Part of Collection
University Archives and Manuscripts
Title
Notebook No.241
Creators/Contributors
Rights
Out of Copyright. Free use.
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Production Date
14 September 1859 - 21 October 1859
Shelfmark (Identifier)
Coll-203/A1/241
Catalogue Record
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180399
Subjects
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Elgin, Moray, Scotland
- Lossiemouth
- Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
- Geology, Stratigraphic Triassic
- Skull
- Drumkilbo (Perthshire, Scotland)
- England -- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- England -- York
- England -- Scarborough
- Filey (England)
- Mildenhall (Suffolk, England)
- England -- Norfolk -- Diss
- Cromer (England)
- Geology, Stratigraphic Miocene
- Suffolk (England)
- Oolite
- Glacial Drift
- Norwich (England)
Description
This green leather bound Notebook records Lyell's travels in Aberdeenshire then on down the East coast to Scarborough, Filey, Cromer and Diss. Page 71 onwards are Lyell's notes on Darwin's 'Creation of Species' with further discussion thereafter. There is a black and white photograph of Roydon Oolite on page 171. Page 74 references a specimen Cephalaspis lyelli Agassiz at Glammis, now held by the Cockburn Museum.
Language
eng
