Delesse, Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph, 3 February 1817 – 24 March 1881 (French geologist and mineralogist)
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Delesse, Achille to Charles Lyell, 29 June 1854 - 30 May 1872
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll- 203/1/61
Scope and Contents
Lyell's notes on the envelopes:
1. 'Delesse on Ch[apter] 28 Manual. June 30 1854'
2. 'Delesse Jan 1. 1855' [no corresponding letter]
3. 'Delesse on advance of [...] Feb 22 1860'.
5. 'Delesse Dec 1865. Metamorphism [wash] anticipated'.
6. 'Delesse May 16 1861. sending papers on [agate] in rocks and [...]. Asking for abstract of it for G.S. when presented. [...] and igneous in origins'.
7. 'Delesse, Société Philomathique'
8. 'Delesse, January 3...
Dates:
29 June 1854 - 30 May 1872
Notebook No.239, 29 July 1859-11 August 1859
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 8: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/239
Scope and Contents
This red leather bound notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through France - Amiens - Paris - Le Puy. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries. The index is located at the back of the notebook. Lyell's own index July 1859 Index - Amiens & Paris
p. 6 and 7 Amiens - levels obtained by Prestwich of heights at Abbeville
p. 8. Lartet's address.
p. 10. M....
Dates:
29 July 1859-11 August 1859
Notebook No.240, 11 August 1859-13 September 1859
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 8: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/240
Scope and Contents
This green leather bound notebook documents Lyell's travel in Le Puy - Paris - London - Scotland. Page p.69 includes an original black and white photograph of a fossil man, discovered in le Puy, and which Lyell was involved in its verification. The photograph is thought to be the earliest photograph taken of this specimen. Lyell's Own Index Le Puy- Aug[ust] 11 1859 Index
Aug[ust] 11
p. 7 Le Puy. Lava of so called Rome...
Dates:
11 August 1859-13 September 1859
Notes and Indices, October 1854
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 1-27
Scope and Contents
Packet of notes, marked Madeira B:
MS [manuscript] Notes with Hartung October 1854
MS Index to Dana
Features original sketches of geological features by Lyell, including vents of a volcano, similar to that of Arran in Notebook 62 - and notes relating to articles [Lyell creates an 'index' to the articles for reference].
Notes on Dana's paper [referred to as Canary Isles and Madeira paper, actual title not given] Covers Origins of Caldera of Palma.
Index...
Dates:
October 1854
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- Elephant bones 2
- Fossils 2
- Puy-de-Dôme (France : Department) 2
- Skeletons 2
- Volcanoes 2
- Alluvium 1
- Amiens (France) 1
- Archaeology 1
- Canary Islands 1
- Carlisle 1
- Chalk 1
- City of London (England) 1
- Diluvium 1
- England -- Stafford 1
- England -- Warwickshire -- Rugby 1
- Fossil shells 1
- France -- Dieppe 1
- Gravel 1
- Human Evolution 1
- Lava Flows 1
- Loess 1
- Loire River Valley (France) 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
- Madeira (Madeira Islands) 1
- Mastodon 1
- Photography 1
- Preston, Lancashire, England 1
- Rhinoceroses 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- Scotland -- Moffat 1
- Skull 1
- Stirling, Scotland 1
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