Scope and Contents Letter concerning the identification of a sample fossil from the Nummulites species, the engagement of a draughtsman, the contents of a paper read by Williamson at the Royal Microscopic Society concerning Ortbitolina and foraminifera and an invitation to dinner. 9 July 1850Letter, with envelope, accompanying the return of a signed book which had been sent in error. Discusses a public letter by Falconer accusing Lyell of plagiarism. Refers to an item in the Athenaeum concerning the...

Scope and Contents Notes by William Carruthers – a slip of paper referred to in Coll-203 Gen. 109 Lyell 1/527, giving detailed botanical editorial instructions concerning kelp and the growth of coal period trees, vegetation patterns and the resultant fossils. c 29 August 1866 Letter relating to fossils found in coal including Pothocites, Autholithes, [Carfioliltes] Helictoides. He mentions an ongoing scientific discussion between Brongniart, Ettingshausen and Morris as to the determination of the species...

Scope and Contents Letter, with envelope, to Sir Charles Lyell from Rene-Edouard Claparede sending information on the nature of the research of Johan Japetus Steenstrup and Johan Georg Forchhammer relating to the former peoples of Denmark. He states that although they are interesting from an archaeolological point of view, they do not have the importance that Lyell attaches to them. The findings do not have the same import as the axes discovered in France or Devon. He then gives a precis of the research, 6...

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Letter to Lady Mary Lyell from J. Clark expressing his surprise and pain at a libelous attack made upon Sir Charles Lyell at the Athenaeum, 7 April 1863. Clark also write to Charles, see folder 148.

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Letter from Joseph Clarke containing observations on North American terrapins. Clark also writes to Mary, see folder 147.

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Letter, with envelope, from H Colebrooke regarding species of crocodile that are found in the Ganges, its tributary and contiguous waters, includes article from the Edinburgh Advertiser on the subject of alligators.

Scope and Contents Letter from Timothy Abbott Conrad concerning fossil and shell specimens, the geological age of Canada shells, number of extinct shells in fluviatile deposits, number of freshwater shells in Middle and Lower Tertiary strata and the localities of tertiary strata and their fossils, February 1840; Letter describing a voyage to the Gulf of Mexico where he made observations on fossil shells and rock types of the Florida Keys, Tampa Bay and the Mississippi River, 17 October 1845; Letter...

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Summarised as 'Scholarship and letter to Falconer' regarding the neglect of the physical sciences by the university and his hopes for the future of instruction in this subject, 21 March 1861;
Summarised as 'Enclosing Wallace's letter [not enclosed]and Sir J Brooks' remarks on Bones Cave', letter refers to Wallace's paper on Borneo caves, 15 April 1864.

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Unidentified writer, and undated. Note regarding a proposed expedition to the border between Sarawak and Brunei to collect some bones which were seen in a cave in the locality, [1860s].

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Dr Crawfurd's notes on Sir Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, 4th Edition, 8 November 1836.