Ref NoLDGSL/917
TitleNews cuttings: 'A geological blunder'
Date1893
LevelFile
Extent1 file
FormatDocument
DescriptionSeven news cuttings, taken from the Daily Chronicle, 19 January-8 February 1893, comprising mostly letters to the editor from anonymous writers on the subject of 'A Geological Blunder', criticising the Geological Survey’s interpretation of the northwest Highlands under its Director Roderick Murchison. Includes one reply from Charles Lapworth defending the work of his Survey colleagues.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorName 
SubjectStructural geology
Previous referenceLDGSL 917
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/13GEIKIE; Archibald (1835-1924); geologist and historian1835-1924
DS/UK/676LAPWORTH; Charles (1842-1920); geologist1842-1920
DS/UK/767British Geological Survey; 1835-1835-
Places
CodePlaceName
NA333Northwest Highlands
NA67Scotland
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