Agassiz, Jean Louis, 1807-1873 (Swiss-American naturalist and professor of natural history)

Letters from Wyman, J to Charles Lyell, 14 September 1846 - 4 October 1856

File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B

Identifier: Coll-203/1/306

Scope and Contents The correspondence between Charles Lyell and J. Wyman is mainly concerned with geology and natural history of North America. Specific subjects in the letters include: Louis Agassiz, W.B. Rogers, Herman Van Meyer, Geology of Newfoundland, and Megatherium. Many of the letters include diagrams drawn by Wyman. 'Natchez blind animal Selidotherium [sic Scelidotherium]'. The letter includes a diagram of a...

Dates: 14 September 1846 - 4 October 1856

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Minute Book No II, 27 August 1840 - 04 June 1842

Item — Volume MS 2917.2: Series Coll-43/1

Identifier: Coll-43/1/2

Scope and Contents Notebook containing minutes of meetings. These include: details of membership including those which attended each meeting and the financial affairs of the Society. Annual reports for 1840 and 1841 are included and summarise the society's activities and finances for the year. Lists of names and addresses of all members are included. Geological questions discussed and conclusions reached are minuted. 4 meetings were spent discussing "Is the glacier theory of Agassiz applicable to...

Dates: 27 August 1840 - 04 June 1842

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Edinburgh Geological Society / Minutes of General Meetings

Newspaper cutting from the Scotsman, Verus et Utilis, The British Scientific Association, 8 October 1834

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Identifier: Coll-203/3/13

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Printed article regarding the proceedings of a meeting of the British Scientific Association mentioning a visit by Sir Charles Lyell to Sweden, the publication of a geological map of Scotland, freshwater limestone and Kirkton Quarry, 8 October 1834.

Dates: 8 October 1834

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire

Notebook No.47, 27 August 1832 - 9 September 1832

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/47

Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook, contains Lyell's lists of questions and queries, mostly on French geological phenomena. The cover reads August 1832, index 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 platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have...

Dates: 27 August 1832 - 9 September 1832

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.83, 30 July 1840 - 12 October 1840

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/83

Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook contains notes on France, London, and Kinnordy, predominantly pencil in first part, containing field notes and multiple sketches of geological formations. Notes include significant list of Norwich Crag fossils sent to Dr Fleming, some drawings with use of colour evident; notes on glacial moraines observed in Angus with Dr. Buckland. Index on p. 113-116, both covers are blank. The following table of contents is...

Dates: 30 July 1840 - 12 October 1840

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.85, 21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/85

Scope and Contents This marbled paper and red leather notebook includes Charles Lyell's geological notes on Kinnordy and surrounding area, as well as other areas of Scotland, illustrated with a watercolor cross section on page 61. There are also 'to do' lists, notes on correspondence sent, meeting agendas and lists of persons to whom papers were sent, and notes on conversations with Agassiz. He makes more observations on glacial moraines, and lists of Faluns fossils. Notes are in pencil and ink and complete...

Dates: 21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.147, 15 June 1846 - July 1846

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/147

Content warning: This Notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s return to the UK after his second travel to America (Notebooks 121- 145), and so covers American and UK topics, whilst he is based on London, before travelling to Kinnordy - via Edinburgh, Granton and Craig Crook Castle. Note on pg. 70 indexed as 'Ld Cockburn, Hill's daguerrotype' indicates they visited Bonaly, where the Lyell were photographed. This notebook has a hard light brown cover with red on the spine and in triangles on the corners....

Dates: 15 June 1846 - July 1846

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.148, September 1846 - December 1846

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/148

Scope and Contents This black notebook contains a record on Charles Lyell’s discussions, theories, and ideas in London - with detailed notes of a social nature, of a visit to Bowood - after his return from his second visit to the U.S (Notebooks 121-145). In this notebook, he covers events and locations from both the U.S and the U.K including Durham, Richmond Valley, Harley Street, Prince Edward Island, Mildenhall, New York, etc. Lyell’s comments on America are profuse, but they don’t appear to have made it...

Dates: September 1846 - December 1846

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Agassiz, Jean Louis, 1807-1873 (Swiss-American naturalist and professor of natural history)

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Wyman, J to Charles Lyell, 14 September 1846 - 4 October 1856

Minute Book No II, 27 August 1840 - 04 June 1842

Newspaper cutting from the Scotsman, Verus et Utilis, The British Scientific Association, 8 October 1834

Notebook No.47, 27 August 1832 - 9 September 1832

Notebook No.83, 30 July 1840 - 12 October 1840

Notebook No.85, 21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840

Notebook No.117, 1 August 1844 - 18 September 1844

Notebook No.127, 13 December 1845 - 23 December 1845

Notebook No.147, 15 June 1846 - July 1846

Notebook No.148, September 1846 - December 1846

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