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Armstrong, William, 21 July 1863; 29 August 1863
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/1
Scope and Contents
Two autograph letters signed from Sir William Armstrong to Sir Charles Lyell.1. Letter dated 21 July 1863: "It will be quite convenient to receive you & Lady Lyell with her servant on the 29th Aug[us]t & Lady Armstrong and I hope you will not hesitate to come. I have several houses available for sleeping within a few hundred yards of my own & I have abundance of room in all other aspects [...]".2. Letter dated 29 August 1863: "I am very sorry that we are...
Dates:
21 July 1863; 29 August 1863
Barclay and Livingston, 2 May 1864
File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/61
Scope and Contents
Letter about publishing
Dates:
2 May 1864
Boxall, William, 31 January 1867; 13 January 1877
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/6
Scope and Contents
1. Autograph letter of excuse from William Boxall to Katharine Murray Lyell following an invitation (dated 31 January 1867): "I have been in bed two days with one of my bad attacks in the throat. I hoped till this moment that I might have had the pleasure of dining with you on Saturday but I am so unwell that I feel that it will be impossible for me to leave the house. – I am most grateful to you and to Col. Lyell and to Sir Charles and your sister for unremitting kindness and I cannot help...
Dates:
31 January 1867; 13 January 1877
Bunsen, Christian Frh. Von, 5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/8
Scope and Contents
1. Autograph letter signed from Christian von Bunsen to Leornard Horner, dated 5 August 1858: "Welcome in Germany! I was afraid you had gone to Hekekiah and Sesustesen instead of my dear country, and am happy to know you so near. You threaten to overthrow the balance of the minor states however, by all settling in such numbers in one Dukedom only: and as I ever not wish you to separate, we might hope you would put up headquarters for a week or two at Heidelberg where there are plenty of...
Dates:
5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]
Burton, Decimus, 14 May 1814
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/9
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Decimus Burton to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 14 May 1814: "I have considered the subject put to me in your note. I take the superficies of London, Westminster[,] Southwark, Finsbury[,] Marylebone etc. to be 16 sq. miles. I suppose the cubical mass of stone, brick & paving stone over that area to be 74,000,000 cubic yards in the Houses, Churches, Public Buildings etc. Taking the number of Houses to be 250,000 – and this would give about 5 feet thickness or...
Dates:
14 May 1814
Calculations of Barometrical Observations in Palma, Canary Islands, 12 July 1854
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 36-38
Scope and Contents
Calculations of Barometrical Observations in La Palma, Canary Islands giving heights in feet of various volcanic features including of the Central Ridge of the Caldera, 12 July 1854.
Dates:
12 July 1854
Coloured section of Forfarshire, from N.N.S. From Glen Moy Through the Bakie Loch to Dundee, c1822-1824
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/3
Scope and Contents
Geological cross-section in watercolour and ink showing section from the sea at Dundee, over the Sidlaw Hills, Strathmore and the Grampians in Forfarshire. Scale: half an inch to a mile. c1822-1824
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Dates:
c1822-1824
Copy of a printed letter from Florence Nightingale detailing her life., 13 September 1866
File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/76
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter that appeared in the Evangelical Christendom magazine from Florence Nightingale detailing her life.
Dates:
13 September 1866
Correspondence and Papers concerning Sea Serpents, 1820-1848
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.22 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5); Series Coll-203/6 (Lyell 6); Series Coll-203/7 (lyell 7); Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)
Identifier: Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5)
Scope and Contents
Letters and Papers Concerning Sea Serpents consists of:
- notes and clippings regarding sightings of sea serpents (1820-1848)
- letters from Sir John William Dawson, John Fleming, William McGillivray, Alexander Gordon Melville, Patrick Neill, Colonel Parkins and George Robert Waterhouse regarding sea serpents (1845-1848)
Dates:
1820-1848
Correspondence from Gabriell Auguste Daubrée, 1874-1896
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/15
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence from Gabriell Auguste Daubrée sub-series consists of:
- 22 letters, chronologically arranged (1874-1896)
Dates:
1874-1896