Etna, Mount (Italy)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Lava flow at Messina, Sicily, 9 November 1857
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.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Carlo Gemmellaro, 25 March 1858
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 6 January 1858
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro concerning the geology of Mount Etna and Sicily. 6 January 1858.
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 18 October 1858
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Gaetano Gemmellaro regarding the geology of Mount Etna and surrounding area, 18 October 1858.
Letters from Gemmellaro, Giuseppe to Charles Lyell , 14 April 1858 - 8 March 1869
Includes colour hand drawn illustration of Etna volcano.
Notes and Correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna, 1857-1858
Notes and correspondence on the geology of Mount Etna consists of:
- Notes
- Sketches and Maps
- Geological Cross sections
- Correspondence
Translation of a letter from Gaetano Gemmellaro, 1850s
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.