The Royal Institution, London, 4 February 1848
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B14/10
Scope and Contents
- Printed copies of lecture given at the Royal Institution, 4 February by Lyell on 'The fossil foot-marks of a reptile in the coal formation of the Alleghany Mountains'.
- Original wrapping, an American newspaper - title is absent, marked 'Dendrophilas & Cheirotherium', February 1848
- Printed proof of Lyell's article 'On the evidence of Fossil Footprints of a Quadruped allied to the Cheirotherium in the Coal Strata of Pennsylvania', dated in pencil July 1846
- Edits, in the form of cut sections of notes, pinned onto newspaper, The Daily News dated April 3 1848.
- Short notes for lecture 9, 'Reptiles in Coal', Boston 1852
- Long notes, lecture RI
- Long notes on blue paper
- Short notes on blue paper, with list of illustrations
Dates
- Creation: 4 February 1848
Creator
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Person)
- Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) (Person)
Full Extent
From the Series: 11 folders (2 archive box (11-12 of 18))
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
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