Agassiz, Jean Louis, 1807-1873 (Swiss-American naturalist and professor of natural history)
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Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.117, 1 August 1844-18 September 1844
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/117
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 1 August to 18 September 1844 while in London. It then continues through 26 September to 2 October in York. He visits T.S. Spedding at Mirehouse on Bassenthwaite. The final section of the notebook, through 21 October, pertains to Lyell and Michael Faraday’s participation in an inquiry of the 1844 Haswell coal mine explosion that killed 95 people. Notes are in a mixture of pencil and ink. The notebook index is located in the back of the...
Dates:
1 August 1844-18 September 1844
Notebook No.127, 13 December 1845 - 23 December 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/127
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from December 13, 1845 to December 24th, 1845 while traveling through Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, Wilmington, North Carolina, and en route to Charleston, South Carolina. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 115 and seven unumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. An X is used to mark a pencil cross made at certain entries. A date written in the left margin has been inserted at the...
Dates:
13 December 1845 - 23 December 1845
Notebook No.150, February 1847- March 1847
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/150
Scope and Contents
This black leather notebook was written whilst Lyell was in London, at 11 Harley Street and starts with memoranda, then a list of 'scientific visitors'. Written in London in the years between his travels in America, this notebook considers giraffe and bony fossil fish, but in particular focuses on the work of William, Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842), Unitarian preacher, and on race, slavery and religion. Lyell's own index...
Dates:
February 1847- March 1847
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- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) 1
- Appomattox River (Va.) 1
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- Arran Buteshire Scotland 1
- Astronomy 1
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- Geological Maps 1
- Giraffidae 1
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