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Shells

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook No.115, January 1844 - May 1844

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/115
Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from January to May 1844 while in London. Notes are in pencil and ink. The notebook index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 112-115. From pp.20-22, 32 - with Darwin Transcription note: The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform...
Dates: January 1844 - May 1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notes of numbers of shells on the Island of Madeira, 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 224-225
Scope and Contents

Notes of numbers of shells on the island of Madeira, 1856.

Dates: 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

Notes on extinct and extant shells on the Islands of Porto Santo and Madeira, 28 March 1856

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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
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

Notes on Grand Canary & Madeira, Porto Santo shells and lists of shells, 30 November 1855

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 165-168
Scope and Contents

Notes on shells and fossils, 30 November 1855, headed with the title 'Brit[ish] Museum' indicating they were observed there, rather than on the island itself.

Dates: 30 November 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

Notes on numbers of shells in Porto Santo and Madeira excluding the Desertes, 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 229-230
Scope and Contents

Notes on numbers of shells, both extinct and extant, in Porto Santo and Madeira with percentages of the total, 1856.

Dates: 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

Notes Porto Santo Beach shells, and Grand Canary, 3 - 7 December 1855

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 173-184
Scope and Contents

Notes titled 'Brit[ish] Museum indicating shells were held there.
Lists of shells found on a beach on Porto Santo, also notes where else they are found or whether extinct.
Grand Canary shells including lists that are extinct and extant, 3-7 December 1855.

Dates: 3 - 7 December 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

Notes relating to fossil shell species, 4 May [1856]

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 233
Scope and Contents

Notes relating to North African and South European species of fossil shells, 4 May [1856].

Dates: 4 May [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

Porto Santo shells, 1 December 1855

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 169-172
Scope and Contents

Notes and sketches relating to Porto Santo shells - limestone, Corals, and lists of other species. 1 December 1855.

Dates: 1 December 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

Sketch plan and archaeological notes on Druim na h-Uamh Valacui, April 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/22
Scope and Contents Sketch plan and archaeological notes on Druim na h-Uamh Valacui [Druim na h-Uamha, Bhàlaig/Vallaquie, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist], describing the remains of animals, pottery and half a quern found there. The quern is described as 'Granite much decayed & crumbling showing how long ago it [must] have made meal for its original owner.' The roof is overlapping and stones have broken as a result of the weight of sand above it, some three feet in depth. The sketch plan shows the dimensions of...
Dates: April 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Sketches of shells with notes, 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 226-228
Scope and Contents

Sketches of shells with notes featuring Helix Aquensis from France, Helix Cariosula and Helix Depressula from North Africa by Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, with envelope, 1856.

Dates: 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