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Kings College Lectures , May 1832 - 12 June 1832

 File — Box: Lyell Box 1.20
Identifier: Coll-203/8/1

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Kings College London, May-June 1832. Gaps in extant records can be filled by Lyell's recapitulation in the lectures that follow.

  1. Syllabus of a Course of Twelve Lectures, 1832
  2. Lecture 1 - prose draft and notes. Watermark dated 1831.
  3. ‘Lecture 1. Notes etc 1832’. 7 pages of notes and scraps of texts, including pp. 14, 16, 17.
  4. 3 pages of prose notes, p. 1-3.
  5. Lecture 2. Friday 4 May. Packet headed ‘Lecture 2’. pp.1-13 text. Some pieces watermarked 1831.
  6. Packet headed on the back, ‘Lect.2. Old Edn. Notes etc’. 9 pages, including p. 1, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18.
  7. Lecture 4. Friday 11 May. Notes pp.1-6 headed ‘Lecture 4’.
  8. 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).
  9. Lecture 6. Friday 18 May. Short notes pp. 1-6 & 1-2
  10. Lecture 7. Tuesday 22 May. Notes pp. 1-6
  11. Lecture 8. Friday 25 May. 4 pages of notes
  12. Lecture 8. Friday 25 May.8 pages of short notes. First line refers to work of Cuvier, and Lyell's relationship with him.
  13. Lecture 8. Friday 25 May.Text pp. 1-13 (-15). Notes for the Eloge of George Cuvier.
  14. Lecture 9. Tuesday 29 May. Notes pp. 1-4, and sheet ‘Synoptical Table’ of Tertiary formations.
  15. Lecture 10. Friday 1 June. 6 pages of short notes.
  16. Lecture 11. Tuesday 5 June. Short notes pp.1-8.
  17. Lecture 12. Friday 8 June. Short notes pp. 1-11.
  18. Lecture 13. Tuesday 12 June. Short notes pp.1-8 (-9).

Dates

  • Creation: May 1832 - 12 June 1832

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18 folders

Language of Materials

English

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