Notebook No.199, January 1855

The notebook opens with Charles Lyell in Bowood, where he examines local geology while traveling around the Wiltshire area. He records geological observations in Calne, Whetham, Derry Hill, Heddington, Melksham, and Foxham. Subsequently, Lyell travels back to London, passing through Reading. In London, Lyell makes notes on various geology-related topics and records several addresses. On 16 February 1855, he likely attends the Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of London. As Lyell prepares for an upcoming trip to Germany and France, he includes lists of items and books to be packed in the notebook. Page 45 features a train schedule written in blue ink in an unknown hand.

Lyell’s own index from Index Notebook 1860, reference Coll-203/A5/5 [was Coll-203/A5/3] p. 20
p. 12 Elephant tooth and gryphaea arcuata in drift n[ea]r Chippenham
p. 24 Corals like reef-builders and several large cephalopods from lat. 76 and 77 degrees N! E. Belcher
p. 25 Exuberance of animal life in arctic region in paleozoic times Salter
p. 27 Life in Arctic regions deeper than Forbes found in Egean
p. 29 Alps upraised anterior to Anthracotherium magnum
Summary Index
p. 1 “Bowood”, “Elephants tooth”, Geologic sketch of Bowood and “Conigre quarry” [sic Conygar], Sketch of ammonite suture patterns
p. 2 “Calne” notes on fossils (coral, echinoderms, ostrea) and geology
p. 3 List of dates in January and February 1855
p. 4 “Calne oolite”, “Calne Eastern suburb” with sketches
p. 6 “Coral rag”, “Whetham House” with a sketch of the view from “Sandy Lane”
p. 8 “Lockswell Heath” with sketch, Geological observations of Lockswell Heath, Derry Hills, and Chippenham
p. 9 Sketch of land between Heddington and Derry Hill with notes below
p. 10 “January 8 1855 Bowood”, Reference to Notebook 154 and previous visit to Bowood in 1848, “From Bowood excursion to Melksham and back”
p. 11 “W. Lonsdale working at S[outh]. Devons[hire]”, Collections of “Mr. Moore” at the “Bath Institution”
p 12 “Jan[uar]y 9 1855 Drift at Foxham”, “Wootton Bassett”
p. 14 Geological notes and sketch continued from previous page, “Jan[uar]y 9 Sent to Printer”
p. 15 “Reading Geology”, “Mem[orada]” numbered 1-7
p. 16 “Addresses”, “Rupert Jones”, “Madeira land shells”
p. 17 “Addresses” and a rough sketch
p. 18 Information “for Printer”, “Bischoff’s [sic Bischof’s] Chemical geology”
p. 19 “Jan[uar]y 18 1855 Mem[orada]” numbered 1-3
p. 20 “Errata and Corrigenda for N. Y. Report”
p. 21 “Madeira Mail”
p. 22 “Jan[uar]y 20 1855 with Darwin” commentary on gneiss “Mem[oranda]” numbered 1-6
p. 23, 24 “Geology Jan[uar]y 22 1855” discussion of a boulder’s furrows, path traveled, and age
p. 24, 25 “Geology Jan[uar]y 24 With Salter” discussion of fossils brought from North Pole by Sir Belcher
p. 25 “S[outh]. African trilobites”, “Cambrian fish”, Notes on materials “to send to printer”
p. 26 Jan[uary] 30 1855 Busk”, “Abnormal distribution”, “Conifera of arctic regions with rings of annual grown” with a sketch
p. 27 “Algae very large in arctic regions”, Hooker and Huxley’s thoughts on life in the arctic
p. 28 “Temperature in the north increases as you descend”, “Eugene Renevier” address, “Coal ferns in Tarentaise”
p. 29 “Flysch” and discussion of Alps geology
p. 30 “Mem[oranda]” numbered 1-4, “To Tennant gave p[ages] 1 to 352 of Manual, “Jan[uar]y 31, 1855”
p. 31 “Madeira”, “Pteris aquiline”, “Carbonif[erous] fern C. Bunbury”
p. 32 “For Principles New Ed[ition]”, “Belgian Tertiaries”
p. 33 “Mem[oranda]” numbered 1-4
p. 34 “Manual erratum”
p. 35 “To be taken to Paris and Berlin”, “Mem[oranda]” numbered 1-4, “Addit[ional] Bills for Artists of Manual paid by me and sent to Murray 8th Feb[ruary]”
p. 36 “Mem[oranda]” numbered 1-2, “Professor Thompson [sic Thomson] in Origin of Solar Heat”, “Mem[orandum]”, Sea Serpent”
p. 38 “Upper Devonian of Barnstable”, “Spirifer verneuili”
p. 40 “Mud of Nile”, “Feb[ruary] 15 1855”, “Salter on the Title page”
p. 40, 42 Draft of the Preface of the 5th Edition of Manual of Elementary Geology
p. 42 “Mem[oradum]”, “To call on Sir G. Grey”, “to meet D[uke]. of Argyll”
p. 43 “Mem[oranda]” numbered 1-18
p. 44 “Mem[oranda] cont[inued], “Hiero”
p. 45 Train schedules including from “London Bridge station 8.10 AM” to “reach Cologne 6.0 pm”
p. 46 “IV No 3 of Zeitschrift der Deutsch[en]. Geol[ogischen]. Gesel[lschaft].”, “Mem[orandum]” numbered 1-2 and 1
p. 47 “To take to Berlin and Paris” numbered 1-4
p. 48 “Author copies” two columned list of names
p. 50 Packing list numbered 1-8
p. 52 Locations in Berlin, including “Karl-Strasse” street, with a sketch
p. 54, 56 “With Gustav Rose” Description of nepheline, amphibole, oligoclase, feldspar and other minerals near Bautzen, Saxony
p. 58, 60 Comparison of lava of Vesuvius and Etna with a sketch