Coalfields
Subject
Subject Source: Nahste
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney, 14 April 1879
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/51
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney telling Geikie that the forthcoming geological map and cross section of the Edinburgh and Linlithgow coal field will be a useful addition to the geological literature.
Dates:
14 April 1879
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
Notebook No.11, 16 June 1828-27 June 1828
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 1: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/11
Scope and Contents
This notebook, of brown leather contains diary like entries in full sentences, accompanied by illustrations; cross sections, detailed, labeled. Subjects include granite, schist, St Laure, Puy Gros, Cantal basalt, two pages cut or ripped near the end of the notebook. The front cover plate reads; "No. 4 France Mt Dor to Brassac June 16th to the 27th 1828" The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own...
Dates:
16 June 1828-27 June 1828