| Ref No | LDGSL/155 |
| Title | On a memoir by James Hall, with drawings and a proof print of Orthoceras |
| Date | 1848 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | ms sheets & proof |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Roderick Impey MURCHISON, letter to the Secretary on a memoir by James Hall, with drawings and a proof print of Orthoceras, 1848. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Note | From a paper read before the Society, 1 November 1848, and published as: Hall, J. "On the supposed impression in Shale of the soft parts of an Orthoceras: (Communicated by Sir Roderick I Murchison, to whom the notice was sent in a letter dated Feb. 8, 1848, and whose absence from England prevented its being read last session)", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 5 (1849), pp107-111. Drawing on p109. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray |
| CreatorName | HALL | Sir | James | 1761-1832 | 4th Baronet of Dunglass | chemist and geologist |
| MURCHISON | Sir | Roderick Impey | 1792-1871 | Baronet | geologist and geographer |
| Subject | Cephalopoda |