Geology
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Sir John Smith Flett
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-100
Scope and Contents
Manuscript copy and typed copy of Flett's account of his student days at Edinburgh University, 1886-1894.
Dates:
1886-1894
Papers of Sir Robert Christison (1797-1882), 1822-1887
Sub-Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1817/2
Scope and Contents
This sub-fonds consists of the papers of Sir Robert Christison (1797-1882), toxicologist and physician, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1838/40 and 1846/48) and President of the British Medical Association (1875).
Manuscript notebooks for autobiography (4 notebooks)
Notes of highland expeditions and holidays, etc. 1854-1881 (Skye with Dr Sharpey, 1854; Braemar...
Dates:
1822-1887
Personal papers, 1804-1870
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-51/3/2
Scope and Contents
1 Various documents on John Murchison, Col. Donald Murchison, the Glenshiel Affair, Gaelic songs, and monument to D.M. 2 Various documents re Tarradale, c.1810-1820. 3 Various documents re Tarradale, c.1812-1815. 4 Various documents re Tarradale, July 1815. 5 Various documents re Col. RM.McGregor's estate, 1831-1836. 6 Various documents re McGregor, Massie, etc., 1811-1850. 7 Small notebook labelled: 'Early memoranda of old war from...
Dates:
1804-1870
Plans: Barbican "appendix" plans, 1954
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5a
Scope and Contents
Set of 7 copy plans relating to the Barbican Area of London, each with a red star shaped sticker giving an appendix number. The plans are:
Appendix 1: "Barbican Site Plan no 1" - site plan at approximately 1:1250 scale giving details of planning permission for 27 numbered sites, 31 July 1954
Appendix 2: - "Barbican Site Sections no 2" - 3 sections across the site as marked on plan above,...
Dates:
1954
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
Printed Papers, c.1829-1864
Series — Box Lyell Box 1.22 (Formerly Gen 119): 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
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
Proof copies of Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on geology, 1879
Item
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
Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881
Item
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
Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-206
Scope and Contents
The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:
- 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Dates:
1808-1858