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Lecture on 'The Origin of the Scenery of the British Isles', 1884

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Identifier: Coll-74/7/1
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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.

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Lecture notes