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Geology

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

Journal of a Tour Through the Hebrides begun the 22d of May 1798, volume 2, 1798

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1373/4
Scope and Contents

Second volume of the journal containing approximately 100 pages of Jameson's famous 1798 trip to the Hebrides.

Dates: 1798

Journal of a Tour Through the Hebrides begun the 22nd of May 1798, volume 1, 1798

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Identifier: Coll-1373/3
Scope and Contents

First volume of the journal of Jameson's famous 1798 trip to the Hebrides of containing approximately 120 pages .

Dates: 1798

Journal of a Tour to Arran in 1799, 1799

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Identifier: Coll-1373/5
Scope and Contents

Informal writeup of approximately 100 pages of Jameson's trip to Arran in 1799, complete with trip expense accounts.

Dates: 1799

Journal of a Tour to Orkney in 1799, 1799

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Identifier: Coll-1373/6
Scope and Contents

Informal writeup of approximately 100 pages of Jameson's trip to Orkney in 1799, with loose plant life, pressed between sheets at the rear.

Dates: 1799

Journal of My Tour in 1797, 1797

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Identifier: Coll-1373/2
Scope and Contents

Journal of 116 pages relating to a trip taken by Jameson to Arran in June of 1797. Contains a sketch for a plate in his book, An Outline of the Mineralogy of the Shetland Islands and of the Island of Arran of 1798.

Dates: 1797

Lecture notes, 1884-1886

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/7
Scope and Contents

The Lecture notes series consists of:


  1. Notes and printed abstracts.
Dates: 1884-1886

Lecture notes, late 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/9
Scope and Contents

The Lecture notes series consists of:


  1. Notes for lectures on British geology.
Dates: late 19th century

Lecture on 'The Materials of the Land', c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/5
Scope and Contents

Lecture on the materials the land is composed of and their origins, including types of rocks and volcanic activity.

Dates: c1879

Lecture on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles', 1884

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Identifier: Coll-74/7/1
Scope and Contents

Notes for 5 lectures on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles' given to the Royal Institution in 1884, along with printed abstracts. Sir Archibald Geikie focused on geological formations around the British Isles, with comparisons from European and North American locations, looking at the materials of which they are composed and the processes which went into their creation.

Dates: 1884

Lectures and Syllabus, 1882-1897

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/1
Scope and Contents

The lectures and syllabus series consists of:


  1. examination papers
  2. lecture notes
  3. syllabus
Dates: 1882-1897