Geology

Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche , 1831-1873

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)

Scope and Contents 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: 1831-1873

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Draft manuscript concerning the geology of Madeira with index, June 1856

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 301-460

Scope and Contents

Draft manuscript concerning the geology of Madeira with index. Topics covered include: Size and structure of Madeira, Scoriaeceous formations, Fossil remains of 3 periods which are to be found on Madeira, Lavas, Successive eruptions. June 1856. Folio 399-412 is a notebook of drawings by JB [Joanna Baillie] Horner.

Dates: June 1856

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of the Madeiran and Canary Islands

Geological notes, c 1850

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 41

Scope and Contents

Geological notes and sketches in pencil. [1850s].

Dates: c 1850

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of the Madeiran and Canary Islands

Grande Canaria, 1855

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 185-196

Scope and Contents

Handwritten article on the geology of Grande [sic Gran] Canaria and the way in which the rocks were formed. Seeming to be a summary of Lyell's observations while on the island, 1855 - it is not in his handwriting, and is perhaps written by Mary Lyell, or Georg Hartung.

Dates: 1855

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of the Madeiran and Canary Islands

Lectures on Geology, 1832-1833

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)

Scope and Contents

Lectures on geology consists of:

manuscript lecture notes for lectures given at King's College London and the Royal Institution and a printed programme for a series of lectures given at King's College London in 1833 (1832-1833).

Dates: 1832-1833

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 21 May 1858

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/4/22

Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro replying to earlier letters from Lyell to the Gemmellaro family containing questions relating to the geology of Mount Etna. Gemmellaro diagrees with Lyell that the pressure of subsequent layers of lava depress those beneath, with sketch, and mentions the geographical locations of certain features with respect to the map of Wolfgang Sartorius Von Waltershausen which Gemmellaro feels to be accurate, 21 May 1858.

Dates: 21 May 1858

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 8 April 1858

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/4/18

Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro regarding his volcanic research on Mount Etna. Gemmellaro mentions his respect for the topographical works of Baron Waltershausen but states that the only fault he saw in Waltershausen during his stay in Sicily was the Baron's disregard for the learned Sicilian people. Discusses the geology of Aci Reale, in particular the strata of lava on which the village rests; Baron Waltershausen thought there were only 2 layers, Gemmellaro believes he...

Dates: 8 April 1858