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Etna, Mount (Italy)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Diluvidazioni, 21 April 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/6
Scope and Contents

Document by Carlo Gemmellaro concerning the course of the lava flows on Mount Etna during the eruption of 1852, 21 April 1858.

Dates: 21 April 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Lava flow at Messina, Sicily, 9 November 1857

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/2
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Document written by Sir Charles Lyell at Messina on the Island of Sicily describing his visit there in the autumn of 1857. The bulk of the document is spent describing the way lava flows down both steep and gentle slopes and specifically discusses the lava flow resulting from the 9 month long eruption of 1852/3. In addition he discusses the formation of the Val del Bove, 9 November 1857.

Dates: 9 November 1857
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 25 March 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/17
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro in answer to a previous letter sent by Lyell. He apologises for not being able to answer Lyell's questions as he has been ill and promises that he will return to Aci to try to detect Wolfgang Sartorius Von Waltershausen's mistakes as to what Mercurio says on the eruption of 1852. He mentions carboniferous soil in Sicily, local units of measurement and lava flow on the island. He also thanks Lyell for sending a printed abstract of the...
Dates: 25 March 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 6 January 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/12
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro concerning the geology of Mount Etna and Sicily. 6 January 1858.

Dates: 6 January 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 18 February 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/16
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro regarding the geology of Mount Etna and the surrounding area, 18 February 1858.

Dates: 18 February 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 18 October 1858

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/27
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro regarding the geology of Mount Etna and surrounding area, 18 October 1858.

Dates: 18 October 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

Letters from Gemmellaro, Giuseppe to Charles Lyell , 14 April 1858 - 8 March 1869

 File — Box Box 1.5: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/91
Scope and Contents

Includes colour hand drawn illustration of Etna volcano.

Dates: 14 April 1858 - 8 March 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna, 1857-1858

 Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.21 (Formerly Gen 118): Series Coll-203/2 (Lyell 2); Series Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3); Series Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4)
Identifier: Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4)
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna consists of:


  1. Notes
  2. Sketches and Maps
  3. Geological Cross sections
  4. Correspondence
Dates: 1857-1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Translation of a letter from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 1850s

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Identifier: Coll-203/4/29
Scope and Contents

Translation of a letter from Gaetano Gemmellaro concerning the gradual elevation of the coast of Sicily, the inclination of lava flows, the origin of the Balzo D'Aci which he thinks was affected by an Earthquake and fossil shells found in the Pleistocene beds of Cefali, Sematica and other places in Sicily by himself, Phillipi and Professor Aradas. 1850s.

Dates: 1850s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna

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