Geneva, Lake (France and Switzerland)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Favre, Alphonse to Charles Lyell, 15 July 1860-10 November 1873
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/77
Scope and Contents
These letters are listed in date order, quoting the number Lyell has assigned to them. Written in French, Lyell summarises the letters in English as:
1) Alph[onse] Favre, Quartz crystal on St Acheul, Hatchets, 1861
2) A. Favre, Escher on Sahara, Civilization of man need not exceed 6000 years, July 7th 1864 [Arnold Escher von der Linth (1807-1872)]
4) A. Favre, Fahn [sic Foehn] Wind & Glaciers, Mar[ch] 9th 1864
1) [Aug] Origin of Lake - basins & of that of...
Dates:
15 July 1860-10 November 1873
Notebook No.46, 24 July 1832 - 26 August 1832
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/46
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains sketches, descriptions, identifications, aide de memoires in pencil and ink. The front cover reads July 1832, and the index is glued to the back cover. 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 Transkribus. When known, Lyell's abbreviations and...
Dates:
24 July 1832 - 26 August 1832