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Total number of records: 599
Count of Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 173 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 79 |
| Brotherton Collection | 33 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 3 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 2 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 2 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 2 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 1 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 1 |
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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Kissling, Werner (1895-1988) | 67 |
| Liman, Ingemar (1938-) | 36 |
| Sanderson, Stewart (1924-) | 24 |
| Thorvaldur Thoroddsen (1855-1921) | 23 |
| Whitaker, William (1836-1925) | 21 |
| Sheppard, Thomas (1876-1945) | 19 |
| Geologists' Association | 15 |
| Lyell, Charles Sir, Bart (1797-1875) | 12 |
| Phillips, John (1800-1874) | 12 |
| Kendall, Percy Fry (1856-1936) | 8 |
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Stonework
1969-1979
This file contains items relating to stone industries and related crafts, including a photocopy of the Appendix to Horace Harman's 'Buckinghamshire Dialect' (reprinted Wakefield: S. R. Publishers, 197...
The Dwelling House: Rooms, Fittings, Utilities, Etc.
1969-1979
This file contains items on various aspects of the dwelling house, with a focus on fittings and equipment and domestic utilities. This includes an article by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby on farm kit...
Geological rambles around Hull: partial draft of a proposed book, by Thomas Sheppard
Sheppard, Thomas (1876-1945)
c.1896
Also, a transcript made in 1896 by Thomas Sheppard of A.J. Jukes-Browne, 'The boulder clays of Lincolnshire', Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 41 (1885), pp.114-131 (18 ff.)
Section of strata bored through Earl Fitzwilliam's estates
c.1875-1900
Section of strata sunk and bored through Earl Fitzwilliam's estates, commencing near Swinton pottery and terminating near Mortomley, to a depth of 680 yards
Catalogue of Sicilian minerals
c.1801-1825
Catalogue of 132 sundry Sicilian minerals, collected by P. Campanella of Messina
Sections of Yorkshire oolites, allegedly drawn by Alexander Henry Green, based on data published by John Phillips
Green, Alexander Henry (1832-1896)
c.1875-1900
On the different theories of the Earth, by Adam Hunter
Hunter, Adam (1794-1843)
1821
Comprises a lecture read to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, December 21, 1821; see the note on f. 56v
Principles of geology : being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation (v.2)
Lyell, Charles Sir, Bart (1797-1875); Deshayes, G P (1795-1875)
1830-1833
Appendices: I. Tables of fossil shells by Monsieur G. P. Deshayes.--II. Lists of fossil shells chiefly collected by the author in Sicily and Italy, named by M. Deshayes.
Principles of geology : being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation (v.3)
Lyell, Charles Sir, Bart (1797-1875); Deshayes, G P (1795-1875)
1830-1833
Appendices: I. Tables of fossil shells by Monsieur G. P. Deshayes.--II. Lists of fossil shells chiefly collected by the author in Sicily and Italy, named by M. Deshayes.
Principles of geology : being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation (v.1)
Lyell, Charles Sir, Bart (1797-1875)
1832-33
Vol. 3 was contemplated when the first edition of v. 2 appeared, but was published for the first time in 1833 a little after the second edition of v. 1-2. No second edition of v. 3 was issued.