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Fossils

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 02 September 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/22
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Blunt replies to Ewart's acceptance of the gift of a filly. He encloses details of the filly's breeding. He also enquires in what published work he could find details of the fossil of the horse as originally traced by Huxley and Marsh, as he is hoping to begin a genealogy of the Arabian horse.

Dates: 02 September 1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1898

Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from David Landsborough, 25 February 1843

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/4
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Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from David Landsborough giving news of family members and news of "the Disruption" in the Church of Scotland. Natural history is also discussed, particularly a new species of Caledonian pine to be named C. Spherospherneum and a new genus of fossil to be named Lyginodendron Landsburgii Lyginos.

Dates: 25 February 1843
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 May 1883

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/14
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton discussing the fossiliferous Upper Cambrian metamorphosed sandstone shales found at Lake Superior and the Grand Canyon. At Lake Superior these beds overlie 1400 feet of unfossiliferous sandstone and shale, interspersed with layers of copper bearing metamorphosed volcanic ash. These are the same as the Huronian metamorphic beds at Lake Huron which are possibly of the Lower Cambrian age due to an unconformity (as identified by...
Dates: 05 May 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 31 October 1883

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/15
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton expressing regret that he was unable to vacation in Germany and France during the month of October as he had anticipated. He thanks Geikie for his papers on the pre-cambrian, reports that American geologists are also considering this problem and surmises that American exposures of pre-cambrian fosseliferous rocks are more extensive than those in Britain.

Dates: 31 October 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Herbert Bolton, c1894

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/56
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Herbert Bolton requesting permission to examine the coal measure fossils in the Irish Geological Survey's collection during a visit to Dublin for the Museums Association's Meeting the following week.

Dates: c1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Herbert Bolton, 16 July 1894

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/57
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Herbert Bolton telling Geikie that he had been able to view the Jarrow specimens in Dublin, despite Geikie not having received his letter on time.

Dates: 16 July 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Bennie, 25 May 1885

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Identifier: Coll-74 Gen.524/8/44
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Bennie describing examples of rocks showing evidence of glaciation and fossils which he has sent to Geikie by rail, and explaining which collections they have been borrowed from. He reports on locations in which he has found spore bearing shales and scorpion remains over the winter and spring.

Dates: 25 May 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, cAugust 1855

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/67
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie asking him if he could swap a sample of a fossil Ashea from the Isle of Skye with him as he would like to compare it with those he is familiar with from the south of England. He offers a variety of other fossils which he could swap, including some crustaceans. He remarks that he would also like some specimens of old red fish fossils from Scotland. He tells Geikie that he will shortly be submitting a paper concerning corals in lias to the...
Dates: cAugust 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, cAugust 1855

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/68
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie thanking him for the offer of a liassic (or jurassic) coral fossil and arranging carriage of it. He tells Geikie that he will be reading a paper regarding these at the next Chiltern branch meeting of the British Association for the advancement of science, which is where most of his fossils originate. He asks Geikie if he knows of any collector who could furnish him with some old red fish fossils and offers to show Geikie his collection if he is...
Dates: cAugust 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, 03 October 1856

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/69
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie discussing the differences between Scottish and English lias formations (jurassic). He concludes that corals found in the Scottish lias are from lower levels in the series than those from Gloucestershire and Worcestershire where the outlines of old coral reefs can be seen on the surface, and fossil coral can be picked up in fields and at the side of the road. He sends some references concerning the subject, offers to send some local fossils, and...
Dates: 03 October 1856
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

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