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Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 17 January 1785 - 5 March 1864

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell, 10 December 1857

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/4/3
Scope and Contents

Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell discusing the internal structure of lava flows. Lyell also remarks on the probable nature of the additions to the core of Mount Vesuvius that had occurred that year, with illustrations, 10 December 1857.

Dates: 10 December 1857
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letters from Logan, Sir William Edmond to Charles Lyell, 10 January 1853

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/168
Scope and Contents

Summarised as 'Logan on his section of S[outh]. Joggins where printed [recieved by Lyell] 6 Feb[ruary]1853'. This letter is about selected papers that Logan suggests; people who he has sent those papers to; as well as fossil specimens he has sent to De La Beche and others.

Dates: 10 January 1853
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche