Croll, James, 1821-1890 (physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence, Geological Survey of Scotland)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Croll, James to Charles Lyell, 6 July 1866 - 29 March 1871
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll- 203/1/53
Scope and Contents
Three folders of correspondence, from James Croll - the first 2 folders only have been catalogued, and which differ in detail of cataloguing, the first one being done to a high level of detail, the second only capturing the summary created by Lyell's team:
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll regarding the velocity of light and the effects that has on the temperature of the earth during the glacial period. He mentions the theories of Foucault, Le Verrier and Legrange, 1 March...
Dates:
6 July 1866 - 29 March 1871
Letters from Heath, John Moore to Charles Lyell, 22nd September 1865
File — Box Box 1.6: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/126
Scope and Contents
Summarised as Attraction of Polar Ice - Cap. Refers to Croll's 'new theory'.
See also 'Miscelleanous and unidentified letters Coll-203/B2/3
Dates:
22nd September 1865
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- Subject: Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to X