Notes and Indices, October 1854
Scope and Contents
Packet of notes, marked Madeira B:
MS [manuscript] Notes with Hartung October 1854
MS Index to Dana
Features original sketches of geological features by Lyell, including vents of a volcano, similar to that of Arran in Notebook 62 - and notes relating to articles [Lyell creates an 'index' to the articles for reference].
Notes on Dana's paper [referred to as Canary Isles and Madeira paper, actual title not given] Covers Origins of Caldera of Palma.
Index to letters of Delesse.
Index to article by Junghuhn
Index to article by Hartung, October 1854.
Dates
- Creation: October 1854
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1 manuscript documents (approx).
Physical Location
Gen.118
Creator
Subject
- Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 (American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist) (Person)
- Hartung, Georg, 1821 - 1891 (German geologist) (Person)
- Junghuhn, Frederich Franz William, 1809-1864 (German botanist) (Person)
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Person)
- Delesse, Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph, 3 February 1817 – 24 March 1881 (French geologist and mineralogist) (Person)
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