Part of Collection
University Archives and Manuscripts
Title
Notebook No.245
Creators/Contributors
Rights
Out of Copyright. Free use.
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Production Date
6 November 1860 - March 1861
Shelfmark (Identifier)
Coll-203/A1/245
Catalogue Record
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180403
Subjects
- Amiens (France)
- City of London (England)
- England -- River -- Thames
- Zoological museums
- Brighton (England)
- Glaciers
- Scientific expeditions
- Hippopotamus (Genus), Fossil
- Bones
- Caves
- Puy-de-Dôme (France : Department)
- Elephant bones
- Paris basin (France)
- Mastodon
- Aurignacian culture--France
- Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea)
Description
Teal coloured leather Notebook, the index appears at the back of the book. On this occasion, Lyell creates the index chronologically, with the dates noted first, then page numbers and subjects. The notebook starts with Lyell in London. He creates a table for calculating the rate of rising of land. He is preparing to travel to Paris – listing maps and books to take, Notebooks which document earlier visits to Amiens, Abbeville, articles to read etc. Page 44 notes the weights of both Charles and Mary Lyell. He visits Murray to show him the woodcut illustrations of the hatchets to be included in the Manual, and makes notes relating to his manuscript, including examples to incorporate. From March 1861, he is in Paris and the notebook focusses on consideration of animal fossils – hippos, elephants, mastodons and others - found at Saint Aucheul and Amiens.
Language
eng
