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Letters from Lubbock, Sir John to Charles Lyell, 26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865

 File — Box: Box 1.9
Identifier: Coll-203/1/172

Scope and Contents

Letters summarised as: Slow progress of Australians & negros - egro, miocene man may have been all but stationary; Lake Prasias & Takinor - Nile Valley elevations; Horner's Egyptian; Lubbock presscutting in Reader, answer to Sharpe's objection to Horner's Nile mud Chronometer, Statue of Rameses; Lubbock, reference in Antiquity of Man to his paper on Danish mounds and notes for my answer [includes Lyell's own notes - finished by Buckley, on Antiquity of Man, and his defence on inclusions]; Lubbock - Vindication of his note in Prehistoric Times; Lubbock on depth of sea.

Dates

  • Creation: 26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Full Extent

1 folder

Repository Details

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