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Torquay (England)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Phrenological report entitled "Phrenological manipulation", showing the "cerebral development of Miss Hunt", 1841

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/26-0075
Scope and Contents This is a detailed phrenological report, handwritten on a printed form entitled "Phrenological Manipulation", showing the "cerebral development" of a Miss Hunt. The form is divided in sections headed "Measurements spherical", "Measurements by Callipers", "Regions of the Brain", and "Development of Individual Organs", followed by a lengthy handwritten text starting with: "There is considerable intellectual power indicated by this development, but combined with the temperament I fear that...
Dates: 1841
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Watercolour picture of Raised Beaches at Hope's Nose, Torquay, 1890s-1900s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/3/8
Scope and Contents

Watercolour picture of Raised Beaches at Hope's Nose, Torquay.

Dates: 1890s-1900s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Papers relating to Raised Beaches