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Roth, Justus Ludwig Adolf, 1818 – 1892 (German geologist, petrologist and mineralogist)

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Roth, J., to Charles Lyell, 19 February 1858 - 11 November 1858

 File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/84
Scope and Contents

Letter written from Berlin.

Dates: 19 February 1858 - 11 November 1858

Letters from Lyell, Charles to Roth, J L A, 1856-12

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/28
Scope and Contents

Copy letters, sent from Lyell to Roth, summarised as 'Letter to Roth on Translation'. Both letters have indexes to the contents, and relate to the planning of the production of a German translation of Principles. [Roth also features in A-Z correspondence, see Coll-203/B1/84].

Dates: 1856-12

Notebook No.200, February 1855 - March 1855

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/200
Scope and Contents Following the completion of the fifth Edition of Manual of Elementary Geology in February 1855 [otherwise known as 'Elements of Geology'] Charles and Mary Lyell travel to Germany, where this Notebook was written. At the beginning, Lyell is in Brunswick, Germany, but most entries thereafter identify his location as Berlin. The notebook covers a wide range of geological observations and notes from meetings with German scientists. It includes discussions on stratigraphy, fossil identification,...
Dates: February 1855 - March 1855