Clay
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.55, 26 June 1834- December 1834
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/55
Scope and Contents
This notebook was kept by Lyell on a trip to Sweden. It comprises notes on rise of land in Sweden - marks on rocks, etc. Notes are in ink and pencil, and include sketches, lists, observations. Page 55 includes a list of questions Lyell wishes to know the local dialect for, providing an insight into his travels and his work. There are multiple blank pages. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own...
Dates:
26 June 1834- December 1834
Notebook No.110, 25 June 1843 - 7 July 1843
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/110
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell's travels through France (continued from previous notebooks, Number 108, 109 and concluded in following notebook, Number 111), including Tartaret volcano and Lake Chambon, a volcanic dam lake created by its eruption, in Puy-de-Dôme. It is dated June 25 to July 7, 1843. Notes are written in pencil and ink and are primarily field notes and observations with numerous sketches. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-116 plus...
Dates:
25 June 1843 - 7 July 1843
Notebook No.255, 18 March 1869-28 April 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/255
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook documents work based along the coast of Norfolk, as Lyell travels with Mary [presumed as she is not mentioned], Buckley and his nephew Leonard Lyell - who is credited with observations and finds. From Norfolk, they head to Hull and Withernsea. In this Notebook, not every page is numbered. This Notebook contains sections where Buckley describes their field work, recording observations like...
Dates:
18 March 1869-28 April 1869
Part of draft letter by Joseph Black, c1783
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/136
Scope and Contents
Part of draft letter from Joseph Black about clay on a note from a Mr Worthington.
Dates:
c1783
Printed text on 'Post-Glacial Deposits', 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/3/19
Scope and Contents
Printed 2 page article from 'Belfast Memoirs', stamped 10 October 1903, covering peats, clays, raised beaches, and alluvium in the Belfast area primarily.
Dates:
1903
Question: 'What is the relative age of boulder clay on the shores of the Firth of Forth', by J Castle, 1839
Item
Identifier: Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.4
Scope and Contents
Manuscript on the subject of boulder clay and its occurrence in the Firth of Forth area. An index to it is at Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.6.
Dates:
1839
Some of the papers read before the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1863-1864
Series — Volume MS 2934.2: Series Coll-43/8
Identifier: Coll-43/8
Scope and Contents
Publications and printed items consist of:
- 1 volume containing 9 papers
Dates:
1863-1864