History of Science
Subject
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Annotated Published Works by Sir Charles Lyell, 1830-1874
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/B19
Scope and Contents
Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, planned since 1827 when he was aged 30 and published in 1830, was the culmination of his interests, education and travel. He would go on to dedicate his life to writing science and travel books. Lyell lived, worked and published in an age distinguished by growing public interest in the sciences and by publishers keen to meet that interest. This was a period marked by the appearance of new scientific journals and literary periodicals, and by scientific...
Dates:
1830-1874
Draft for a lecture on James Clerk Maxwell, 1931
File
Identifier: Coll-37/D.9
Scope and Contents
Draft for a lecture on James Clerk Maxwell by Edward Appleton, 10 pages, manuscript.
Dates:
1931
Draft for a slide lecture on James Clerk Maxwell, 1931
File
Identifier: Coll-37/D.8
Scope and Contents
Draft for a slide lecture on James Clerk Maxwell by Edward Appleton, 16 pages, manuscript with note at end, 'Unfinished, more possibly tomorrow'.
Dates:
1931
Draft for speech on James Clerk Maxwell at school prize-giving , c. 1931
File
Identifier: Coll-37/D.11
Scope and Contents
Draft for speech on James Clerk Maxwell at school prize-giving by Edward Appleton, using material from the lectures in Coll-37/D.8-D.10 which were written in 1931.
Dates:
c. 1931
Notebook No.192, February 1854
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/192
Scope and Contents
This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around Madeira with Georg Hartung, in the company of Mary Lyell, and Charles and Frances Bunbury. This notebook is from February 1854 and covers Charles Lyell’s travels around the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo with specific notes on Sao Vicente, Curral das Freiras, Pico Santo, Santo António, Pico Ruivo, Funchal, Pico Grande, Câmara de Lobos, Boqueirão, Santa Cruz, Porto Novo, Pico dos Bodes, Caminho do Pico da...
Dates:
February 1854
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
Lyell’s 'Papers' serves as a description of several series of archival records, including correspondence to and from Lyell, and other records kept by himself and his team. Lyell’s archive was purposefully created by himself and his team, to evidence his work, achievements and for prosperity. Where evident, Lyell’s own organisation has been retained, and used to structure the series. The archival papers should be seen in the context of Lyell's publications, the run of Notebooks, his specimen...
Dates:
1806-1874
Part of manuscript draft for a lecture on James Clerk Maxwell, 1931
File
Identifier: Coll-37/D.10
Scope and Contents
Part of manuscript draft for a lecture on James Clerk Maxwell by Edward Appleton, pages 1 and 8-10 only.
Dates:
1931