Dawson, Sir John William, 1820-1899 (geologist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists, 1872-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/4
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists sub-series consists of:
- 50 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates:
1872-1900
Notebook No.177 - ABSENT, 23 August 1852 - September 1852
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/177
Scope and Contents
This notebook is absent from Lyell's original run of 266 Scientific notebooks. Through the work of Leonard G. Wilson, copies have been identified, and used to create this catalogue entry.
This notebook starts 23 August 1852, when Lyell is two and a half days away from Liverpool, en route to Nova Scotia for his third trip to North America. He lands in Nova Scotia on August 31st. This notebook includes notes taken about scientific articles, the extinction of species, and...
Dates:
23 August 1852 - September 1852