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Geological notes, c 1850

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 41

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Geological notes and sketches in pencil. [1850s].

Dates: c 1850

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Geological notes of Forfarshire, c1822-1824

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Identifier: Coll-203/3/2

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One Notebook with smaller notebook glued inside. Geological notes, pencil and ink sketches and cross sections, relating to work on Forfarshire c1822-1824.

Dates: c1822-1824

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Geological Sections of Coast of Forfarshire, c1822-1824

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Identifier: Coll-203/3/1

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Notebook containing landscape sketches and annotated cross-sections of the coast of Forfarshire in pencil and watercolour, c1822-1824.

Dates: c1822-1824

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Geology of Vesuvius and Etna extracted from the letters of Charles Lyell, September and October 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/26

Scope and Contents Material relating to the geology of Mount Vesuvius in Southern Italy and Mount Etna in Sicily as extracted from the letters of Sir Charles Lyell, written during a visit to the area in September and October 1858. He discusses several geological formations in the mountains and occasionally gives sketches to illustrate his points. He also mentions: that he has received a list of shells from the Pliocene clay on which Mount Etna is placed which he hopes will provide a precise paleontological...

Dates: September and October 1858

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Grand Canary fossils, 1855

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 207-208

Scope and Contents

List entitled 'Grand [sic Gran] Canary fossils - numbered so as to count them along the side.

Dates: 1855

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Grande Canaria, 1855

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 185-196

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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.

Dates: 1855

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Granville, Lord George Leveson-Gower, 19 April 1853-6 December 1863

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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/7

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Letters from Lyell relating to the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, New York 1853, and in particular the committee membership:
19 April 1853
18 April plus copy written by Mary
19 April
20 April copy letter by Mary
6 December 1863 - a review of Lyell's achievements, written by Mary, including book sales and impact.

Dates: 19 April 1853-6 December 1863

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Horner, Leonard, 24 November 1829-8 September 1863

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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/8

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Letters include notes from Mary, and many are in Mary's writing on behalf of Charles, written whilst in London, at Kinnordy, on board the Perth steamer, in America - including New York, Ontario, Georgia, Alabama, Philadelphia, Boston - Madeira and Tenerife, with two packets covering trips in Germany and Italy. They are in 3 folders:
1829-1849
1850-1859
1860-1863

Dates: 24 November 1829-8 September 1863

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Howard, George, 30 June 1840, 10 January 1851

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Identifier: Coll-1989/32

Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed ("Morpeth") from William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle to Leonard Horner, dated 30 June 1840, Castle Howard [North Yorkshire]: "I am afraid my answer cannot be quite as definite as you might wish. My Father does not seem to remember very well whether he wrote the inscription entirely, but he says he certainly was concerned in the composition, which may have been arranged with other co-adjutors at Holland House [...]".2. Autograph letter signed...

Dates: 30 June 1840, 10 January 1851

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 5 June 1865-6 June 1865

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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/9

Scope and Contents Detailing Lyell's concerns and proposed actions, relating to a proposal by Huxley, to work to cancel a note and to add a P.S. [postscript] to the preface of 'Antiquity of Man', relating to Lubbock's challenge. Lyell writes that he has shown the resultant correspondance prior to these letters, to Hooker, Busk and then Darwin: 5 June 1865 Lyell writes in haste - Mary takes over the writing - as he is preparing to leave for 3 months on the Continent. 6 June 1865 Lyell writes again,...

Dates: 5 June 1865-6 June 1865

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Geological notes, c 1850

Geological notes of Forfarshire, c1822-1824

Geological Sections of Coast of Forfarshire, c1822-1824

Geology of Vesuvius and Etna extracted from the letters of Charles Lyell, September and October 1858

Grand Canary fossils, 1855

Grande Canaria, 1855

Granville, Lord George Leveson-Gower, 19 April 1853-6 December 1863

Horner, Leonard, 24 November 1829-8 September 1863

Howard, George, 30 June 1840, 10 January 1851

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 5 June 1865-6 June 1865

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