Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 (English scientist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 22 September 1791 - 25 August 1867
Created for
Charles Lyell Project, June 2021
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous letters A-J, 1791- 1884
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B2/1
Scope and Contents
Letters addressed to Charles Lyell, to Lady Mary Lyell, Katharine Lyell and other recipients including:'A' Undated note from [Ahoard?] on Baron Steuben, accompanied by an original signed bank cheque written to pay T Lopez twenty dollars in New York 6th February 1791'B' 22 June 1870 from O Becconi'C'
Undated letter, to 'dear friend' but likely to be Katharine Lyell, thanking them for 'life' - Miss Cobbe
Undated note of thanks for...
Dates:
1791- 1884
Notebook No.78, 12 August 1839-17 October 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/78
Scope and Contents
This dark maroon coloured leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's specimen lists, to do lists, notes from colleagues publications, sketches, many blank pages. Miscellaneous notes; pp.21-22 - References to Darwin's 'Glen Roy' paper. Front and back cover are blank, index is p. 115-6. 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...
Dates:
12 August 1839-17 October 1839
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