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Notebook No.55, 26 June 1834- December 1834

 Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 3
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/55

Scope and Contents

This notebook was kept by Lyell on a trip to Sweden. It comprises notes on rise of land in Sweden - marks on rocks, etc. Notes are in ink and pencil, and include sketches, lists, observations. Page 55 includes a list of questions Lyell wishes to know the local dialect for, providing an insight into his travels and his work. There are multiple blank pages.

The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and contractions have been expanded using brackets []. When writing is unclear, and transcription is not possible, this is denoted using [...]. Quotation marks are Lyell's own notation for ditto, as is the abbreviation "d'o". The inclusion of [sic] indicates the misspelling of a word is deliberate and taken from the notebook.

Lyell's Own Index


p. 1, Stockholm to Upsala
p. 2, Flotsund, blue clay
p. 2,5,6, Marklin, Mr.
p. 2,4,8,10,14,22,23,235, Upsala
p. 5, Baltic formation
p. 8, 14, 24, 27, 35, 43, 38, 54, 116, 118, 130, Ice, rocks transported by
p. 9, 17, 39, Gefle marks
p. 9, 10, 42, Bruncrona, M.
p. 10, 12, Ulfva
p. 11, Tyrisa, R. recent shells
p. 12, Trilobites, structure of,
p. 12, 14, 15, 205, 228 Addresses
p. 19, 44, St. Olof's stone
p. 20, 37, 38, 48, 50, 51 Land oases
p. 9, 17, 19, 26, 28, 36, 40, 42, 45, 47, 64, 102, 110, 116, 122 Marks on Rocks
p. 22, Danmora; Hamsta, gneiss
p. 22, 24, 27, 235, Oregrund
p. 26, Graso
p. 27, 48, Rise of land
p. 34, 36, Skjerplinge; Elkarleby
p. 36, 37, Hartmann Dr.
p. 40, Lofgrundet mark
p. 35, Firs
p. 46, Uggleby
p. 50, Fahlun
p. 52, Sala
p. 54, Wansjo
p. 56, Dal Elfven, R.
p. 58, Stockholm, shells near,
p. 68, [Stockholm], country around
p. 58, Skar Skantstoll
p. 56, 60, Hallstrom
p. 61, Solvitzborg shells
p. 62, Orby Mill
p. 64, 120, Marstrand mark
p. 66, Sodertlje canal
p. 70, Cronstrand, Capt[ai]n
p. 70, Blabacken
p. 72, Forshalle
p. 76, Orebro
p. 76, Bodarne
p. 78, Bjorsater, red sandst[one]
p. 79, 81, 84, Fogelsang
p. 83, 84, Kinnekulle
p. 84, Lidkoping
p. 86, Hisinger, M.
p. 86, 88, Hunneberg
p. 88, Gotha Elt.
p. 88, Altestupa
p. 90, Trollhatten
p. 92 to 100, 126, 227, 228, 230, 233 Uddevalla
p. 96, 109 Kured
p. 98, 100 Kapell Backen
p. 102, 110 Gullholmen
p. 112, Orust
p. 114, Svansund
p. 118, Westbeck Mr.
p. 116, 118, Koon mark
p. 124, Constant, Capt[ain]
p. 126, 235, Tjufkil shells
p. 128, Dalarow
p. 130 to 134, Gotheborg
p. 134, Dolphins
p. 136, Hull
p. 136, York museum
p. 139, Cypris
p. 139, Durham wood, its structure
p. 141, Loch of Kinnordy, insects
p. 142, 144, Notes of Books to be read
p. 143, Tully, Optician, address
p. 143, Old Montrose
p. 142, 144, Edinburgh meeting
p. 146, Berwick, old red sandst[one]
p. 148, Kelpies foot
p. 148, Earthq[uak]e of S[outh] America, Mr. Fryer on
p. 148 to 162, 189, 187, 220, 222 Agassiz, M. on fossil fish
p. 164, 188, 190 to 208, [Agassiz, M] queries for, + answers
p. 164, 166, 170, Mem. + queries
p. 166, 176, 177, 181, 182, 184, 204, 241, 244, Daniell, Mr. queries for
p. 168, 170, 171, 173, 180, 223, 237 Shells [et cetera] to be fig'd
p. 172, 174, Wood-cuts, cost of
p. 173, Broderip, Mr, queries for
p. 175, Cuvier on fishes
p. 180, Mullers Entomostraca
p. 182 to 185 Lonsale Mr., queries for,
p. 183, Mantell, on Iguanodon of Maid stone
p. 220, [Mantell] on Plesiosaurus of Wealden + Lias
p. 220, [Mantell] his collection
p. 183, Ammonites
p. 185, 205, Baltic, level of,
p. 184, 187, Electricity
p. 191, Hastings sands sect[ion]
p. 178, 179, Fish, osteology of
p. 198, Fish, numbers of
p. 208 to 212, Fish, fossil, of different periods
p. 205, Mediterranean, area, of [et cetera]
p. 205, Flower, Mr. his address
p. 208, 212, Chalk fossils; [Oolite fossils]
p. 210, Lias [fossils]
p. 210, Muschelkalk [fossils]
p. 212, Tertiary [fossils]
p. 220, Dideplhis Americana, jaw
p. 226, Crag fossils
p. 227, Skeletons to be made
p. 232, Solna shells
p. 236, Tellina Baltica
p. 236, Balani, supports of
p. 237, Swedish Paper, Mem[oranda] for
p. 238, Babbage, Mr. queries for,
p. 239, [Babbage, Mr.], on expans[ion] of rocks
p. 239, Dilatation of rocks, works on
p. 241, Phillips on faults
p. 242, Hastings white sand, diag[ona]l
p. 238, 240, 242, 243, "Elements" progress of
p. 244, Altorff, Lake of Lucerne, gryphite in anca-schist to be seen at
p. 261, 262, 263, Geology
p. 266, Swedish words + phrases

Dates

  • Creation: 26 June 1834- December 1834

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Extent

273 folios

136 Leaves

1 volume

Archivist's Note

Created by Elise Ramsay, Project Archivist, April 2021

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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