Moore, Charles, 1815-1881 (geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 8 June 1815- 8 December 1881
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll, 17 February 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 606-607
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll concerning calculations of Charles Moore's which Lyell had sent to him and discussing his own calculations which show how much the centre of gravity of the Earth would have been displaced by the weight of ice-caps, 17 February 1866.
Dates:
17 February 1866
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll, 28 February 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 608-609
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll concerning the calculations made by himself and Charles Moore as to the shift in the centre of gravity due to ice-caps and concerning Solstitial points and Perihelion in the earth's orbit, 28 February 1866.
Dates:
28 February 1866
Notebook No.105, 27 September 1842-10 December 1842
Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 4
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/105
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains diverse notes on geology of Perthshire, London, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and proceedings likely of the Geological Society of London. Starts with the inclusion of a poem by Thomas Moore.The index is written on the final three pages of the notebook, the front and back covers are blank. Lyell's Own Index p. 7, Moore, extract from, - - Kinnordy + London
p. 7, Blackadder on Serpent[ine] in...
Dates:
27 September 1842-10 December 1842
Notebook No.258, 22 April 1870-3 July 1871
Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 9
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/258
Scope and Contents
This black Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook begins with the end a tour of Devon - started in the previous Notebook 257 - with Lyell in Barnstaple. Mostly written by Buckley, there are sections of very poor writing at times, which could be Lyell's own. From Devon to Bristol Clifton Bridge and Bath. Time following up queries and visiting the British Museum in London is followed by train to Glasgow with Mary and Leonard, then to the Isle of...
Dates:
22 April 1870-3 July 1871