Hoff, Karl Ernst Adolf von, 1771-1837 (German geologist)
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Letters from Hoff, Karl von to Charles Lyell, 15 January 1868
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/132
Scope and Contents
Letter summarised as from Torell, via Denmark 'levels of Baltic, tables calculated by Homstrond'. Holmstrond introduces the tables as'Notes on the rise of land in Sweden' and 'summary of the measures of watermarks'. Tables include data dated 1774 - 1867. Final letter details the return of these letters to Lyell from Dunbar James Douglas, who has read them with interest
Dates:
15 January 1868