royal College of Science, Dublin (Ireland)) 2
Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, 1796-1855 (English geologist) 2
Belinfante, LL, fl1896-1898 (assistant secretary, Geological Society of London) 2
Bell, Robert, 1841-1917 (Director of the Geological Survey of Canada) 2
Bemrose, H Arnold, fl1897-1904 (naturalist) 2
Best, Edward, fl1861-1884 2
Bigsby, John Jeremiah, 1792-1881 (English physician, geologist, writer and Mayor of Newark upon Trent) 2
Bolton, Herbert (museum curator) 2
Brögger, Waldemar Christofer, 1851-1940 (Norwegian geologist and mineralogist) 2
Campbell, Peter Colin, 1810-1876 (first principal, University of Aberdeen) 2
Clarke, Reverend William Branwhite, 1798-1878 (Anglican clergyman and geologist, New South Wales (Australia)) 2
Croll, James, 1821-1890 (physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence, Geological Survey of Scotland) 2
Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 (American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist) 2
Daubrée, Gabriel Auguste, 1814-1896 (French geochemist) 2
Day, George Edward, 1815-1872 (professor of anatomy and medicine, University of St. Andrews) 2
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 2
Edmonston & Douglas (fl1861) 2
Etheridge, Robert, 1819-1903 (geologist and palaeontologist) 2
Forbes, David, 1828-1876 (secretary to the Geological Society) 2
Forster Brown, Thomas, fl1898-1903 (civil engineer) 2
Gannett, Henry, fl1879| geographer, United States Geological Survey 2
Geological Survey of Canada (1842-:) 2
Gordon, George, 1801-1893 (clergyman, geologist, naturalist and botanist) 2
Hague, Arnold, 1840-1917 (American geologist) 2
Harker, Alfred, 1859-1939 (petrologist) 2
Harkness, Robert, 1816-1878 (British geologist and zoologist | Professor of Geology, Queen's College Cork) 2
Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828-1897 (professor of chemistry, University of St Andrews) 2
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933 (American geologist, anthropologist, and museum director) 2
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew) 2
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