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Notebook No.182, 19 March 1853 - April 1853

 Item — Box: Lyell-temp-box 7
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/182

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Scope and Contents

Notebook 182 contains notes from 19 March to April 1853. At the time of writing, Lyell is in London - he attends lectures given by Edward Forbes at Marlborough House - and the notebook primarily contains geological and lecture notes. It is written in ink and pencil. At the end of this notebook, Lyell is preparing to travel to the US for the New York Indstrial Exhibition in June/July.

Transcription note:

There is no index in this notebook, but there is a short one in Lyell’s separate series of Index Notebooks, reference Coll-203/A5/3 p. 17 which is transcribed here. Other notable entries from this notebook, have been included below in square brackets [].

Lyell's own index

p. 6 Voluta in Irish chalk E. Forbes
p. 6 Destruction of Upper Chalk in East of England preserved by Cardiaster in [‘gravel’ deleted] gravel.
p. 8, 20 Blackdown beds not less Greensand but Gault
p. 14 Terraque tractusque maris, etc hence?
p. 20 Red chalk is gault, says E. Forbes, as Rose said
p. 20 Fossils in it at Hunstanton
p. 22 Aptian is mid[dle] of Lower Green Sand E. Forbes
p. 26 E. Forbes says that some Wealden Paludina like tertiary in source [illegible word deleted] recent species (Darwin)
p. 26 Wealden Charae differ from Purbeck E. F.
[p. 31 Hampstead & Highgate Geology April 3rd 1853] p. 42 Vertical flints at Downe proving slow melting of chalk and [Notebook] 198 p. 73 [Lyell is at Down with Darwin]
[p. 45 Lyell notes address of C Tiffin, Artist, London, and Robert Harkness, Dumfries]
[p. 57 list of mems includes notes to J Phillips & Darwin, and note on promotion of 'Men of the Times' published by David Bogue, Fleet Street, which features Lyell ] p. 62, 72 The Palliobranchiate says E. Forbes are substituted for Lamellibranchiata in Primary rocks [Lecture at Royal Institution Lecture]
p. 62 Lowest forms of bivalve mollusca or Bryozoa not best developed in ancient rocks [p. 69 With Dr. Koninck] [p. 71 lists of names to whom copies given] [Last pages of notebook are notes relating to US - time of steamer and posts - as well as Huxley's address, London, and Mr. Dennet, Spring Gardens, London]

Dates

  • Creation: 19 March 1853 - April 1853

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Full Extent

115 folios

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57 Leaves

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1 volume