Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell, 10 December 1857
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/4/3
Scope and Contents
Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell discusing the internal structure of lava flows. Lyell also remarks on the probable nature of the additions to the core of Mount Vesuvius that had occurred that year, with illustrations, 10 December 1857.
Dates
- Creation: 10 December 1857
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1 document
Creator
Subject
- Buch, Christian Leopold Von, 1774-1853 (German geologist, palaeontologist) (Person)
- Giuscardi (Italian) (Person)
- Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer) (Person)
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Person)
- Palmieri (Italian professor) (Person)
- Scacci (Italian geologist) (Person)
Repository Details
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk