Colour-coded geological map of part of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire, from a survey of or prior to 1883 by James Geikie and Benjamin Neeve Peach as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

Colour-coded geological map of parts of Berwickshire, Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire, from a survey of or prior to 1879 by Sir Archibald Geikie, James Geikie and Benjamin Neeve Peach as part of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.

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.