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Letters from Aymard, Auguste to Charles Lyell, 5 September 1859 - 11 November 1859

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/10
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten letters in French relating to the Fossil of Denise. Summary by Lyell on reverse includes reference to 'Ossiferous breccia [?] etiscor? [word hard to read - question mark is Lyell's].

Dates: 5 September 1859 - 11 November 1859

Letters from Barrett, Lucas to Charles Lyell, 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/11
Scope and Contents

A collection of three letters with an illustration sent by Lucas Barrett from Cambridge on bird bones and whales. The letters refer to bird bones that are crucial in understanding developed bird wings. The first letter has an illustration of a bird metacarpus by Barrett (May-November 1858). Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Bird's bone from upper Green Sand
2) Fossil bird upper Gr[een]. S[an]d. also Whales from Gr[een].
3) Bird bones in Kimmeridge Clay.

Dates: 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858

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  • Subject: Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to X
  • Names: Aymard, Auguste, 1808-1889 (Prehistorian and Paleontologist) X

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Barrett, Lucas, 1837-1862 (geologist and naturalist, correspondent of Charles Lyell) 1