Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art Syllabus of Lectures

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/8/1
• Dates of Creation:1867-1868
• Name of Creator:
  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 leaflet

• Scope and Content

  Syllabus for a series of lectures given by 5 scientists at the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art during 1867-1868. They were: Sir Lyon Playfair (Chemistry), George James Allman (Natural History), Sir Archibald Geikie (Geology), Edward Sang (Natural Philosophy), and John Hutton Balfour (Botany).

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Grant Buttars 06 November 2001

• Subjects

  Botany

  Chemistry

  Geology

  Lectures and Lecturing

  Natural History

  Physics

• Personal Names

  Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist)

  Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh)

  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)

  Playfair, Sir Lyon, 1818-1898 (1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews)

  Sang, Edward, 1805-1890 (mathematician, engineer and actuary)

• Corporate Names

  Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904)

• Geographical Names

  Edinburgh, Scotland