Tennant, James, 1808-1881 (mineralogist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 8 February 1808 - 23 February 1881
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.114, 7 October 1843- January 1844
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/114
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from his travels through Scotland (started in previous notebook, Number 113) and return to London. On the 14th December he is with Darwin. It is dated October 7, 1843 to January 1844. Notes are in pencil and ink.The notebook index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-116. Page 48 lists the ‘state of the M.S. Notebooks and seems to refer to a review – perhaps creating the index? - of the Scientific Notebooks 94 to 96 as well as...
Dates:
7 October 1843- January 1844
Notebook No.116, May 1844-11 June 1844
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/116
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from May to June 11th 1844 while in London. It then continues through June 13th to July 27th in Scotland. Much of the content is about an upcoming trip to the United States - and also covers research on Canada. Notes are in penci and ink. The notebook index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 112-115. Pages 67-72 is an Essay on the 'Constitution of the United States'. Lyell's own index...
Dates:
May 1844-11 June 1844
Notes on Canaries & Madeira with Hartung, May - June 1855
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 59-76
Scope and Contents
Notes - including sketches - of a visit to the Canary Isles and Madeira with Georg Hartung, to look at the geological formations caused by volcanoes on the islands. TNotes on trip to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura with James Tennant to look at minerals. Index of notes on Madeira & the Canaries with G. Hartung. May-June 1855 - also refers to page numbers in Notebook 203.
Dates:
May - June 1855
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Anthracite coal 2
- Miocene Epoch 2
- Schists 2
- United States -- Ohio 2
- Virginia (United States) 2
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1
- Blackdown Hills (England) 1
- Canada 1
- Canary Islands 1
- Cape Breton Island (Nova Scotia, Canada) 1
- Chalk 1
- Cidaroida, Fossil 1
- Coal 1
- Echinoderms 1
- Echinoida 1
- Falkland Islands 1
- Falmouth (Cornwall) 1
- Flint 1
- Formations (Geology) 1
- Fossils 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cretaeceous 1
- Georgia (United States) 1
- Glaciers 1
- Leaves 1
- Madeira Islands 1
- Mammalia 1
- Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 1
- Maryland United States of America 1
- Minerals 1
- Mosses 1
- New Jersey (United States) 1
- Nigg (Ross and Cromarty) 1
- North Carolina United States of America 1
- Nova Scotia (Canada) 1
- Obsidian 1
- Pampas 1
- Schools 1
- Shale 1
- Sharks 1
- Sigillaria 1
- South Carolina United States of America 1
- Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1
- Volcanoes 1
- Yantlet Battery (England) 1 + ∧ less
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