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Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1st Baronet, geologist, 1792-1871

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Journal of Robert Mylne, recording a visit to Paris.

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Identifier: Acc.13689
Scope and Contents Journal of Robert Mylne, recording a visit to Paris with James Watt, 1839. Robert William Mylne (1816-1890), engineer and geologist, visited Paris between April and May 1839 with James Watt (1769-1848), engineer and manufacturer. The main focus of the visit as recorded in the journal is the regular negotiation with Francois Arago, leading to the publication of Arago’s ‘Eloge’ to James Watt, the elder, later that year. Also recorded are Mylne’s own investigations and proposals...
Dates: 1839

Two letters, 1843-1859, of Robert Chambers.

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Identifier: Acc.7877
Scope and Contents

With unassociated letters of Walter B Blaikie, 1909, Robert Buchanan, undated, Sir Alexander Cochrane, 1810, and Sir Roderick I Murchison, 1855.

Dates: 1810-1859 and undated.

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Engineering. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Letters. Correspondence. 1
Paris. Europe - France - Ile-de-France - Ville de Paris, Department de. Inhabited place. Longitude: 2.3333. Latitude: 48.8667. 1
Photography. 1