| Ref No | LDGSL/838/P/10/6 |
| Title | Murchison correspondence: letter from Joseph Barclay PENTLAND |
| Date | 18 May 1830 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 letter |
| Format | Document |
| Description | Murchison correspondence: letter from Joseph Barclay PENTLAND, Paris, 18 May 1830.
Re: describing fossil teeth left with him by Murchison for comparison with fossil quadrupeds held in Paris, and a long and detailed summary of Monsieur Deshayes's recent communication to La Société Géologique de France on the geological distribution of invertebrate fossil animals, and a new classification of the Tertiary formations into three distinct groups based on the fossils they contained [more famously suggested by Charles Lyell]. Also comments on the current political situation in France.
Later note added by Murchison in 1863: 'A very clear and important document'. |
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| Language | English |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam; revised by Victoria Woodcock |
| CreatorName | PENTLAND | Joseph Barclay | 1797-1873 | naturalist and traveller |