Skip to main content

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, cAugust 1855

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/68

Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie thanking him for the offer of a liassic (or jurassic) coral fossil and arranging carriage of it. He tells Geikie that he will be reading a paper regarding these at the next Chiltern branch meeting of the British Association for the advancement of science, which is where most of his fossils originate. He asks Geikie if he knows of any collector who could furnish him with some old red fish fossils and offers to show Geikie his collection if he is ever in the area.

Dates

  • Creation: cAugust 1855

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

1 letter

Extent

From the Fonds: 2 metres

Physical Description

1 letter

Processing Information

None

Processing Information

Sarah Higgins 10 September 2001

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379