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Purbeck (England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Henslow, John S., to Charles Lyell, 6 April 1841 - 8 June 1854

 File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/53
Scope and Contents Two letters: 1) Lyell summarises the letter as Prof. Henslow on formation of Stalactite from Liebig [Justus von Liebig, German Chemist, considered one of the founders of the field of Organic Chemistry]. 2) Letter with no summary. Professor Henslow writes to Lyell about his and [Joseph Dalton] Hooker's thoughts on Cyads [Cyadeoidea] and Conifers [Coniferae] in relation to other Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. He also writes about a new mammal in the Purbeck [a sequence of rock...
Dates: 6 April 1841 - 8 June 1854

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.182, 19 March 1853 - April 1853

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/182
Scope and Contents Notebook 182 contains notes from 19 March to April 1853. At the time of writing, Lyell is in London - he attends lectures given by Edward Forbes at Marlborough House - and the notebook primarily contains geological and lecture notes. It is written in ink and pencil. At the end of this notebook, Lyell is preparing to travel to the US for the New York Indstrial Exhibition in June/July. Transcription note: There is no index in this notebook,...
Dates: 19 March 1853 - April 1853