Shells
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Archaeological notes on Bearnaray Harris, 29 April 1871
Autograph Letter Signed from Charles Lyell to an unknown correspondent, 21 April 1874
File titled 'Shells', 1971-1973
Fragment of a poem beginning 'Is mithich dhuinn nis bhi triall' and accompanying note, June 1887
Fragment of a poem beginning 'Is mithich dhuinn nis bhi triall, As Barra Chrian nach d fhas pailt' and accompanying note which reads 'Sligean [shell] used for drinking Creachain used on Sunday in on top of Ruaival by Prof Blackie Mr Jolly + self.'
Letter (incomplete) to James Cossar Ewart from unknown author, 21 March 1898
Letter to Mr [Thomas Vernon] Wollaston from Sir Charles Lyell, February 1856
Letter to Mr Wollaston from Sir Charles Lyell concerning the deposits containing land shells on the island of Porto Santo and Madeira. He discusses the depth of the deposits and the number of species that are extant and extinct and are common to both islands, with envelope, February 1856. This letter was never sent.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte, 11 December 1855
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte thanking him for sending his 'Manual of Elementary Geology' which were passed on by Mr Castillo, the son of the Vicomte de Vega Grande. He was captivated by Lyell's "Elements of Geology" which had been translated by his compatriot, Esquerra [Ezquerra]. He explains that his father is sending on a small box of shells, and others that he had obtained from "Hornos Del Rey" in the Canary Islands are being sent on separately, 11 December 1855.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte, 28 May 1855
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiote telling Lyell that layers of sand and shells have been found which are similar to those from Sainte Catherine which Maffiote had previously sent to Lyell. These were found under Mr. Houghton's house, while digging the foundations, in the centre of Las Palmas on the Island of Grand Canaria, 28 May 1855.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Samuel Pickworth Woodward, 19 February 1856
List of land shells of Algeria, 3 June 1856
List of land shells of Algeria from [Samuel Pickworth] Woodward plus [John] Gould on distribution of widely dispersed species, with envelope, 3 June 1856.