Canary Islands
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury, 11 November 1854
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 33-35
Scope and Contents
Summary is noted by Lyell as 'Barometrial measurement of Heights'. Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury full of social chat, he mentions that "Mr Bunbury" [Henry Edward Bunbury, his father] gave a lecture to the Bury Atheneum on his recent trip to Madeira and Tenerife. He includes notes entitled " The Neutral Point of Sir C Lyell's Barometer", 11 November 1854.
Dates:
11 November 1854
Letter to Mary [Lyell] from [Charles James Bunbury], c 1850
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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 42-44
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mary [Lyell] from [Charles James Bunbury] giving barometrical observations in feet which were taken on the Island of Gran Canaria. Bunbury states that he has passed these measurements to Dr Hooker in order that he might verify them, 1850s.
Dates:
c 1850