Rock Types
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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
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Timothy Abbott Conrad, 17 October 1845
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Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 563
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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Timothy Abbott Conrad describing a voyage to the Gulf of Mexico where he made observations on fossil shells and rock types of the Florida Keys, Tampa Bay and the Mississippi River, 17 October 1845.
Dates:
17 October 1845
Notes for lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', late 19th century
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Identifier: Coll-74/9/1
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Notes for 6 lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', encompasing a wide variety of related subjects. Sir Archibald Geike looked at various geological periods and how both the areas occupied by land and water changed over time. He looked at the creation of many geological formations, at the materials they were composed of and the processes involved, including the infleunce of different elements within the natural world. He used as examples numerous locations, mostly within the British Isles but...
Dates:
late 19th century
Notes for paper on Sections of Isla, [Melgus], Prosen and South Esk, c1822-1824
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Identifier: Coll-203/3/19
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Notes for a paper on sections of Isla, [Melges], Prosen and South Esk containing information from publications and other scientists about rock types in Forfarshire. c1822-1824.
Dates:
c1822-1824
Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881
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Identifier: Coll-74/8/4
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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 to...
Dates:
1881
Royal Institution of Great Britain: Syllabus of a Course of Three Lectures on the Origin of Land-Surfaces by Archibald Geikie, FRS, 1867-1868
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Identifier: Coll-74/8/2
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Syllabus for a series of 3 lectures Sir Archibald Geikie gave to The Royal Insitution of Great Britain in 1869, broadly focusing on valleys, hills and mountains, erosion, geological structure and related subjects.
Dates:
1867-1868