Box Lyell-temp-box 1

Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook covers Lyell's activity from Ishcia to Naples. It contains geological notes on Herculaneum, Pompeii, Vesuvius; Notes on William Hamilton on great earthquakes in Calabria in 1782; 'Differences between geologist and ordinary observer'; 'Partial activity in the agents of change'; 'Migration'. The front cover plate reads "No 5 Italy 1828 Ischia to Naples Oct 31st to Nov. 15th." The following table of contents is...

Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook covers Lyell's travels from Naples to Nicolosi and contains geological observations at Messina and along the coast road southward; View of Etna and Val del Bove. A list of Shells found at Trezza, notes on 'Modern Causes' p. 151 and 'Laws of Earthquakes' p. 164. The writing is mostly in pencil, and there are a few small sketches. The front plate reads "No 6, Italy 1828, Naples Nov. 16 to Nicolosi Dec 5th." The...

Scope and Contents This notebook is written primarily in ink. Subjects include scholarship and university arrangements in other nations, religion, and notes on recent geological discoveries. On page 121 there is a list of ch[apters], indexed as 'essays' indicating Lyell's notes on his proposed book. Three pages are missing. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook,...