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Ziegler, Jakob Melchior, 1801 – 1883 (Swiss geographer, cartographer, publisher and politician)

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Ziegler, J. M., to Charles Lyell, 6 February 1856

 File — Box Box 3.4: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/105
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the letter itself, or, on the associated envelope. These summaries have been used as the basis of the catalogue...
Dates: 6 February 1856

Madeira and Canary Islands, 1853 - 1856

 File
Identifier: Coll-203/2/641
Scope and Contents Includes work on Fossil plants of Santa Jorge, Madeira by Heer [is Lyell's writing], Index list to Canary Island specimens of rocks - Lanzarote, Fuerventura, Tenerife, Madeira, Grand Canary; Georg Hartung's notes on Porto Santo and Madeira [possibly Bunbury's writing]; Fossil plants from the Lignite beds of Santa Jorge [possibly Mary Lyell's writing]; titles of plants by Hartung; Hartung's notes on Serra d'Agoa, Pico Serrido, Meio Medade, S. Vincent, including drawings and Funchal Directory...
Dates: 1853 - 1856

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