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Notebook No.32, June 1830- July 1830
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/32
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's notes on geology of France. The index, transcribed below, is adhered to the back cover, and the front cover is blank. The contents include Diagrams of mountain making, sketches of rocks, and a sketch of mountain range. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using...
Dates:
June 1830- July 1830
Notebook No.33, July 1830- July 1830
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/33
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains mostly sketches with accounts of letters received or written, and hasty descriptions of geological theories pertaining to Bordeaux, the Pyrenees, and parts of Spain. The cover is blank, and the index is a page adhered to the back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital...
Dates:
July 1830- July 1830
Notebook No.67, July 1837- August 1837
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/67
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains notes by Lyell on works by others on shells, fossils, chalk in a variety of localities. Dr. Beck features in Lyell's notes, including his notes on the latest edition of Principles of Geology. Notes are made primarily in pencil with amendments made in ink. The front cover reads "Copenhagen, July + August 1837, Index p. 117". The back cover is blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words,...
Dates:
July 1837- August 1837
Notebook No.260, 27 September 1871-7 May 1872
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/260
Scope and Contents
Red leather Notebook starts at Penrith, as Lyell then travels south, via Appleby, Lancaster to Lichfield, to London then Folkestone and into France. He travels with Mary, Hughes, Beovill, and meets with many experts along the way. Most of the notebook is written by Buckley, who orders the narrative by date using the Itinerary – with sections added by Lyell in poor writing, and others – perhaps Mary, as well as local people noting down journey times. Whilst travelling in France, Lyell makes...
Dates:
27 September 1871-7 May 1872