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Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Correspondence sent to Sir Charles Lyell

Found in 434 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Airy, George Biddel to Charles Lyell, 6 March 1835 - 27 March 1865

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/5
Scope and Contents Letters are summarised as: Explaining the theories of 'uniformity of the sea depth' in reference to equations from Mary Somerville and Pierre Simon de Laplace. Mentions separate theory of absolute depth in relation to the moon and tides. Adds personal views on Somerville and De Laplace's theories Refers to Charles Henry Davis (US Navy - researcher of tides and currents) paper on the...
Dates: 6 March 1835 - 27 March 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Allan, Robert to Charles Lyell, 1 December 1829

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/6
Scope and Contents

Summary of plans for Icelandic excursion between Lyell and Allan. References to previous excursion undertaken by Sir George Mackenzie.

Dates: 1 December 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Andrews, Thomas to Charles Lyell, 18 December 1844

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/7
Scope and Contents

Lyell summarises the letter as 'Dr Andrews, Belfast 1845, presbytarian protest against Unitarian Professors'. Contains extract from Lardner's 'Geology', and a pamphlet 'Speech by Rev. James Morgan delivered at the Special Meeting of the General Assembly' held at Cookstown on Tues 17th September 1844, printed Wm McComb, Belfast.

Dates: 18 December 1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Appleton & Co., to Charles Lyell, 1 February 1874

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/5
Scope and Contents

'Sales of 'Principles of Geology'. Cheque issued on Union Bank London for £27 13 1 in payment of above

Dates: 1 February 1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 'Acceptance in Lieu' tranche

Letters from Archiac, Adophe d' [EJAD] to Charles Lyell, 14 August 1839 - 3 April 1861

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/8
Scope and Contents

Lyell summaries the letters as:
1) Exchange of duplicates, Belgium etc.
2) On Crag duplicates sent to him
3) [? Cannot identify name] Amphistegina of Messina
4) On Horner's Address.

Dates: 14 August 1839 - 3 April 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Argyll, Duke of, to Charles Lyell, 20 October 1869 - 9 June 1873

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/6
Scope and Contents

Thanks to Lyell for sharing more details as to the extent and service Hooker made to India Office. Condolences on the death of Mary E. Lyell.

Dates: 20 October 1869 - 9 June 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 'Acceptance in Lieu' tranche

Letters from Aymard, Auguste to Charles Lyell, 5 September 1859 - 11 November 1859

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/10
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten letters in French relating to the Fossil of Denise. Summary by Lyell on reverse includes reference to 'Ossiferous breccia [?] etiscor? [word hard to read - question mark is Lyell's].

Dates: 5 September 1859 - 11 November 1859
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Barrett, Lucas to Charles Lyell, 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/11
Scope and Contents

A collection of three letters with an illustration sent by Lucas Barrett from Cambridge on bird bones and whales. The letters refer to bird bones that are crucial in understanding developed bird wings. The first letter has an illustration of a bird metacarpus by Barrett (May-November 1858). Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Bird's bone from upper Green Sand
2) Fossil bird upper Gr[een]. S[an]d. also Whales from Gr[een].
3) Bird bones in Kimmeridge Clay.

Dates: 11 May 1858 -28 November 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Bates, Henry Walter to Charles Lyell, 16 March 1863 - 19 March 1873

 Item — Volume 1.3: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/12
Scope and Contents This correspondence is bound together, into one volume. The contents are individually summarised by Lyell as: 1) Passages in his paper on Transmutation and mimetac [sic mimetic] species 2) Equatorial snowy mountains 3) Glacier of Amazons of Agassiz Chilean insects 4) Insects of Chiles 5) Amazon and [? Obydo] beds, laminated clay 6) Marine univalves on the Amazon alllied to Fuscus 7) Delta of Amazon 8) Peopling of islands Tahiti etc. No endemic...
Dates: 16 March 1863 - 19 March 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Bayfield, Henry Wolsey to Charles Lyell, 4 May 1834 - 24 February 1867

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/13
Scope and Contents Summarised by Lyell as 1) Captain Bayfield. Cliffs of sand and clay of Lake Erie 2) transport of rocks by icebergs etc. fossils of Beaufort formation 3) Boulders 4) mingling of Tert[iary]and Recent shells - ballast with fossils from English strata thrown into St. Lawrence. Recent and Tert[iary] shells sent home. Boulders 5) List of Genera (according to Lamarck) found by Captain Bayfield in the Gulf and River St Lawrence 6) Contortion in sand hills carried by...
Dates: 4 May 1834 - 24 February 1867
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche