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Photograph of two men standing in the water next to their canoe on Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of the head of the ravine leading into the Macpherson Lake showing the Waterfield bund and sluice. The image also shows the land that has been, and has not been, reclaimed by means of the bund. Part of the survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

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Photograph of a man standing in Lake Nainital [Nainital, Uttarakhand, India], with trees in the foreground and a village in the background.

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Notes for 4 lectures on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', given to the Royal Institution in 1886. Sir Archibald Geikie looked at the emergence of types of geological formations against a geological timeframe and how they have been affected by various processes, especially the action of volcanoes and materials produced by them, within the natural world. He used examples from numerous locations from different parts of the British Isles.

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Photogravure of Macpherson Lake in Allahabad which was created from a reclaimed ravine with an extreme width. Part of the Survey India Office, Calcutta, 1902. Slide developed by Flatters, Milborne and McKechnie Ltd, Manchester.

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Photograph of men rowing a boat on Macpherson Lake in India in the early 20th century. The text beneath the image states that this is 'another portion of the main bund on the Macpherson Lake at Allahabad with second weir in right hand corner.' Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 190[?].

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Photograph of 'a portion of the main bund of the Macpherson Lake at Allahabad.' The text beneath the image notes that there are weirs at each end to prevent fish escaping and that the lake water can be used for irrigation or drained off and the land cultivated. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

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Photograph of the Matopo dam and lake in Zimbabwe in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Scope and Contents 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...

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Photograph of the overflow in the Macpherson Lake at Allahabad with galvanised net frames to prevent fish escaping. Without these escapes, the water would flow over the bund and wash it away. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.