Volcanological Research
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 21 May 1858
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Identifier: Coll-203/4/22
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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
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 16 April 1858
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Identifier: Coll-203/4/19
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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro relating to the geology of the Mount Etna area. Gemmellaro states that Lyell is soon to receive a map copied from Waltershausen's marked with the profile of the extension of the 1852 lava. He mentions his brother's [Giuseppe] gratefulness for Lyell's subscription to the English house at Mount Etna and discusses lava flow at the Balyo di Aci Reale, with map. Apologises for being unable to provide Lyell with measurements for this but states...
Dates:
16 April 1858
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 8 April 1858
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Identifier: Coll-203/4/18
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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
Madeira and Canaries Notebook, 2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859
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Identifier: Coll-203/A4/2
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Notebook of discussions, reading, drawings and copy letters (in Mary's writing) made whilst with Hartung at Swingenberg, Germany. Appears to be working through a previous publication, making revisions or notes, especially on volcanoes, lava slopes, elevations and upheaval. Many pages written in pencil. Blank from page 89 onwards. This notebook has no index.
p. 1 Begins at Swingenberg with Hartung. Discussion of Azores.
p. 4 Scrope's Volcanoes
p. 8 Erratics
p. 11...
Dates:
2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859