Box Box 1.12
Contains 33 Results:
Letters from Rogers, William Barton to Charles Lyell, 19th century
On Kansas Permian. Small trace sketch of fossil plant.
Letters from Roscoe, Sir Henry Enfield to Charles Lyell, 9 July 1864 - 24 March 1867
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
Letters from Ross, Sir James Clark to Charles Lyell, 21 October 1846
Summarised as Capt. S.J.Ross Oct 1846 on Deep Sea Soundings
Letters from Ruffin, Edmund to Charles Lyell, 25 December 1845 - 12 September 1849
Summarised as 1) Mr Ruffin 25. Dec 1845 on V[irgini]a Tertiaries; 2) Mr Ruffin, V[irgini]a with Miocene shells & Weston letter enclosed Sept. 1849I. nteresting use of news article as envelope, sketch included. Pro-slavery work. Virginia planter.
Letters from Salter, John William to Charles Lyell, 2 June 1853 - 7 May 1869
Selection of fossil invertebrate and plant sketches throughout including loose figured sketches kept with corresponding envelope.
Letters from Saunders, Trelawney to Charles Lyell, 24 August 1866 - 16 October 1873
Summarised as: Lake Maggiore, land hemisphere, Earth areas and proportions, water, sea levels, and land
Letters from Sawkins, James Gay to Charles Lyell, 1 June 1855 - 8 December 1860
Summarised as 1) Mauna Loa, Kilauea; 2) [Juye?] of summit, Craters of Mauna Loa; 3) W. India [?] , Mammalia in [?] . Includes two sketches (one watercolour) of Mount Kilauea volcano.
Letters from Scacchi, Arcangelo to Charles Lyell, 2 June 1852
Includes sketch of the base of the Temple of Serapis.
Letters from Scrope, George Julius Poulett to Charles Lyell, 27 April 1863
On Falconer and Prestwich attack on Lyell in 1863, and regarding the Abbeville findings. Scrope congratulates Lyell on a strong defence to their accusations.
Letters from Sharpe, Daniel to Charles Lyell, 5 November 1853 0 26 April 1855
Summarised as: 1) Green sand of Blackdown Bed 2) Glaciers and the proportions of angular blocks (terminal moraine)