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| Online Publication Date: 05 Nov 2007
The Archives of the Geological Society of London
The Archives of the Geological Society of London
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A brief and selective account is given of the archives and miscellaneous manuscripts of the Geological Society of London (founded 1807). Particular attention is paid to items of the early nineteenth century, and to those likely to interest historians of geology rather than historians of the Geological Society. Information is also given on the current state of cataloguing and conserving the collection, and the regulations concerning access, photography, photocopying etc.
AGASSIZ, J.R.L., 1833-43, Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 5 vols and atlas: the Author, Neuchatel.
AGASSIZ, J.R.L., 1844-45, Monographie des poissons fossiles du vieux gres rouge ou Système Dévonien (Old Red Sandstone) des Iles Britanniques et de Russie, 1 vol and atlas: the Author, Neuchatel.
ANDREWS, S.M., 1982, The discovery of fossil fishes in Scotland up to 1845 with check-list of Agassiz's figured specimens: Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, 87 p.
BRIDSON, G.D.R., HARVEY, A.P., and PHILLIPS, V.C., 1980, Natural history manuscript resources in the British Isles: Mansell, London, 473p.
BROWN, T., 1859, On a section of a part of the Fifeshire coast: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 15, pp. 59-62.
DARWIN, C., 1838, On the formation of mould: Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, v.2, pp. 574-6.
DARWIN, C., 1840, On the formation of mould: Transactions of the Geological Society of London, 2nd series, v. 5, pp.505-9.
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GREENOUGH, G.B., 1834, Address delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society on 21st February 1834: Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, v.2, pp. 42-70.
HEAPHY, C.A., 1860, On the volcanic country of Auckland, New Zealand: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 16, pp. 242-252.
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MURCHISON, R.I., 1849, On the geological structure of the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 5, pp. 157-312.
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