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Letters from Hull, Edward to Charles Lyell, 16 May 1856 - 8 March 1876

 File — Box: Box 1.7
Identifier: Coll-203/1/139

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Lyell summarises the letters as:

  1. Raised beach and oyster bed in Bantry Bay - May 18 1856
  2. Review of the true directions of chief lines of disturbance in carboniferous region of Lancashire and Yorkshire - May 25/68
  3. Dec. 1868 Permian Nest basins and carboniferous ridge - attenuation of carbonif. beds southward
  4. 14 Dec 68, If Permian and Jurassic rocks unmoved as marine plane of foundation of Carboniferous shelf P.1 - deviatory movement in different districts varied in its rate - p4 Supposed upheaval to have been very great formerly in a century p.5 for rest see Judes B. p.82
  5. 2 Jan 1869 - In all British faults - both sides have suffered foundation perhaps subaerial and subtraction downthrow of a fault meaning relative not actual positions. Pebbles at suggested New Red derived from South Scott Old Bed Carboniferous p.6
  6. 13th Jan 1869 - actual superposition of Carboniferous Beds to a thickness of 16000 to 18000 of Horwich slate contains lower Carboniferous Posidonia This letter also has a small diagram.
  7. Jan 23rd 1869 Returning my hypothetical section of the S. Goggins Strata One diagram of the original sea level written on the back of some accounts from 1865. One diagram on tracing paper discussing sea cliffs and the original sea levels.
  8. Judd - May 25 1873 Raised beach in Ireland corresponding to 25 foot beach of Scotland. [Note envelope is mis-named as Judd rather than Hull].
  9. Thanks for St Clements March 28 1874

Dates

  • Creation: 16 May 1856 - 8 March 1876

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Language of Materials

English

Full Extent

1 folder (9 letters, 8 envelopes and 2 diagrams)

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Listed by Bethany Lawson, and catalogued by Pamela McIntyre, Strategic Projects Archivist, August 2024.

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