Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll, 18 May 1865
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 585
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll referring to several works by Duperry, Nichol and A Keitz Johnston and discussing Superior and Subordinate Maxima. He asks Lyell to pass on any information he receives from the Astronomer Royal, 18 May 1865.
Dates
- 18 May 1865
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 letter None which affect the use of this material
Extent
1 letter
Physical Description
1 letter None which affect the use of this material
- Airy, Sir George Biddell, 1801-1892 (Astronomer Royal, 1835-1881)
- Astronomy
- Croll, James, 1821-1890 (physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence, Geological Survey of Scotland)
- Duperry, Louis Isidore, 1786-1865 (French Naval officer and explorer)
- Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871 (geographer)
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)
- Nichol, John Pringle, 1804-1859 (professor of astronomy, University of Glasgow)
- Subordinate Maxima
- Superior Maxima
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