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Brooke , James, Sir, 1803-1868 (Rajah of Sarawak)

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"F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers", 1808-1897

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Albums containing autograph letters to Sir Charles Lyell and family, and portraits of the writers, compiled by Leonard Lyell

Notebook No.256, 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/256
Scope and Contents This dark green notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from 20 April 1869 to 10 September 1869. Lyell starts in England and travels through Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria, with special attention to the Lake District. He then travels to Scotland, and from Edinburgh through Perthshire and the Highlands. Transcription note: This notebook was written by Charles, Mary and Arabella Buckley. The index is written entirely by...
Dates: 20 April 1869 - 10 September 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

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