Notebook No.93, September 1841- October 1841
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains notes by Charles Lyell from his travels in Albany, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notes are mostly pencil, occasional ink. Covers are both blank, indexes are located in the back of the notebook.
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.
N[umber] 93. Index. Sept[embe]r, Oct[obe]r 1841.
p. 28, 29, 30, Classification [and] Synonyms of American rocks, I. Coal, 2 - II. Old Red - III. Ludlowville, 4 - IV. Helderbury, 4 - V. Onondaga Salt group 6. - VI. Niagara group, 6. VII Protean, 6 - VIII. Ontario Sandstone, 8 - IX. Mohawk, 8 - Greatest thick-ness of these groups,
p. 10, 68, Oldest Fish
p. 10, Ichthyodorulite in Onondaga,
p. 11, 12, Ludlowville in Schoharie district
p. 11, - [Ludlowville] passage from to Chemung,
p. 28, 30, - [Ludlowville] thickness of,
p. 64, - [Ludlowville] plants in,
p. 10, Hall, J[ames], on plants in Oneonta group,
p. 10, 18, - [Hall, James] on fish in Onondaga limest[one]
p. 24, - [Hall, James] queries for,
p. 28, - [Hall, James] notes from his Rep[...] in 1838.
p. 30, - [Hall, James] on thickness of Amer[ica]n groups of strata,
p. 66, - [Hall, James] on Protean group,
p. 12, Oriskany Sandstone fossils
p. 10, Onondaga limest[one], ichthyodorulite,
p. 12, - [Onondaga] north [and] south scratches in,
p. 68, - [Onondaga] oldest fish found in,
p. 11, Schoharie, passage of fossils from Ludlowville to Chemung seen in,
p. 14, - [Schoharie] sect[io]n on Burton's farm, W[...] of,
p. 18, - [Schoharie] fossils of Cornitif[eru]s limestone
p. 18, - [Schoharie] black shale [and] fossils,
p. 22, Salmon R[iver], section of grits [et cetera] on,
Index 97.
p. 24, Lake beaches
p. 28, 30, Thickness of Amer[ica]n stratified rocks
p. 28, 30, Old Red, greatest thickness of
p. 64, - [Old Red] plants in,
p. 11, Chemung, passage of fossils from Ludlowville to,
p. 28, 30, - [Chemung] thickness of,
p. 4, Helderburg group
p. 28, 30, - [Helderburg group] thickness of,
p. 6, Salt group
p. 28, 30, - [Salt group] thickness of,
p. 6, Niagara group
p. 29, 30, - [Niagara group] thickness of,
p. 6, 28, 30, 66, Protean group
p. 8, 29, 30, Ontario Sandstone.
p. 8, Mohawk limestone,
p. 29, 30, - [Mohawk limestone] thickness of
p. 30, Rogers on thickness of Amer[ica]n stratif[ie]d rocks
p. 73, 75, - [Rogers] on fragments in New Red Conglom[erate]
p. 77, 78, - [Rogers] section of his Olive shale group at Clinton,
p. 88, - [Rogers] on change from Authracite to Coal in going from N[orth] to S[outh]
p. 32, Highlands, Orange County, sect[io]n of,
p. 32, Albany Clay, hills of,
p. 37, 38, 40, 46, 49, 53, 56, Conrads Museum, mem[orandum] made in,
p. 50, - [Conrads Museum] on Atrypa, Producta [et cetera]
p. 37, 49, Cretaceous fossils
p. 38, Claiborne sect[io]n [and] fossils
p. 40, North Carolina Tertiary
p. 40, Bordenton [sic], sect[io]n at,
p. 42, Pillars of Clayey Sand, drawing of,
p. 44, Woodwards form, sect[io]n at,
p. 49, White Limestone fossils
p. 52, Virginia Tertiary
p. 53, Cretaceo Eocene strata, notes on by Conrad,
p. 54, Eocene of America [and] Paris, some shells common to both
p. 58, 60, Timber Creek, section of Coralline limest[one],
p. 62, - [Timber Creek] shells of,
p. 58, 60, Coralline limestone like Crag,
p. 62, Gould, Dr., on number of shells common to Great Britain [and] Massachusetts
p. 62, New Jersey, middle Chalk of [and] fossils
p. 75, - [New Jersey] authracite in conglom[erate] of New Red
p. 62, Shells, recent, N[umber] common to G[rea]t Brit[ai]n [and] Massachusetts,
p. 54, - [Shells] fossil, some common to Eocene of Amer[ic]a [and] Paris,
p. 64, Alleghanies, fossil plants of,
p. 66, Graptolites
p. 64, Ithaca group, plants of,
p. 70, Boxes, contents of,
p. 68, Big Bone Lick, Cooper on, reference
p. 68, Megatherium in Georgia D'o [Ditto]
99.
p. 69, Harlan, Dr., on Mastodon
p. 70, - [Harlan, Dr.] on American fossil vertebrata
p. 69, Missourian
p. 69, Mastodon
p. 71, Pennsylvania erratics
p. 71, Philadelphia [and] Reading, strata between
p. 72, 73, Unconformable stratification
p. 71, Erratics of Pennsylvania
p. 72, Becrafts Mount, unconform[able] stratific[atio]n
p. 71, Reading [and] Philadelphia, strata between
p. 73, - [Reading and Philadelphia] replication of Euritic quartzite
p. 73, - [Reading and Philadelphia] New Red Conglom[erate] at,
p. 74, - [Reading and Philadelphia] folding of Sandstone
p. 73-75, New Red Conglomerate
p. 75, - [New Red Conglomerate] pebbles of authracite in,
p. 73, 75, - [New Red Conglomerate] Rogers on,
p. 77, Port Clinton, drift 25 f[ee]t thick,
p. 77, - [Port Clinton] vertical sandstone [et cetera]
p. 78, - [Port Clinton] Olive shale group,
p. 78, Orwigsburg, sect[io]n from Clinton to,
p. 77, 78, Olive shale group of Rogers, sections of,
p. 82, Pottsville, sect[io]n of vertical coal-strata
p. 82, 84, - [Pottsville] fossil plants
p. 84, - [Pottsville] ferns in anthracite
p. 84, 86, - [Pottsville] conglomerate
p. 86, 88, Tamaqua coal strata [and] plants
p. 88, - [Tamaqua], thinning out of beds at,
100.
p. 90, 93, Mauch Chunk quarries, sect[ion]s in,
p. 90, - [Mauch Chunk] fossil Coal-plants
p. 84, 90, Anthracite, plants fossil in
p. 75, - [Anthracite], pebbles of in New Red Conglom[erate]
p. 94, Leheigh summit Mine, section of Coal beds with plants
Addresses
p. 34, Bengough
p. 68, Dobson
p. 68, Frazer
p. 23, Gebhard
p. 52, Harlan, Dr.,
p. 52, Lea
p. 71, Taylor
Dates
- Creation: September 1841- October 1841
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Extent
100 folios
50 Leaves
1 volume
Archivist's Note
Transcribed by Erin McRae, volunteer, July 2021; catalogued by Elise Ramsay, Project Archivist, July 2021
Creator
Subject
- Hall, James (Sir James Hall of Dunglass), 1761-1832 (Scottish geologist and geophysicist | 4th Baronet) (Person)
- Gebhard, John, 1782-1854 (U.S. Congressman 1821-1823) (Person)
- Cooper, William, 1798-1864 (American naturalist, conchologist) (Person)
- Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843 (American naturalist, zoologist) (Person)
- Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872 (Geologist, professor of Natural History, University of Pennsylvania) (Person)
- Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886 (American conchologist, geologist, and publisher) (Person)
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