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Forth, Firth of (Scotland)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Locator = 56.058117;-3.021256,Other = OS,Created For = Scotland

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Fast Castle (Berwickshire), 1838

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/147
Scope and Contents

Fast Castle (Berwickshire). Line engraving. 1838. Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872, Artist; Ficker, S., Engraver; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, Publisher.

Published in: W. Beattie, Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views (1838), vol. I.

Dates: 1838
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Firth of Forth Defences in the 20th Century

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-61
Scope and Contents The collection includes Public Record Office references, 1879-1956; correspondence of B.A. Stenhouse and Major D. Rollo (Retired), H.Q. Royal Artillery, Woolwich, 1979-1987, relating to research on coastal defence, in addition to miscellaneous correspondence 1976-1990; material relating to batteries and forts, including Forth Artillery Defences 1880-1980; papers relating to the defence of islands; newspaper cuttings; material on attacks and disasters; aerial photographs, and camp and group...
Dates: 1879-1987
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Forth Rail Bridge archive, composed of visitors' books, photographs, and other material

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1151
Scope and Contents This collection appears to have come from the Forth Bridge Office, and the archive is composed of: 2 x visitors books, one dating from September 1883 to September 1889, and the other dating between 1894 and 1901. Various clippings and cards (showing bridge dimensions), drawings of Forth Bridge House, printed pages from Engineering dated 30 April 1943, and a couple of newspapers from the significant dates of Monday 31 December 1900 (end of...
Dates: 1883-1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Granton Pier & Edinburgh from the cutter's deck, 1842

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/2/33
Scope and Contents

Granton Pier & Edinburgh from the cutter's deck. Etching. 1842. Wilson, Charles H. (Charles Heath), 1809-1882, Artist, Etcher; Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Publisher.

Published in: James Wilson, A voyage round the coasts of Scotland and the isles (1842), vol. 2.

Dates: 1842
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Joppa on coast of Firth of Forth, undated

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/2/22
Scope and Contents

Joppa on coast of Firth of Forth. Watercolour. Undated. Greville, Robert Kaye, 1794-1866, Artist.

Note: Inscription in ink: 'Joppa on coast of Firth of Forth by Dr. Greville'.

Dates: undated
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Lawriston Castle, October 1792

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/2/176(ii)
Scope and Contents

Lawriston Castle. Line engraving. October 1792. Symington, James, Publisher.

Published in: The Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany, October 1792.

Dates: October 1792
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 2. Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 16 March 1880

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/2
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton thanking him for a copy of a paper on the carboniferous volcanic rocks of Scotland. [ On the Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks of the Basin of the Firth of Forth : Their Structure in the Field and Under the Microscope, ( 1879) ]. He goes on to discuss the contents, and its implication for his own research, in detail.

Dates: 16 March 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport, 06 March 1880

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/11
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Samuel Allport thanking him for a copy of his paper on the voolcanic water of the Forth basin.

Dates: 06 March 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Newspaper cutting from the Scotsman, Verus et Utilis, Rise in the Bed of the Firth of Forth, 3 November 1834

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/14
Scope and Contents

Printed article concerning the discovery and distribution of oyster shells near the banks of the river Forth, Edinburgh, 3 November 1834.

Dates: 3 November 1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire

Note about seal hunting rights in a grant by King David I, c1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/45
Scope and Contents

Note about seal hunting rights in a grant by King David I as recorded in Pennant's A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides, 1772 (see bibliography below).

Dates: c1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael