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Geology

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

Poster advertising classes at Queen's College, Edinburgh, 1841

 Item
Identifier: Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.12
Scope and Contents

Poster advertising classes at Queen's College, Edinburgh, including mineralogy and geology with Alexander Rose.

Dates: 1841
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Edinburgh Geological Society / Miscellany

Printed Papers, c.1829-1864

 Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.23 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8); Series Coll-203/9 (Lyell 9)
Identifier: Coll-203/9 (Lyell 9)
Scope and Contents Printed Papers consists of: address delivered by Sir Charles Lyell at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London (1836) Lithology of the Environs of Edinburgh by Dr Fleming (1856-1857) Biographical notice of Sir Charles Lyell as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1864) press cutting of letter from Sir...
Dates: c.1829-1864
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Professional Correspondence, 1872-1917

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/2
Scope and Contents

c200 letters, chronologically arranged, including those from J Peter Lesley, Sir Joseph Prestwich, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, Grove Karl Gilbert, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and James Dwight Dana. Subjects covered include many aspects of geology and related matters.

Dates: 1872-1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie

Proof copies of Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on geology, 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/8/3
Scope and Contents

Proof copies of Sir Archibald Geikie's contribution on geology to the Encyclopaedia Britannica from various dates in 1879, published by Adam and Charles Black.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses

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 / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses

Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-206
Scope and Contents

The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:


  1. 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Dates: 1808-1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Reprints, 1872-1914

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-99/3/1
Scope and Contents
  1. reprints of scholarly articles by James Geikie
  2. reprint of scholarly article by John Somerville Geikie
  3. reprints of testimonials for James Geikie
Dates: 1872-1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Publications

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison: miscellaneous papers, mid 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/10/5
Scope and Contents

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison: miscellaneous consists of:


  1. geological notes
  2. obituary notices
  3. presscuttings
  4. printed matter
Dates: mid 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison

Sketch map of the area North-west of Forfar, c1822-1824

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Identifier: Coll-203/3/4
Scope and Contents

Pen and ink sketch map of area North-west of Forfar showing the loch of Forfar, Alyth, Kirriemuir and Cortachie c1822-1824.

Dates: c1822-1824
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire

Sketches and notes on Clach a Fhradraic, 17 October 1873

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/80
Scope and Contents

Sketches and notes on 'Clach a Fhradraic on Beinne-na Sibhinn close to Loch Slitir on Tolastadh fo Thua' [Beinn Àirigh na Sibhinn/Beinn Airigh na Sivin, Tolstadh Bho Thuath, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis]. The sketches show the rock from east north east and west south west and gives measurements of each side. It is described as gneiss resting on a 'flatish rock', and capable of moving about an inch at each end, and ship like. Some of the text is illegible.

Dates: 17 October 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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