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Abich, Herman, 1806 - 1886 (German mineralogist and geologist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Smyth, Professor Warrington, from Charles Lyell , 17 June 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/14
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Lyell asks Smyth to look at three specimens of lava, which he has just referred to in a lecture at the RS. He then showed them to Tennant, and Lyell summarises his opinion. Lyell instructs Smyth to leave the specimens with the porter at Jermyn Street Museum, where he will collect them. He wants to allude to these opinions at the next meeting of the GS 'when Abich's letter is read'.

Dates: 17 June 1858

Letters from Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von to Charles Lyell, 28 November 1866

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/2
Scope and Contents

Abich on American Hatchet. The following lines crossed out as deleted on the original envelope: 'to be acknowledged, referred to John Evans after the specimen reaches me' dated 19th Jan 1866.

Dates: 28 November 1866

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Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1