Box Lyell Box 1.20

Scope and Contents Charles Lyell lectured at King's College London in 1832 and again in 1833. He then gave a single course at the Royal Institution in 1833. For the latter courses, he re-used some material from his first course, and his notes can be mixed between both sets. The records suggest two stages in development - longer, prose like text is written on larger sheets of paper. Page numbering is inconsistent, and sections are crossed out, indicating they are rejected. These larger sheets of text are then...

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....

Scope and Contents Kings College London, April-May 1833, including manuscripts for Principles. ‘Lect. 1 K.C. Apr. 30th 1833’. 2 pages of short notes and 1 page of prose notes (7) Lecture 1. Long prose notes, pp. 1-4 & 5-12. Included in these are 4 cuttings from manuscript proofs from Principles of Geology’, vol. 3 (48) Lecture 1. Short notes, pp. 13-19, continuation of 48. First line:...