Title: Roderick Murchison’s Russian ‘passport’
Description: Murchison, was elected to the Society on 3 December 1824, was a Scottish geologist who famously travelled in Russia between 1840 and 1845 to study its Palaeozoic rocks. His studies in Russia resulted in his defining a third geological system – the Permian, named after Perm – to add to the two he had already classified – the Silurian and the Devonian.
The results of his fieldtrips were published as: Murchison, R I, ‘The geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural Mountains’, London: John Murray (1845).
Date: 1843
Format: Printed paper
Archive reference: LDGSL/866
Image reference: 09-32
Recommended print size: Up to 16 x 12 inches (40 x 30cm)