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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Bennie, 20 February 1894

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Identifier: Coll-74 Gen.524/8/45
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Bennie telling Geikie he has sent him a copy of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society . Bennie reports that he has received copies of some journals from Geikie.

Dates: 20 February 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, 27 January 1897

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Identifier: Coll-74 Gen.524/8/46
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Bennie sending some specimens of shells from the bottom of a Gayfield Lake. Bennie reports that there was considerable vegetable debris also found at the lake bottom which was probably pondweed and encrustations from the stems of the plants. Numerous ostracod were also found which he has mounted on cards and sent to another party. This layer was 3-4 feet deep. The same layer was not found in the adjacent Broughton Lake.

Dates: 27 January 1897
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 John Hutton Balfour, 18 April 1871

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/6
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour asking for his opinion on an enclosed personal reference (not attached).

Dates: 18 April 1871
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 John Hutton Balfour, 30 March 1878

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/8
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour asking if he can procure an obituary for Professor Robert Harkness for the Royal Society [of Edinburgh]. He arranges to talk about Geikie's paper on metamorphic rocks when they meet.

Dates: 30 March 1878
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 John Hutton Balfour, 05 July 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/10
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour telling him that the addresses by Professors Philp Kelland and Matthew Forster Heddle are currently with Neill and Co but could be borrowed from them so long as they are returned to Balfour and copies made available for the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Dates: 05 July 1879
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 John Hutton Balfour, 14 July 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/11
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour telling Geikie that the council [of the Royal Society of Edinburgh] has approved the requested sum of £53 and he can engage the lithographer.

Dates: 14 July 1879
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

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie, 20 September 1856

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/70
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from PB Brodie discussing differences between the liass formations (jurassic) in Gloucestershire and Skye. He reports that there is no sandstone in Gloustershire. He describes some fossils he has found and a liassic reef covered with grass. He reports that he will be sending some specimens to the Museum of Economic Geology and would appreciate any samples which Geikie could spare. He adds a post script that he has lost a ticket sent by Geikie and requests a...
Dates: 20 September 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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