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Draft notes for a paper on Madeira which were rejected, 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 464-505
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Draft notes for a paper on Madeira which were rejected by Sir Charles Lyell, 1856.

Dates: 1856

Notes and Correspondence on the geology of the Madeiran and Canary Islands, 1854-1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2 (Lyell 2)
Scope and Contents This series contains the information gathered by Sir Charles Lyell on a visit to Madeira and the Canary Islands in the winter of 1853 and spring of 1854. He studied the volcanic and geological features of the island including fossils and shells. There is a detailed 'Index to the Notebooks on Geology of Madeira' in the series of Index notebooks, reference Coll-203/A5/16, which indexes the relevant Scientific Notebooks 185 - 197, as well as these manuscripts. There are additionally two...
Dates: 1854-1856

Notes on Devilles' paper and index, 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 461-463