Part of Collection
University Archives and Manuscripts
Title
Notebook No.13
Creators/Contributors
Rights
Out of Copyright. Free use.
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Production Date
24 July 1828 - 23 August 1828
Shelfmark (Identifier)
Coll-203/A1/13
Catalogue Record
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180171
Subjects
- Montpellier (France)
- Paris, France
- Rocks, Sedimentary
- Marseille, France
- Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Description
This brown leather notebook is written in daily entries with full page detailed sketches, and contains notes on geology of Montpellier and Nice, reflections on geological processes and the extension of Rhone delta. On pp.76-78 Lyell writes an analogy between history and geology; p.79 is titled "One state of Nature dependant on another". Front plate: No 6, France, Montpelier, to Grosail. July 24th to Aug 23rd 1828. Written in pencil and ink.
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