Pentland Hills (Scotland)

Scope and Contents Photograph of a poultry brooder in a field in Boghall, [Scotland] in the early/mid 20th century.

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Edinburgh & the Frith of Forth from the Pentlands. Line engraving. 1 December 1838. Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Artist; Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver; Watson, W. F., Publisher.

Publisher statement: Edinburgh: Published by W.F. Watson, 52 Princes Street.

Published in: Edinburgh and Mid-Lothian (1838).

Scope and Contents Drawings and notes on the geology of various parts of Scotland, including Stonehaven, Pentland, Nairn and the Braid Hills. Geological features include curved silurian and old red sandstone.

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Glaud's Onstead, below the Washing Green from the S.E. Line engraving. 1808. Stevenson, James, Artist; Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver; Martin, William, Publisher.

Published in: Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd, a Pastoral Comedy,with Illustrations of the Scenary [sic] (1808), vol. 1.

Note: Ramsay quotation below title.

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[Hill head by Lasswade]. Pen and ink wash. Undated. White, Adam, 1817-1879, Artist; Clerk, John, of Eldin, 1728-1812, Artist, Etcher.

Note: Pencil inscription: 'Hill head by Lasswade / Clerk, no. 53'. Pen and wash traced copy (by Adam White?) after Clerk etching B104 [Bertram (2012)], no. 53 in King's Collection album BL 191.g.6.

Scope and Contents 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.

Scope and Contents 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.

Scope and Contents Photograph of chickens in and around a rearing ark in a field in Boghall, [Scotland] in the early/mid 20th century.

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The Pentland Hills, from Duddingstone Loch. Line engraving. 17 July 1830. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864, Artist; Byrne, Letitia, 1779-1849, Engraver; Jones and Co. (London, England), Publisher.

Published in: T. H. Shepherd, Modern Athens! (1829).