... the famous bridge-builder, born in 1839 at Houston, Renfrewshire, died on February 20 at his residence, Seafield ...
1913 - Nature Portfolio | Nature
... Society. Vol. i. Notes on the Mineralogy of Renfrewshire. By Robt. S. Houston. Pp. 88. (Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1912.) Price 2s. ...
Tópico(s): Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
1912 - Nature Portfolio | Nature
Tópico(s): Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
1879 - Oxford University Press | Notes and Queries
For some years past I have devoted considerable attention to the mineralogy of Renfrewshire, and, having gathered together some rare specimens found in the shire, I venture to lay a few notes on them before you. I may mention that my reason for going into this subject in what may seem a restricted aspect, viz., only the Renfrewshire minerals, was that the Paisley Naturalists' Society undertook to procure for, and present to, the local museum as complete a collection of the minerals of Renfrewshire ...
Tópico(s): Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
1906 - Zoological Society of London | Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow