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Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from David Landsborough, 25 February 1843

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/4

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Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from David Landsborough giving news of family members and news of "the Disruption" in the Church of Scotland. Natural history is also discussed, particularly a new species of Caledonian pine to be named C. Spherospherneum and a new genus of fossil to be named Lyginodendron Landsburgii Lyginos.

Dates: 25 February 1843

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 16 March 1880

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/2

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton thanking him for a copy of a paper on the carboniferous volcanic rocks of Scotland. [ On the Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks of the Basin of the Firth of Forth : Their Structure in the Field and Under the Microscope, ( 1879) ]. He goes on to discuss the contents, and its implication for his own research, in detail.

Dates: 16 March 1880

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John George Bartholomew, 19 September 1900

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/30

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John George Bartholomew telling him that he is going on holiday for a month. He reports that he has edited the proofs for the physical geology maps and they are going to press and that he will send copies. Meanwhile, the colour stones are being prepared. The maps of Scotland are almost ready for press, but printing has been delayed to allow for personal proofing.

Dates: 19 September 1900

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Anderson, 11 March 1877

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/12

Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Anderson giving a detailed bibliography of sources for information concerning archaeological finds in the blown sands of the Scottish coast. He details the relevant collections held by the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, emphasising that large portions of the collections consist of flints and stone implements from the Neolithic period. He comments that the proliferation of such finds are enhanced by the wind blown nature of sandy areas. He puts...

Dates: 11 March 1877

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Thomas George Bonney, 19 December 1873

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/58

Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Thomas George Bonney discussing the origin of basins in a glaciated landscape. He refutes the chemical erosion theory and supports the glacier erosion theory. He reports that he has studied the theory of glacial erosion on Alpine scenery in Wales, Scotland, Norway and Switzerland. He asks Geikie if he knows of a rock collector who could get him authenticated specimens of, amongst other locations, Eigg pitchstone. He reports on a field trip to...

Dates: 19 December 1873