Past Meetings

Albatross, woodcut from F. Lachmund,
De Ave Diomedea dissertatio (1674).

“Natural History and The Sea”

Papers from a conference of The Society for the History of Natural History

Papers presented at the Society’s conference held at Discovery Point, Dundee, Scotland, on 26–27 September 1997, have been published in The Scottish Naturalist 111 (1999). The following papers are included in the published proceedings which were edited by Dr J. A. Gibson.

HEADLAND, R. K., 1999 The natural history of Antarctica: the early voyages. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 9–36.
SAVOURS, A., 1999 The natural history of the Discovery's Antarctic voyages, 1901–1931. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 37–68.
MARSDEN, R. R. G., 1999 The Discovery Committee – motivation, means and achievements. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 69–92.
CREDLAND, A. G. ,1999 Some notes on the development of cetology, popular interest in the whale tribe, and a famous literary whale. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 93–126.
TAYLOR, M. A., 1999 D'Arcy Thompson, Alexander Rodger, and the second Bering sea voyage of 1897. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 127–136.
MORRISON-LOW, A. D., 1999 Marine sampling and collecting equipment in the collections of the National Museums of Scotland. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 137–155.
JONES, F., 1999 Marine science in the correspondence of James Hutton and Joseph Black. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 157. [abstract only]
CONROY, J. W. H., 1999 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 159–182.
MUNRO, D. M., 1999 Naturalists at work: the photographic archive of the Scotia voyage. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 183–195.
SPEAK, P., 1999 Bruce and the Arctic. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 197–206.
SWINNEY, G. N., 1999 Wyville Thomson, Challenger, and the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 207–224.
DEACON, M. B., 1999 A grounding in science? John Murray of the Challenger, his grandfather John Macfarlane, and the Macfarlane Museum of Natural History at Bridge of Allan. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 225–265.
DURANT, G. P. and FARROW, G. E., 1999 On the rocks in the Southern and Atlantic Oceans – changing geological perspectives. The Scottish Naturalist 111: 267–309.

The Scottish Naturalist is published by The Scottish Natural History Library (annual subscription £35.00).

Members of the Society for the History of Natural History may obtain Natural History and The Sea for £10 + £2.50 p&p.

For further details please contact

Dr J. A. GIBSON (Representative for Scotland)
The Scottish Natural History Library
Foremount House
Kilbarchan
Renfrewshire
PA10 2EZ
Scotland

Tel: +44 (0) 1505 702419

Joint meeting held on 23 September 2000 with the Linnean Society and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the Rooms of the Linnean Society of London. A full day meeting followed by an evening reception, organised by Prof. P.F.Stevens, Dr J. Marsden and Gina Douglas.