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Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 12 February 1815 - 18 November 1854

Created for

Charles Lyell Project, June 2021

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Notebook No.197, April 1854 - August 1854

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/197
Scope and Contents This black notebook covers the months between April and August 1854, recording Charles Lyell's final travel in Madeira and the Canary Islands, includes his voyage home and ends in London. Some of the key locations this notebook discusses are Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Madeira, Baranco de Santos, and Pico De Cruz. The beginning of this notebook includes sketches and notes on the geological formations of Madeira and Tenerife including dikes, alluvium, basalt, tuff, columnar lava and breccia. Whilst...
Dates: April 1854 - August 1854
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks