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Calculations of Barometrical Observations in Palma, Canary Islands, 12 July 1854
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.
Geological cross section of Grand Canary from North to South, 1855
Geological cross section of Grand Canary from Maspalomas in the North to Banaderos Bay in the south showing rock types. The length of the land depicted in the cross section is 26 geographical miles and the greatest height is 6400 feet, 1855.
Grand Canary fossils, 1855
List entitled 'Grand [sic Gran] Canary fossils - numbered so as to count them along the side.
Grande Canaria, 1855
Handwritten article on the geology of Grande [sic Gran] Canaria and the way in which the rocks were formed. Seeming to be a summary of Lyell's observations while on the island, 1855 - it is not in his handwriting, and is perhaps written by Mary Lyell, or Georg Hartung.
Index - Madeira, 5 November 1856 - 1857
Index to Notebooks on Geology of Madeira, 186 - 197, c. 1858
Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury, 11 November 1854
Summary is noted by Lyell as 'Barometrial measurement of Heights'. Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury full of social chat, he mentions that "Mr Bunbury" [Henry Edward Bunbury, his father] gave a lecture to the Bury Atheneum on his recent trip to Madeira and Tenerife. He includes notes entitled " The Neutral Point of Sir C Lyell's Barometer", 11 November 1854.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Dr. William Baird, 20 June 1856
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte, 4 July 1854
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiote stating that he has just received a copy of Lyell's works on Geology - title not stated - and he complements Lyell on the work. He describes new shells that he has found at Las Palmas, 4 July 1854.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte, 11 December 1855
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte thanking him for sending his 'Manual of Elementary Geology' which were passed on by Mr Castillo, the son of the Vicomte de Vega Grande. He was captivated by Lyell's "Elements of Geology" which had been translated by his compatriot, Esquerra [Ezquerra]. He explains that his father is sending on a small box of shells, and others that he had obtained from "Hornos Del Rey" in the Canary Islands are being sent on separately, 11 December 1855.