Letters from Wilkinson, Sir John Gardener to Charles Lyell, 25 November 1861 - 18 February 1863
File — Box: Box 1.13
Identifier: Coll-203/1/291
Scope and Contents
Correspondence includes: discussion on bricks; watercolour sketches to scale, of sections of the mortar used in the Great Pyramid, and 2nd [sic] Pyramid, Egypt, and thickness of Nile deposit; drawing with measurements and projection.
Dates
- Creation: 25 November 1861 - 18 February 1863
Creator
- Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner, 1797-1875 (English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist ) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
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