Kings College Lectures , May 1832 - 12 June 1832
File — Box: Lyell Box 1.20
Identifier: Coll-203/8/1
Scope and Contents
Kings College London, May-June 1832. Gaps in extant records can be filled by Lyell's recapitulation in the lectures that follow.
- Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures, 1832
- Lecture 1 - prose draft and notes. Watermark dated 1831.
- ‘Lecture 1. Notes etc 1832’. 7 pages of notes and scraps of texts, including pp. 14, 16, 17.
- 3 pages of prose notes, p. 1-3.
- Lecture 2. Friday 4 May. Packet headed ‘Lecture 2’. pp.1-13 text. Some pieces watermarked 1831.
- Packet headed on the back, ‘Lect.2. Old Edn. Notes etc’. 9 pages, including p. 1, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18.
- Lecture 4. Friday 11 May. Notes pp.1-6 headed ‘Lecture 4’.
- Lecture 5. Tuesday 15 May. Notes pp. 1-6 -and in pencil 'insertion of 'diagram', and text pp.1-2, headed ‘Lecture 5 May 14th 1832’ (sic).
- Lecture 6. Friday 18 May. Short notes pp. 1-6 & 1-2
- Lecture 7. Tuesday 22 May. Notes pp. 1-6
- Lecture 8. Friday 25 May. 4 pages of notes
- Lecture 8. Friday 25 May.8 pages of short notes. First line refers to work of Cuvier, and Lyell's relationship with him.
- Lecture 8. Friday 25 May.Text pp. 1-13 (-15). Notes for the Eloge of George Cuvier.
- Lecture 9. Tuesday 29 May. Notes pp. 1-4, and sheet ‘Synoptical Table’ of Tertiary formations.
- Lecture 10. Friday 1 June. 6 pages of short notes.
- Lecture 11. Tuesday 5 June. Short notes pp.1-8.
- Lecture 12. Friday 8 June. Short notes pp. 1-11.
- Lecture 13. Tuesday 12 June. Short notes pp.1-8 (-9).
Dates
- Creation: May 1832 - 12 June 1832
Creator
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Person)
- Hall, George, fl 1825-1843 (Clerk to Sir Charles Lyell) (Person)
- Cuvier, Georges, 1769- 1832 (French zoologist and statesman) (Person)
Full Extent
18 folders
Language of Materials
English
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