Box Box 1.12

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On Kansas Permian. Small trace sketch of fossil plant.

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Summarised as 1) Roscoe – Magnesium in Bath-waters and [?] - Cornish lade from sea-water July 9 1864 and 2) Rosen Translating Level of Baltic March 28 87

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Summarised as Capt. S.J.Ross Oct 1846 on Deep Sea Soundings

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Letters including hand drawn coloured view of mountain ridge.

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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Sent from Bristol, and is summarised as 'Stutchbury on Otaheite [Tahiti] Corals'.

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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Summarised as: 1) Green sand of Blackdown Bed 2) Glaciers and the proportions of angular blocks (terminal moraine)

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Possibly includes letters from both Benjamin Silliman Jr and his father Benjamin Silliman Sr. (Earlier letters refer to Dr Silliman, whereas later letters make the distinction of referring to B. Silliman). Includes letter containing Dr Buckley's statement on the Hydroargos Sea Serpent.

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James Smith of Jordan Hill. Includes some early letters on the geology of madeira from 1840. Inludes some small polished flint samples with correspondong envelope.