Geology

Lectures on American geological history, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/4

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Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.

Dates: c1879

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Boston lectures

Lectures on Geology, 1832-1838

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)

Scope and Contents Charles Lyell lectured at King's College London in 1832 and again in 1833. He then gave a single course at the Royal Institution in 1833. For the latter courses, he re-used some material from his first course, and his notes can be mixed between both sets. The records suggest two stages in development - longer, prose like text is written on larger sheets of paper. Page numbering is inconsistent, and sections are crossed out, indicating they are rejected. These larger sheets of text are then...

Dates: 1832-1838

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Letter book, etc., 1792-1793

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Identifier: Coll-1373/13

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Volume of 122 pages containing notes of correspondence with colleagues. One illustration, in green ink, of a Salsola Kali shoot.

Dates: 1792-1793

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Notebooks of Robert Jameson

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, 06 October 1926

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/32/6

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Le Souef writes that he would be very glad to see the Gillespie papers on the influence of geological formations on stock.

Dates: 06 October 1926

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1926

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 21 May 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/22

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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro replying to earlier letters from Lyell to the Gemmellaro family containing questions relating to the geology of Mount Etna. Gemmellaro diagrees with Lyell that the pressure of subsequent layers of lava depress those beneath, with sketch, and mentions the geographical locations of certain features with respect to the map of Wolfgang Sartorius Von Waltershausen which Gemmellaro feels to be accurate, 21 May 1858.

Dates: 21 May 1858

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 8 April 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/18

Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro regarding his volcanic research on Mount Etna. Gemmellaro mentions his respect for the topographical works of Baron Waltershausen but states that the only fault he saw in Waltershausen during his stay in Sicily was the Baron's disregard for the learned Sicilian people. Discusses the geology of Aci Reale, in particular the strata of lava on which the village rests; Baron Waltershausen thought there were only 2 layers, Gemmellaro believes he...

Dates: 8 April 1858