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Photograph of the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia showing the buildings and the harbour in the early 20th century.

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Mowat praises Thomson's teachings and publications, particularly Instinct, Intelligence, and Character, and mentions how Thomson could make the most complex of topics easily understood by many.

Lady Thomson has annotated the letter, stating that Thomson thought Mowat clever, and that he was a first class honours student of Sir W Calder.

Scope and Contents This notebook is absent from Lyell's original run of 266 Scientific notebooks. Through the work of Leonard G. Wilson, copies have been identified, digitised and will be available via the Charles Lyell website (estimated to be live end of March 2024). The copies have been used to create this catalogue entry. This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from mid to late July of 1842 starting en route from Montreal to Boston. He then takes the Caledonia steamer from Boston to Nova...

Scope and Contents Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the return to London. Lyell's Own Index N[umber] 104. Index. Aug[ust]. and Sept[ember]. 1842. Nova Scotia and London. p. 3, Dickson’s Mills vertical Coal plants p. 8, - [Dickson’s Mills] section at p. 3 Bird tracks, recent p. 3, 4, 10, 58 Joggins, fossil trees p. 3 - [Joggins] shells p. 45 - [Joggins] lowest bed reddest p. 58 - [Joggins] thickness of Coal...