| Description | Roderick Impey Murchison, fieldbooks & diaries: Paris, France, April-May 1828:
Pen and ink lateral "Section at Argenteuil with [Louis-Constant] Prevost", 26 April 1828 (p1);
Description of the geology of Buttes de Sannois, Montmorency and Prevost's theory of its formation (p2);
Ink vertical section of Montmorency (p3);
Prevost's explanation of the development of millstone grit [meulière Fr.] (p5);
Lateral section through S. Side Montmartre, Butte Poissonnière and Butte de Chaumont (p6);
Notes and lateral section through Butte Poissonnière (p7);
Notes on Butte de Chaumont (p9);
Outline pencil sketch of a view of the hills [at ?Triel Sur-Seine] (p10);
Rough, pencil lateral section "W. of Triel [sur Seine]" with notes (p11);
Notes on Prevost's theories on the geology of Sergy, notably the apposition of Calcaire Grossier and Calcaire Siliceux with sketches (p12);
1 May [1828], 'Prevost', brief notes on the fossils of the Vienna Basin, and the geology of Mt. Rouge Bagneux, between St. Geran to La Palisse and Roches to Lyon (p14);
1 May [1828], opinions of Monsieur Elie de Beaumont (at Prevost's), on the comparative geology of France and England (p15);
Names of individuals to contact, 'Deshayes', briefly correlating fossils of France to England (p16);
'F Water', lists of fossils (pp17-18);
3 May 1828, 'Dinner Cuvier's', discussion on the crystals of quartz 'au roche' (19).
4 May: 'Brongniart', notes on sources to consult, (in French) (p20), On the volcanic geology of Aurillac with idealised section with comments from Brongniart and Signor Cristoforo (p21);
Notes on Tertiary lignite from Kussnacht, near Zurich, resemblence of the psammite at Diablerets to the Old Red at Applecross (p22);
Observations of the Jura Limestone charged with madrepores at Nice with thumbnail sketch, 'Sections near Lyon' notes on ammonites found in Oolite, correlation of the fossils and strata of Europe and America, Brongniarts theory of the Jura schists, with thumbnail sketch (p23-24);
'Deshayes and Dusgate' [?], notes on the fossils of France and Italy (p25);
'Cordier' [?Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier], notes on his mapping of the Auvergne region of France (p26);
'Desmarest', aide memoire (p28).
8 May: Férussac (32). Starting from the back and working forward: Financial accounts (inside back cover and 74). pp. 73-72: written in pencil and illegibly smudged. Tertiary beds - Brongniart (70-69).
3 May 1828: École des Mines. "Section in the Vosges" (62). Antibes: several pen & ink diagrams (58), Puy du Chopine (55). Courdier (54). Aurillac - Laugogne [proposed itinerary?] (53). Discussion of Scrope's theories of vulcanicity and Humboldt's and Daubeny's opinions on volcanic mountain building (52).
Marl. 30 June (50).
6 May: Museum, Jardin des Plantes (48-47).
8 May: Du Fresnoy (46-42).
Road to Clamont - points to look out for (40-39).
Guadaloupe. Mr Dusgate (38-36a). |