Scotland
Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:
Interviews with former staff of the Institute of Animal Genetics, 1969-1971
Contains interviews with: Charlotte Auerbach, Alick Buchanan Smith, Lord Balerno, F.A.E. Crew, Frank Fraser Darling, Hugh Paterson Donald, Honor Fell and Alan William Greenwood. The interviewer in all cases is Margaret Deacon.
Kinnedar Poultry Farm, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the poultry sheds at the Kinnedar Poultry Farm in the early 20th century.
Kinneddar, Chicken Coops, 1870s-1930s
Photographs of two chicken coops in a field with chickens out front with a forest in the background in the early 20th century.
Kinneddar, Poultry Farm, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a woman feeding a flock of chickens in a field at the Kinneddar Poultry Farm in Scotland in the early 20th century.
Kinneddar Poultry Farm, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of the Kinneddar Poultry Farm showing the fields with chicken coops and other farm buildings in the early 20th century.
Kinneddar, Rose Walk, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a man standing next to a sun dial on a path surrounded by rose bushes at Kinneddar House and Poultry farm in the early20th century.
Laidlaw's Herd [of Cattle], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing in a field that belong to Mr. Laidlaw in the early/mid 20th century.
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.
Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886
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.
Lectures on American geological history, c1879
Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.