Geology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, K-L, 1835-1874
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 3155-3995
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, K-L consists of:
- letters from colleagues and acquaintances from around the world including fellow scientists such as Samuel William King, William L Lonsdale , Eduard Armand Lartet and copy letters from Charles Lyell to other scientists (1835-1874).
Dates:
1835-1874
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, M-Pa, 1835-1874
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 3996-4638
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, M-Pa consists of:
- letters from colleagues and acquaintances such as Spanish architect, Pedro Maffiote and Irish engineer -Robert W Mallet. (1835-1874).
- Under the letter 'M' is also 3 folders of 'Misc' subsection A-D, F-G, H-L.
Dates:
1835-1874
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, Pe-Sh, 1832-1873
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 4639-5247
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, Pe-Sh consists of:
- letters from colleagues and acquaintances from around the world including fellow scientists such as William Pengelly, Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, Sir John Richardson, A.H. Rhind, and Sir Joseph Prestwich (1832-1873).
Dates:
1832-1873
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, Si-Wa, 1831-1849
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 5248-5915
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, Si-Wa consists of:
- letters from colleagues and acquaintances including fellow scientists such as James Smith, Edward James Stone, Hugh Edwin Strickland, William Samuel Symonds and George Robert Waterhouse and other acquaintances such as John Pye Smith (1831-1849).
Dates:
1831-1849
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, We-Z, 1839-1870
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 5916-6556
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, We-Z consists of:
- letters from colleagues and acquaintances from around the world including fellow scientists such as Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, William Crawford Williamson, Sir Daniel Wilson, Thomas Vernon Wollaston, Searles Valentine Wood and Samuel Pickworth Woodward (1839-1870).
Dates:
1839-1870
Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith, 1863-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/19
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith sub-series consists of:
- 34 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863/1900)
Dates:
1863-1900
Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson, 1862-1863
Sub-Series
Identifier: GB Coll-74/11/4
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson sub-series consists of:
3 letters from Sir Archibald Geikie (1862-1863)
inscribed reprint: Geikie | Archibald | Sir | 1835-1924 | professor of geology, University of Edinburgh, On the Phenomena of the Glacial Drift in Scotland, ( Glasgow, John...
Dates:
1862-1863
Description and sketch of an airi [àiridh], 17 October 1873
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/86
Scope and Contents
Description and sketch of an airi [àiridh] about five miles south of Ness [Nis, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis]. The shape and composition of the àiridh is noted along with the measurements of the walls. Carmichael also records his reaction to the building, ' My first fe[e]l[in]g on enter[in]g this airi was that of being scared - face to face with things 1000 y[ea]rs ago - The up end of house so unlike aught I had seen before.' He describes another 'both' [bothan or bothy] as having a 'raised...
Dates:
17 October 1873
Draft manuscript concerning the geology of Madeira with index, June 1856
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 301-460
Scope and Contents
Draft manuscript concerning the geology of Madeira with index. Topics covered include: Size and structure of Madeira, Scoriaeceous formations, Fossil remains of 3 periods which are to be found on Madeira, Lavas, Successive eruptions. June 1856. Folio 399-412 is a notebook of drawings by JB Horner [Joanna?].
Dates:
June 1856
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art Syllabus of Lectures, 1867-1868
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/8/1
Scope and Contents
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