Box Box 1.11

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Offprint supplied by the Institution of Civil Engineers, of a meeting chaired by President Mr. JR McClean, of a paper 'The East Coast, between the Thmas and the Wash Estuaries' read by Mr. JB Redman, M. Inst.C.E.

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First letter is summarised on the envelope by Lyell as "Snails of Galapagos peculiar type / E. Forbes doubts it".
The second letter has no summary but relates to work by Reeves on identifying a fossilised pupa, using specimens from Mr Dinkel's and Mr Cumming's [sic Cumming] collections.

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Lyell summarises the letter on the envelope as "Salt water from deep-sea in Mediterranean" [specifically of Malta, where Reid was writing from, as he was the Governor of Malta between 1851 and 1858]

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Refers to Queckett's account of 'Bos' bones at a Pict House in Caithness.

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Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Dr Richardson 1838. On temperature of [?] [?] Arctic Circle.
2) Sir J. Richardson. Glacial Arctic Shells & Whale bones in high northern latitudes. Nov 1851.
3) Sir J. Richardson. 6th Feb 1861. Index B.4.fr.40-. Reindeer Antlers in N. America.
4) Sir John Richardson. Growth of peat 1863.
5) Sir John Richardson on Coal now forming in North America.

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Contains large photograph of the Fossil man of Mentone. Relates also to the sale of his collection.

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Relates to mistakes in German translation of Antiquity.

Scope and Contents The correspondence between H.D. Roger and Charles Lyell is mainly concerned with American Geology and the projects of their colleagues. Letters are written at Philadelphia; some are written to Mary Lyell. 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. ...