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Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Addresses and Speeches, c. 1850s - 1870s
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.12: Series Coll-203/B14; Series Coll-203/B15
Identifier: Coll-203/B15
Scope and Contents
Series of printed and manuscript addresses given by Charles Lyell, including:
Printed Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, 20 February 1835. Lyell toasts Mantell's health.
Galley proof of an Address delivered to the Royal Institution, Friday 4 February, [1840s - after 1846] 'The Fossil footmarks of a reptile in the coal-formation of the...
Dates:
c. 1850s - 1870s
Records of Edinburgh Geological Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-43
Scope and Contents
The collection contains minute books of general and council meetings from 1834 to 1982; treasurer's accounts; laws, lists and rolls of members; membership applications; and, billets of meetings 1879 to 1939, and 1939-1990; correspondence; and, papers read 1863-64. Printed items include a history of the Edinburgh Geological Society; proceedings of the Society; copies of the Edinburgh Geologist; leaflets; and geological excursion guides.
Dates:
1834-1990