Box Box 1.12
Container
Contains 33 Results:
Letters from Smith, John Pye to Charles Lyell, 3 April 1837 - 20 January 1849
File — Box: Box 1.12
Identifier: Coll-203/1/244
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...
Dates:
3 April 1837 - 20 January 1849
Letters from Smyth, Captain William Henry to Charles Lyell, 31 August 1831 - 28 March 1835
File — Box: Box 1.12
Identifier: Coll-203/1/245
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 1) Captain Bayfield on geology of Saint Laurens and 2) Captain Smyth determination of height of mount Etna. Maybe one letter from A. Smyth.
Dates:
31 August 1831 - 28 March 1835
Letters from Smyth, Charles Piazzi to Charles Lyell, 8 November 1858 - 18 May 1859
File — Box: Box 1.12
Identifier: Coll-203/1/246
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises the letters as:
1) 'C. Piazzi Smyth Alta Vista lava Nov. 9 1858'. This includes detail by Smyth and measurements of the lava.
2) 'Piazzi Smyth Nov 13 1858 Alta Vista Lava sections hand drawn'. This includes a small drawing within the letter of Smyth's observations on the lava.
3) 'Piazzi Smyth Etna paper, May 9 1959'.
4) 'Piazzi Smyth fossil shells on slopes of Tenerife, May 15 1859'.
5) 'Piazzi Smyth Sa[nta] Cruz on slope of crater'. In this...
Dates:
8 November 1858 - 18 May 1859