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Letters from Duncan, Peter Martin to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/67
Scope and Contents
Letters are summarised by Lyell as:
1) Dr Duncan on Bolderberg Flabellum [relating to Bolderberg formation in Northern Belgium]
2) Tropical corals, how far corals can indicate climate
3) Corals in Norway sea
4) 60 new Liassic [Early Jurassic] corals, showing imperfection of record
5) Lonsdale notes and Keeling island [Cocos, Australia] specimens
6) Scleractinia of antigua corals and explanation of Duncan's theory
7) reference to his paper on corals
8) Corals dredged up by the 'Porcupine'...
Dates:
3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870
Letters from Jeffreys, John Gwyn to Charles Lyell, 17 June 1860 - 22 February 1870
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/146
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury.Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...
Dates:
17 June 1860 - 22 February 1870