Description | Roderick Impey Murchison, fieldbooks & diaries: Russia and Germany "Russia 1844 3" - 'Notes for [William] Lonsdale' (p2), anecdote from Keyserling (p14); Devonian nr St Petersburg (p23); 24 August: St Petersburg (p27), Professor Brandt (p33), continuation of Pokofka section from p 26 (p37) - sections (p41); Devonian section (p43); Souvenirs of St Petersburg (p44) - the Czar (pp65-84), Grand Duchess Hélène and Grand Duke's dinner (pp99-102); De omnibus rebus (pp103-105), New Bridge (p105); 11 September - left St Petersburg for Swinoujscie Swinemunde (p109); Szczecin [Stettin] (p112), Berlin (p113), Potsdam (p119) - the King (p121); Left Potsdam (p129) down the Elbe; Geology of Prussia and Hanover, Potsdam to Hamburg (p133); Hamburg (pp135-136). A few notes at back of book - 'Medal of Emperor' (B1), Lithuanian (B6). |