Elie de Beaumont, Leonce, 1798-1874 (French geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 25 September 1798 – 21 September 1874
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.43, August 1831- August 1831
Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 2
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/43
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's notes from London and Edinburgh, with lists including "luggage per steamboat" and packings lists, a draft of opening of a second volume, and a sketch of Edinburgh Castle hill with diagram of geological layers. Notes are written in pencil and ink, with many revisions. The front cover reads "August 1831, London, Edin[burgh]." The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own...
Dates:
August 1831- August 1831
Notebook No.48, December 1832- December 1832
Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 2
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/48
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains watercolour geological skylines. Loose leaf pages in the middle of the notebook list recipients of copies of 3rd and 4th editions of Principles of Geology; queries for M Graves, notes on 3rd edition, and queries for Deshayes. There are also cross-sections and fossil drawings. The front cover reads December 1832, and the index is pasted to the back. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied...
Dates:
December 1832- December 1832
Notebook No.99, April 1842- May 1842
Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 4
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/99
Scope and Contents
This red leather notebook with green edged pages contains Charles Lyell's diverse notes from his travels through New England - Baltimore - Harpers Ferry - Cumberland Gap. Notes are in pencil and ink and are daily journal entries, lists, small and large sketches, and observations. The index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of...
Dates:
April 1842- May 1842
Notebook No.114, 7 October 1843- January 1844
Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 5
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