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Letters from Buddle, John to Charles Lyell, 7 February 1840

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/39
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Handwritten article 'On 'Creeps' and 'Thrusts' in Coal Mines' by Mr. Buddle dated 8th February 1841 [also says 1840], sent by Thomas Sopwith to Charles Lyell. Includes drawing showing pillars of coal, and makes reference to a good example at Percy Main Colliery.

Dates: 7 February 1840

Letters from Sopwith, Thomas to Charles Lyell, 14 November 1868 - 21 March 1874

 File — Box Box 1.12: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/247
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: 14 November 1868 - 21 March 1874

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  • Subject: Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to X
  • Names: Sopwith, Thomas, 3 January 1803 – 16 January 1879 (English mining engineer, teacher of geology and local historian) X

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Buddle, John, 15 September 1773 – 10 October 1843 (English mining engineer and entrepreneur ) 1