Letters from Lyell, Charles to Moore, J. C, 7 March 1866 - 13 August 1866
File — Box: Box 1.14
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/21
Scope and Contents
Sixteen copy letters and extracts of letters from Lyell to Moore and Croll. Four are summarised as August 1866 'On Climate', 'What small quantity of snow falls at North Pole - attraction of antipodal ice cap', 'On Croll's speculation as to thickness of ice at South pole', and 2 March 1866 'Heath suggestion of glacial [?] and his astronomical paper', and on 7 March 1866 'How does Adhémar melt the ice at one pole?'.
Dates
- Creation: 7 March 1866 - 13 August 1866
Creator
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Author, Person)
- Adhémar, Joseph, 1797-1862 (French mathematician) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
16 letters (folios 3830-3899)
Full Extent
2 envelopes
Subject
- Moore, John Carrick, 1805–1898 (Geologist and Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Wigtown) (Recipient, Person)
- Croll, James, 1821-1890 (physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence, Geological Survey of Scotland) (Person)
- Heath, John Moore, 1808–1882 (English clergyman and educator) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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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