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

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. Content warning:...

Dates: February 1847 - March 1847

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

Notebook No.153, 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847

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

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/153

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 19 July 1847 to 18 September 1847 [the stated end date is inferred from the start date of the following notebook]. There is an abstract of a ‘Times Sept. 6. 1847’ article and a discussion in response to a letter from Charles Darwin dated 8 September 1847. Lyell is home in Kinnordy with no excursions or visited locales being explicitly recorded during this time. The approximate first third of the daily entries are focused on the management of...

Dates: 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847

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

Notebook No.179, October 1852 - December 1852

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

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/179

Scope and Contents Notebook 179 begins in late September and ends in mid-October 1852. Lyell starts at the New York Harbour, then travels on to Albany (New York), Amherst (Massachusetts), Bellow Falls and Brandon (Vermont), and examines the boulder trails in Canaan and Richmond Valleys of Berkshire Massachusetts. At times, Lyell traveled with James Hall and Edward Hitchcock. Transcription note: This notebook is written in ink and pencil and does not include an...

Dates: October 1852 - December 1852

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

Notebook No.180, October 1852 - October 1852

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

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/180

Scope and Contents Notebook 180 begins in mid-October and ends in late December 1852. Lyell is in the United States, traveling in the Boston area and giving a six-week lecture series for the Lowell Institute. In the first half of the notebook, Lyell is working with Louis Agassiz and Jeffries Wyman to identify the bones found while in Joggins, Nova Scotia. On December 1st, the Lyells departed on the steamship Asia for Liverpool, arriving on December 12th. The last section of the notebook continues with geologic...

Dates: October 1852 - October 1852

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

Notebook No.183, 30 April 1853 - 3 July 1853

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/183

Scope and Contents Notebook 183 contains notes from 30 April to 3 July 1853. Many pages throughout the notebook are headed "Manual," referencing the fourth edition of Lyell's "A Manual of Elementary Geology." These notes were used in preparation for the fifth edition, which was published in 1855. In May 1853, Lyell embarks on his fourth trip to the United States, serving as Britain's representative at the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. He traveled via the steamship Canada, landing in Nova Scotia on...

Dates: 30 April 1853 - 3 July 1853

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)

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Notebook No.150, February 1847 - March 1847

Notebook No.153, 19 July 1847 - 6 September 1847

Notebook No.179, October 1852 - December 1852

Notebook No.180, October 1852 - October 1852

Notebook No.183, 30 April 1853 - 3 July 1853

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