University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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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].

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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.

Scope and Contents Information on fossils discovered whilst digging the New Brunswick Canal in Georgia; detailed letter on the fossils discovered in the New Brunswick Canal, Georgia; discussion on the 'Bullina canaliculata' and other fossils; on the boundary line of Georgia and Florida, and the problems this has caused; observations on the fossils from the collection of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia'. Also contains ‘Observations on the Fossils from the Collection of the Academy of Sciences of...

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Summarised by Lyell as 'Brain in man and ape', and 'Owen's letter'.

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Letters containing off print journal articles and observations made by Owen.