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The Correspondence: Joseph Wilson Lowry to HR Mill sub-series consists of:

Scope and Contents Material relating to the geology of Mount Vesuvius in Southern Italy and Mount Etna in Sicily as extracted from the letters of Sir Charles Lyell, written during a visit to the area in September and October 1858. He discusses several geological formations in the mountains and occasionally gives sketches to illustrate his points. He also mentions: that he has received a list of shells from the Pliocene clay on which Mount Etna is placed which he hopes will provide a precise paleontological...

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Map of Mount Vesuvius, Italy, showing the crater and several other geological formations, c1857.

Scope and Contents This dark red Notebook details Lyell's travels in Bavaria, Germany, joined by Mary, Leonard Lyell, his secretary Arabella Buckley, and expert companions. The book contains detailed drawings, notes and queries. The itinerary begins on page 4 on 8th June 1865 in London, before Lyell travels to Dover, Calais, Luxembourg, Burgen, Coblenz, Frankfurt then to Kissengen, Nuremberg. Munich, Innsbruck, Klobenstein, Finsterbach, Eiggshorn, Viesch and Aletsch Glaciers before descending into Italy,...

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Notes - including sketches - of a visit to the Canary Isles and Madeira with Georg Hartung, to look at the geological formations caused by volcanoes on the islands. TNotes on trip to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura with James Tennant to look at minerals. Index of notes on Madeira & the Canaries with G. Hartung. May-June 1855 - also refers to page numbers in Notebook 203.

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Original packaging marks this bundle as 'H; '4' C. Lyell's notes with G. Hartung Oct 1855, Nov. and with large letters 'CL'. Text includes notes, queries, itinerary of trip, reference to Notebook 185, in sections by topic e.g. Dikes, with sketches and diagrams throughout. October-November 1855.

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Original packaging marked '6''C. Lyell Notes on Madeira Oct[ober] - Nov[ember] 1855
4 points stated:
1. Rain washing down red clay [?Po. Cadro Antonio]
2. Slickenside Laterite Lava
3. Drivers book lent by Wollaston notes from
4. Intrusion lava, Giran [sic Girão].
Also, Index to Hartung's MS on Madeira. October-November 1855.

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Watercolour sketch of geological formations on the left bank of the [Rib.] de Boa Ventura [sic Boaventura], 1850s.

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Watercolour sketch of geological formations of the [Rib.] de Boa Ventura [sic Boaventura] right bank, 1850s.