Box Box 1.11

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Summarised as 'Modern Cause Theory', 'Lehman's translator's preface', and 'Fossil Elephant in Ireland'.

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Includes small tracing paper map of Scotland, with Arbroath included as area name. A specimen of 'Cephalaspis Powrie' [sic Cephalaspis powriei (Lankester, 1868) now reassigned Janaspis powriei] from Forfarshire is in the Cockburn Geological Museum Collection.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...

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On Icklingham flints.

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Summarised as 'Nova Scotia batrachian boes - structure etc.', 'Stonesfield Bones - Birds and Pterodactyles', 'On Structure of shell? [sic] from S[outh] Joggins', 'Queckett [sic] on species of Barrandes Silurian fish', 'Connecticut Bones', 'Queckett [sic] on supposed Infusoria earth - Etna'. Two letters are undated, and not summarised

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Summarised as proposing a french abridgement of Principles.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...

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Letters are summarised by Lyell as:
1) Nineveh bricks
2) Babylonian Cylinder mongoos[sic mongoose]

Scope and Contents The correspondence from W.C. Redfield to Charles Lyell is mainly concerned with his geological discoveries and the activities of their mutual friends. Specific subjects include: catopterus macrucrus, drift, and William King. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here. ...