Hopkins, William, 1793-1866 (English mathematician and geologist)

Additional themed folders

File — Box Lyell Box 1.18 (Formerly Gen 117): Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/7 (Lyell 7)

Identifier: Coll-203/7/1

Scope and Contents A series of folders reflecting Lyell's work, which contain editorial manuscripts and correspondence; some with their original newspaper wrapping. Papers on lectures have been removed and placed with the other records in that series. These files were found at the end of the Offprints, but have originally been part of the 1927 gift from the family, but were separated at some point, and accessioned into the Library from the School of Geology in 1975. Their old references have been...

Dates: 1806-1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Additional themed folders and miscellaneous papers

Letters from Hopkins, William to Charles Lyell, 6 January 1840 - 5 May 1864

File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)

Identifier: Coll-203/1/136

Scope and Contents Lyell summarises the letters as: 1) 'W. Hopkins Jan 6. 1840 On thickness of solid crust enveloping fluids'. 2) 'W. Hopkins on thickness of Earth's crust - Feb 16 1840'. 3) No summary by Lyell but the letter discusses the constitution of the Board and the scientific nature of the society and other geologist's work on the Earth's crust. 4) 'Hopkins Oct 8 1846 Criticisms on Appalachian movement theory Lyell travel'. 5) 'Hopkins - subsidence of Appalachian 1846'....

Dates: 6 January 1840 - 5 May 1864

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

Letters from Lyell, Charles to Hopkins, William, 30 December 1839

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

Identifier: Coll-203/1B/15

Scope and Contents

Copy of part of a letter sent to Mr. Hopkins, summarised as 'On fluid matter in solid shell'. With illustration.

Dates: 30 December 1839

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence from Charles Lyell to A-Z recipients

Notebook No.112, 11 August 1843 - 30 August 1843

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/112

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from his travels through Bristol (started in previous notebook, Number 111) and Ireland (continued in following notebook Number 113). It is dated 11-30 August 1843. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily field notes. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-116. Transcription note: The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index",...

Dates: 11 August 1843 - 30 August 1843

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