Letters from Barrett, Lucas to Charles Lyell, 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858
File — Box: Box 1.1
Identifier: Coll-203/1/11
Scope and Contents
A collection of three letters with an illustration sent by Lucas Barrett from Cambridge on bird bones and whales. The letters refer to bird bones that are crucial in understanding developed bird wings. The first letter has an illustration of a bird metacarpus by Barrett (May-November 1858). Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Bird's bone from upper Green Sand
2) Fossil bird upper Gr[een]. S[an]d. also Whales from Gr[een].
3) Bird bones in Kimmeridge Clay.
Dates
- Creation: 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858
Creator
- Barrett, Lucas, 1837-1862 (geologist and naturalist, correspondent of Charles Lyell) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
6 folios (1 folder)
Full Extent
3 envelopes
Full Extent
1 illustration
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk