Fossil shells
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.118, 19 September 1844-30 April 1845
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/118
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from September 19, 1844 to April 30, 1845 while in London. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-114. Notes are in pencil and ink – and there are several different hands writing in this notebook including Mary Lyell. The Notebook starts with a continuation of the work relating to the Haswell Pit Disaster. There are many notes relating to the United States and Lyell's manuscript for his book 'Travels in North America,...
Dates:
19 September 1844-30 April 1845
Notebook No.240, 11 August 1859-13 September 1859
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 8: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/240
Scope and Contents
This green leather bound notebook documents Lyell's travel in Le Puy - Paris - London - Scotland. Page p.69 includes an original black and white photograph of a fossil man, discovered in le Puy, and which Lyell was involved in its verification. The photograph is thought to be the earliest photograph taken of this specimen. Lyell's Own Index Le Puy- Aug[ust] 11 1859 Index
Aug[ust] 11
p. 7 Le Puy. Lava of so called Rome...
Dates:
11 August 1859-13 September 1859
Notebook No.249, 30 July 1863- April 1864
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/249
Scope and Contents
Red leather bound notebook, dated July 30 1863 to April 1864 covering Lyell's research in Wales, including mountains - Moel Tryfan, Snowdon - quarries caves and beaches. Lists significant corrections necessary for 'Antiquity of Man'. Lyell's own index Index
July 30 1863 to April 1864
p. 1 Llanberis. Lakes of
- [Llanberis] Perched block
- Tarn near in [perched block]
p. 3 Absence of shells...
Dates:
30 July 1863- April 1864
Notes and Correspondence on the geology of the Madeiran and Canary Islands, 1854-1856
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/2 (Lyell 2)
Scope and Contents
This series contains the information gathered by Sir Charles Lyell on a visit to Madeira and the Canary Islands in the winter of 1853 and spring of 1854. He studied the volcanic and geological features of the island including fossils and shells. There is a detailed 'Index to the Notebooks on Geology of Madeira' in the series of Index notebooks, reference Coll-203/A5/16, which indexes the relevant Scientific Notebooks 185 - 197, as well as these manuscripts. There are additionally two...
Dates:
1854-1856
Notes on extinct and extant shells on the Islands of Porto Santo and Madeira, 28 March 1856
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 211-220
Scope and Contents
Notes on the numbers of fossil species [of shell] which are found in the islands of Porto Santo and Madeira giving details of the number of extinct and extant species on both islands and the total of shells in each category which are common to both islands and drawing inferences from these figures in terms of how these numbers came to be, 28 March 1856.
Dates:
28 March 1856