Letters from Hoff, Karl von to Charles Lyell, 15 January 1868
File — Box: Box 1.7
Identifier: Coll-203/1/132
Scope and Contents
Letter summarised as from Torell, via Denmark 'levels of Baltic, tables calculated by Homstrond'. Holmstrond introduces the tables as'Notes on the rise of land in Sweden' and 'summary of the measures of watermarks'. Tables include data dated 1774 - 1867. Final letter details the return of these letters to Lyell from Dunbar James Douglas, who has read them with interest
Dates
- Creation: 15 January 1868
Creator
- Hoff, Karl Ernst Adolf von, 1771-1837 (German geologist) (Author, Person)
- Torell, Otto Martin, 1828 – 1900 (Swedish Naturalist and Geologist) (Person)
- Douglas, Dunbar James, 1809-1885 (6th Earl of Selkirk) (Person)
Language of Materials
German
Full Extent
1 folder
Subject
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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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