Hall, Basil, 31 December 1788 - 11 September 1844 (Scottish naval officer, traveller and author)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
"F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers", 1808-1897
Item
Identifier: Coll-1997/2
Scope and Contents
This volume is entitled "F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers" and contains 85 letters addressed to Sir Charles Lyell and others in his family by physicists, chemists, explorers, geographers, geologists, and doctors and surgeons. Most of the letters are accompanied by a facing photograph or portrait print of the letter’s author.
Humphry Davy, chemist, with signed portrait [plate]. 1...
Dates:
1808-1897
Letters from Hall, Captain Basil to Charles Lyell, 14 August 1834
File — Box Box 1.5: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/113
Scope and Contents
Temple of Serapis (includes small sketch) 14th August 1834 - Mentions another sketch to be sent to Lyell of the three columns of the Temple of Jupiter Serapis and a full account of what he observed there.
Dates:
14 August 1834
Notebook No.128, 25 December 1845 - 2 January 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/128
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from December 25 1845 to January 2nd 1846 while traveling through Charleston (South Carolina), Savannah (Georgia), and Darien (Georgia). The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 115 and nine unumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink and include field sketches. An X is used to mark a pencil cross made at certain entries. A date written in the left margin has been inserted at the beginning of the appropriate...
Dates:
25 December 1845 - 2 January 1846