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Ayrshire Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence: John Strong Newberry to John Perry, 1863-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/17
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Strong Newberry to John Perry sub-series consists of:


  1. 37 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863-1900)
Dates: 1863-1900

Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson, 1862-1863

 Sub-Series
Identifier: GB Coll-74/11/4
Scope and Contents The Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson sub-series consists of: 3 letters from Sir Archibald Geikie (1862-1863) inscribed reprint: Geikie | Archibald | Sir | 1835-1924 | professor of geology, University of Edinburgh, On the Phenomena of the Glacial Drift in Scotland, ( Glasgow,...
Dates: 1862-1863

Geological Survey notebook 'O O', 1891

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/1/5
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology, largely of Ireland but also of Ayrshire. References are made to volcanic rock at Lizard and silurian.

Dates: 1891

Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/7/2
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.

Dates: 1886

Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 22 October 1862

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/4/1
Scope and Contents

Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie. Geikie discusses Boog-Watson's geological mapping of the south end of Arran and compares it with his own mapping of the Isle of Bute, the Cumbrae Islands, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. He discusses Scotland's old red sandstone unconformity. He extends an invitation to join him in mapping Tinto Hill as soon as his expected working visit from Lennox is over.

Dates: 22 October 1862

Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 10 December 1863

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/4/3
Scope and Contents

Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie while on field study in Ayrshire. Geikie suggests that he writes a paper on the Arran deposit at Lamlash. He discusses his geological research in Ayrshire in detail and in particular glacial deposits. He reports a technical difficulty with his possible professorship. He mentions Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay's possible future movements and his current health.

Dates: 10 December 1863

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney, 17 March 1865

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/52
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney reporting on permian rocks which he has seen. He says that there are displays of plutonic action. He says that the green earths and red oxides observed are the result of volcanic action in water. He continues with some detailed observations of rock formations found in Ayrshire and a report of fossil trees found at Laggan Bay on the Isle of Arran.

Dates: 17 March 1865

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from W. Blackadder, 15 October 1827

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/24
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from William Blackadder on geological matters. He mentions some post diluvium conglomerate found at Glamis gate, discusses the route of the river Nith from its source in the coalfields of Ayrshire to the Solway Firth and remarks that he considers the sweep of diluvium hillocks near Melgund Castle to be the most extraordinary in the country, 15 October 1827.

Dates: 15 October 1827

Notes on white-traps in Museum of Science and Art and Geological Survey Collection, the Office, Edinburgh, late 19th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/5/9
Scope and Contents

Notes on white-traps from various parts of Scotland (Ayrshire, Fife, Linlithgowshire) held either in the Museum of Science and Art or the offices of the Geological Survey in Edinburgh.

Dates: late 19th century