Europe
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Lecture on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles', 1884
Notes for 5 lectures on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles' given to the Royal Institution in 1884, along with printed abstracts. Sir Archibald Geikie focused on geological formations around the British Isles, with comparisons from European and North American locations, looking at the materials of which they are composed and the processes which went into their creation.
Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886
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.
Lectures on American geological history, c1879
Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.
Letters from Sir Roderick Impey Murchison to Lady Charlotte Murchison, 1854-1857
The letters from Sir Roderick Impey Murchison to Lady Charlotte Murchison consist of:
- 17 letters, chronologically arranged.
Louisiana Purchase, the Thirteen Original States, and Europe, 1870s-1930s
Map of the United States of America showing the area of the Louisiana Purchase and the thirteen orignal states next to a map of Europe. Figures of the land area and population statistics are noted beneath the images.
Maps, 1805-1915
- annotated geological maps
- ordnance survey maps
- general maps
- specialist maps
- guidebooks and related material
Notes for lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', late 19th century
Organisation and practice of pig improvement in European countries, December 1970
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1969 - 1970. Volume 6 of 19.