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Royal Institution , 25 April 1833 - 6 June 1833

 File — Box: Lyell Box 1.21 (Formerly Gen 118)
Identifier: Coll-203/8/3

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Royal Institution lectures:

  1. Lecture 1. Thursday 25 April. Prose notes, pp. 2-4 and 9, headed, ‘Lectures R.1.’ (probably early drafts). [Originally placed with 23, 24, 25, 26]
  2. Lecture 1. Short notes pp. 1-6, headed ‘Lecture 1 R.I.’. 1 page of prose notes, headed ‘Lecture 1 R.I.’
  3. Lecture 1. 2 pages of prose notes, headed ‘Lectures R.I.’ and ‘Lect. 1 R.I.’ (probably drafts for 2).
  4. Lecture 1. Prose notes, pp. 1-14, headed ‘Lect. 1. R.I.’
  5. Lecture 1. Prose notes, pp. 14-20. On Diagonal Lamination.
  6. Lecture 1. Prose notes, pp 20-27. On Diagonal Lamination.
  7. Lecture 1. Prose notes, pp. 4-15
  8. Lecture 1. Prose notes, pp. 15-20
  9. Lecture 2, Thursday 2 May. Short notes, pp. 1-8, headed ‘Lect. 2. R.I.’.
  10. Lecture 2. Prose notes pp. 1-11, headed ‘Lect. 2. R.I. (full notes)’. Included is a slip of paper with references to unknown volumes (Handwriting: vol. 1, p322)
  11. Lecture 2. Prose notes, pp. 1-26, headed ‘Lect. 2. R.I.’.
  12. Lecture 3. Thursday 9 May. Short notes pp. 1-8 (-9), headed ‘Lect. 3. R.I.’.
  13. Lecture 3. 2 pages of prose notes, incomplete, headed ‘Lecture 2 R.I. Included is a cutting from an unknown volume (p341-342, ChXXIV. In handwritten notes: p156 and 157, vol. 1)
  14. Lecture 4. Thursday 16 May. 2 pages short notes headed ‘Lect. 4 R.I.’. 6 pp. fuller notes headed ‘Lect. 4 R.I.’. Prose notes pp 1-18, headed ‘Lect. 4 R.I.’.
  15. Lecture 5. Thursday 23 May. Short notes pp. 1-8, headed ‘Lect. 5. R.I.’. Enclosing paper noted ‘Serapis’.
  16. Lecture 5. Prose notes pp. 1-4, headed ‘Lect. 5. R.I.’. Mention of ‘Serapis’
  17. Lecture 5. Short notes pp. 1-8 (probably here, by subject-matter). Ref on pp. 2 to unknown volume, Vol.1, p525.
  18. Lecture 6. Thursday 30 May. Short notes pp. 1-12, headed ‘Lecture 6 R.I.’. Volcanoes and the theory of core and craters of elevation. With multiple references to Principles 2nd ed. Vol. 1.
  19. Lecture 6. Prose notes pp. 1-6, headed ‘Lecture 6 R.I.’. With multiple references to Principles 2nd ed. Vol. 1.
  20. Lecture 7. Thursday 6 June. Short notes pp. 1-9, headed ‘Lect. 7. R.I.’. Prose notes, pp. 1-4 (opening).

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  • Creation: 25 April 1833 - 6 June 1833

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