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Found in 108 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, c1845

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Identifier: Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.7
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Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose regarding articles written by the former, the most recent relating to limestone and he promises to send Rose samples. He remarks on astronomical geologists and their view of religion, specifically creation.

Dates: c1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Edinburgh Geological Society / Miscellany

Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, c1845

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Identifier: Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.8
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Letter from Hugh Miller to Alexander Rose, originally accompanying some Old Red Sandstone fossils which he comments on. He also refers to the space they will occupy and to an article Rose had sent him.

Dates: c1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Edinburgh Geological Society / Miscellany

Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell to Joseph Black, 24 October 1779

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/93-96
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Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell with a translation of extracts from his Chemisches Journal.

Dates: 24 October 1779
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Letter to Edward Speyer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 23 November 1903

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L156
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Letter, 23 November 1903, Surrey, Donald Tovey to Edward Speyer. Description of concerts and covering note for an essay on concerto form. Holograph signed, L156 - L161 sewn together.

Dates: 23 November 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 25 February 1927

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L70
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Letter, 25 February 1927, Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Hubert Foss. Request to edit work. Holograph signed.

Dates: 25 February 1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1936

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L296
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Letter, [1936], London, Donald Tovey to Mary Grierson. Notes concerning a commemoration of Lord Murray, and publication of three volumes of a work by Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Bartolommeo Gastaldi, 14 February 1873

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/7
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Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Bartolommeo Gastaldi reporting a riot at his school where a colleague's lectures were boycotted. He mentions having sent details of geological maps of the area around Jura and promises to pay what he owes to the Geological Survey. Mention is also made of a letter by Gastaldi that Sir Charles Lyell is having published in the next edition of the Geological Magazine.

Dates: 14 February 1873
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, 03 May 1882

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/10
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling Geikie that he has declined the invitation from the journal Nature to review Geikie's forthcoming publications, as he will shortly be leaving for the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) to do field work in preparation for a systematic study of the volcanic fields of California and Oregon. He recommends his colleague Grove Karl Gilbert for the task and asks Geikie if he will review his new monograph...
Dates: 03 May 1882
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, 22 May 1882

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/12
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton apologising that he has only been able to send final proofs of his atlas sheets for Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District, ( 1882) at the current time. He apologises for being unable to review Geikie's forthcoing books due to his forthcoming field work in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and pontificates that Grove Karl Gilbert will do a better job in the long run. He reports that Gilbert and...
Dates: 22 May 1882
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, 23 January 1883

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/13
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton discussing his field trip to the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii). He reports on the large scale of the ultra basic basalt lava flows of the Mauna Loa eruption and the lack of cinder cones. He reports on the ferruginous nature of the lavas and their high olivine content along with observed layers of hematite and magnetite. He describes the volcano's impressive topography and its inability to support running water. He...
Dates: 23 January 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