| Description | Typescript drafts, with manuscript corrections, of papers on the geology of Egypt by William Fraser Hume, most of which were submitted to the 8th International Geological Congress in Paris, 1900, comprising:
1) "The Rift Valleys of Eastern Sinai"
2) "Geology of Eastern Sinai"
3) "Notes on the Geology of the Eastern Desert of Egypt", written with Thomas Barron. |
| CustodialHistory | Was housed in the Library, transferred July 2019. |
| Publication Note | The papers were published in French in the proceedings of the 8th International Geological Congress (1901), [Congres Geologique International Comptes Rendus de la VIII Session en France Vol 2 (1901) pp867-912.] The first two papers were published in English in 'Geological Magazine', Decade IV, Vol 8 (1901), pp198-204; the third paper was published in pamphlet form as Barron, T & W F Hume, 'Notes on the Geology of the Eastern Desert of Egypt', London: Dulau & Co (1902). |