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Aymard, Auguste, 1808-1889 (Prehistorian and Paleontologist)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Aymard, Auguste to Charles Lyell, 5 September 1859 - 11 November 1859

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/10
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten letters in French relating to the Fossil of Denise. Summary by Lyell on reverse includes reference to 'Ossiferous breccia [?] etiscor? [word hard to read - question mark is Lyell's].

Dates: 5 September 1859 - 11 November 1859
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Barrett, Lucas to Charles Lyell, 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/11
Scope and Contents

A collection of three letters with an illustration sent by Lucas Barrett from Cambridge on bird bones and whales. The letters refer to bird bones that are crucial in understanding developed bird wings. The first letter has an illustration of a bird metacarpus by Barrett (May-November 1858). Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Bird's bone from upper Green Sand
2) Fossil bird upper Gr[een]. S[an]d. also Whales from Gr[een].
3) Bird bones in Kimmeridge Clay.

Dates: 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Lartet, Édouard to Charles Lyell, 6 January 1857 - 7 March 1869

 File — Box Box 1.8: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/159
Scope and Contents Some original ordering is evident and is noted. Lyell summarises the letters as: 1. 'Lartet, Lower Miocene and Upper Eocene, Jan 6, 1857' 2. 'Lartet, queries on Pliocene & part-pliocene mammalia' 3. 'Lartet (3) Rhinoceros leptorhinus rec[ieved]. 16 March 1858' 4. '(1) Lartet - E primigenius found at Rome by Ponzi. E. priscus & E. africanus - nomenclature 1853' 5. '(4) Lartet Sept 6 1859 (Seissan) Elephant africanus foss[il] Rhinoceros of Aymard' 6....
Dates: 6 January 1857 - 7 March 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Notebook No.240, 11 August 1859 - 13 September 1859

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 8: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/240
Scope and Contents This green leather bound notebook documents Lyell's travel in Le Puy - Paris - London - Scotland. Page p.69 includes an original black and white photograph of a fossil man, discovered in le Puy, and which Lyell was involved in its verification. The photograph is thought to be the earliest photograph taken of this specimen. Lyell's Own Index Le Puy- Aug[ust] 11 1859 Index Aug[ust] 11 p. 7 Le Puy. Lava of so called Rome...
Dates: 11 August 1859 - 13 September 1859
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

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