Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862 (British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer)

Scope and Contents Letters from Charles Lyell, To Sir J. Clark. Marked 'No 1' on reverse, no summary. Sending a copy of his letter to Lord Wrottesley with a proof of the report to the British Association [this is the Report for the Parliamentary Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science on the question, Whether any measures could by adopted by the Government or Parliament tht would improve the position of Science or its Cultivators in this Country' folio 3711]. Also writes that he...

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Summarised as Capt. S.J.Ross Oct 1846 on Deep Sea Soundings

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 19 July 1847 to 18 September 1847 [the stated end date is inferred from the start date of the following notebook]. There is an abstract of a ‘Times Sept. 6. 1847’ article and a discussion in response to a letter from Charles Darwin dated 8 September 1847. Lyell is home in Kinnordy with no excursions or visited locales being explicitly recorded during this time. The approximate first third of the daily entries are focused on the management of...