In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/985

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of an ant heap and a granite boulder in a field in [South Africa?] in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/1004

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of men removing an ant heap in a field in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/33

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Illustration of various types of White-Ant: a) Queen white-ant read to deposit eggs; b) Working neuter; c) Soldier neuter; d) Male pupa; e) Female pupa; f) Winged white-ant

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/38

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of two men exterminating white ants from beneath a tree on the Rantau Panjang Estate, Malaysia in the early 20th century

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/116

Date

May 1844 - 11 June 1844

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

The notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from May to June 11th 1844 while in London. It then continues through June 13th to July 27th in Scotland. …