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Box Box 1.12

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Letters from Sharpe, Daniel to Charles Lyell, 5 November 1853 0 26 April 1855

 File — Box: Box 1.12
Identifier: Coll-203/1/239
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 5 November 1853 0 26 April 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Silliman Jr (and possibly Sr)., Benjamin to Charles Lyell, 15 June 1836 - 18 April 1865

 File — Box: Box 1.12
Identifier: Coll-203/1/240
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 15 June 1836 - 18 April 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Smith, James to Charles Lyell, 9 December 1838 - 12 February 1862

 File — Box: Box 1.12
Identifier: Coll-203/1/243
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 9 December 1838 - 12 February 1862
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche