Skip to main content

Cotting, John Ruggles, 1784-1867 (American chemist, geologist, and instructor)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 16 November 1784 - 13 October 1867

Created for

Charles Lyell Project, July 2021

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.95, December 1841- January 1842

 Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 4
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/95
Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Richmond, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries. The index is located at the back of the notebook. 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...
Dates: December 1841- January 1842

Notebook No.98, February 1842- April 1842

 Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 4
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/98
Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New York. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries, lists, and sketches. The covers are plain, and the edges of the pages are tipped in green ink. There is a plan for New York on p. 37. The index is located at the back of the notebook. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's...
Dates: February 1842- April 1842

Notebook No.103 - ABSENT, July 1842

 Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 4
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/103
Scope and Contents This notebook is absent from Lyell's original run of 266 Scientific notebooks. Through the work of Leonard G. Wilson, copies have been identified, digitised and will be available via the Charles Lyell website (estimated to be live end of March 2024). The copies have been used to create this catalogue entry. This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from mid to late July of 1842 starting en route from Montreal to Boston. He then takes the Caledonia steamer from Boston to Nova...
Dates: July 1842