Highlands Scotland
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Alfred Elis Törnebohm, 1883-1902
The Correspondence from Alfred Elis Törnebohm sub-series consists of:
- letters (with enclosed diagrams, maps and a photograph), chronologically arranged (1883-1902)
Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1872-1900
The Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker sub-series consists of:
- 33 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
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.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Barrow, 27 August 1898
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Barrow accepting work in north Staffordshire. He welcomes the opportunity of at least 2 months break from the difficult geological work which the old red sandstone in the highlands of Scotland present, and the change to a pleasanter climate.