Schmerling, Philippe-Charles, 1791-1836 (Dutch prehistorian, geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 2 March 1791 - 7 November 1836
Created for
Charles Lyell Project, May 2021
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Spring, Dr to Charles Lyell, 11 November 1860
File — Box Box 1.12: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/252
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 'on Dr Schmerling's skull of Engis No. 2'. Lyell refers to Spring's work in his Antquity.
Dates:
11 November 1860
Notebook No.51, August 1833- September 1833
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/51
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains geological descriptions, identifications, daily logs, and sketches from field trips in Prussia and Bavaria. Notes are made primarily in pencil. The cover reads August 1833, and the Index is pasted to the back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the...
Dates:
August 1833- September 1833
Notebook No.245, 6 November 1860- March 1861
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/245
Scope and Contents
Teal coloured leather Notebook, the index appears at the back of the book. On this occasion, Lyell creates the index chronologically, with the dates noted first, then page numbers and subjects. The notebook starts with Lyell in London. He creates a table for calculating the rate of rising of land. He is preparing to travel to Paris – listing maps and books to take, Notebooks which document earlier visits to Amiens, Abbeville, articles to read etc. Page 44 notes the weights of both Charles...
Dates:
6 November 1860- March 1861