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Letters from Doughty, Charles to Charles Lyell, 18 October 1866 - 1 May 1867

 File — Box: Box 1.4
Identifier: Coll-203/1/66

Scope and Contents

Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Notes on normal water levels in the Baltic from a variety of academic papers
2) Rise of land in Norway according to Theodor Kjerulf
3) Discussions of Dr Adolf Nordenskiölds papers and secular use of Stockholm,
4) Geology of Sweden and Stockholm,
5) Drawing of cliff formation at Advent Bay, Spitsbergen, Svalbard,
6) Use of land in Sweden,
7) Exchange of academic papers between Lyell and others,
8) Translation of Dr Theodor Kjerulfs letter along with the original in Norwegian
1 )Doughty abstracts of Scandinavian papers - March 5th 1867
Second folder contains a map of Sweden and Norway showing where fossil shells of the Baltic have been found and the location of lighthouses where observations were made on the oscillations of the sea level. The map may relate to the abstract in folio 1111-1112 where a map of the coast is mentioned. It also contains 9 abstracts, focusing on the Baltic region, copied and translated by Doughty for Charles Lyell.

Dates

  • Creation: 18 October 1866 - 1 May 1867

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Language of Materials

Norwegian

Extent

2 folders