Geological Museum. Museum of Practical Geology (1835-:)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Irving, 27 June 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/45
Scope and Contents
Irving writes that he has compared a horse skull at the Geological Museum with that of the Stortford skeleton and concludes that the former resembles the two skulls of Ewart's from Newstead. The skull was found in a brick yard in Melton Mowbray. Irving provides a table of comparative measurements for the Stortford and Melton Mowbray horse skulls.
Dates:
27 June 1912
Letters from Etheridge R, to Charles Lyell, November 1863-19 October 1874
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/74
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises these letters as:
1) Caelohynchus & Williamson's criticism November 1863 - includes sketch
2) Etheridge Pleurotomaria December 1863 - includes sketch
3) No summary, envelope stamped with Museum of Practical Geology and letter replies to Lyell's questions on the museum's collections
4) Crag section at Walton with 2 coloured annotated stratigraphic illustrations
5) Etheridge on Mr. Torrell's Swedish Cambrian plants being sponges
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Dates:
November 1863-19 October 1874