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5 Lectures on geology, c1879
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Identifier: Coll-74/6/18
Scope and Contents
Notes and text for five lectures on geology. Sir Archibald Geikie placed civilisation, religion and mythology in the context of geological development, looking at geolgical formations and the processes and materials involved in their creation.
Dates:
c1879
Account of the 'Liasic district of Skye', 1853
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Identifier: Coll-74/2/2
Scope and Contents
An account of geolocical and natural history aspects of the Isle of Skye made by Sir Archibald Geikie, who visited there in 1853. References are made to the scenery, shale, limestone, coral and glacial formations amongst others.
Dates:
1853
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 20 November 1862
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/4/2
Scope and Contents
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie thanking him for his gift of figs and telling him that his diet is currently restricted due to ill health. He reports on a difficult visit from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay. He discusses the geological unconformity of the south end of the Isle of Bute and includes a sketch cross-section.
Dates:
20 November 1862