Oolite
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Beckles, Samuel Husbands to Charles Lyell, 25 December 1856 - 13 July 1857
File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/15
Scope and Contents
Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Purbeck Oolite
2) Purbeck Dirt bed - December 12th day of finding the fossil mammal's jaw.
Dates:
25 December 1856 - 13 July 1857
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
Notebook No.241, 14 September 1859-21 October 1859
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 8: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/241
Scope and Contents
This green leather bound Notebook records Lyell's travels in Aberdeenshire then on down the East coast to Scarborough, Filey, Cromer and Diss. Page 71 onwards are Lyell's notes on Darwin's 'Creation of Species' with further discussion thereafter. There is a black and white photograph of Roydon Oolite on page 171. Page 74 references a specimen Cephalaspis lyelli Agassiz at Glammis, now held by the Cockburn Museum. Lyell's Own Index...
Dates:
14 September 1859-21 October 1859