Ref NoLDGSL/839/153
TitleMurchison fieldbooks & diaries: France
Date[Aug 1828]
LevelItem
Extent1 volume
FormatDocument
DescriptionRoderick Impey Murchison, fieldbooks & diaries: France
Volume appears to contain a rough manuscript draft of the paper: Charles Lyell & Roderick Impey Murchison "On the Excavation of Valleys, as illustrated by the Volcanic Rocks of Central France". The text is in both Murchison's and Lyell's hands.
Administrative HistoryThe paper is likely to have been written whilst Murchison and his wife Charlotte, along with Charles Lyell were in Nice in August 1827.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteThe paper was read before the Geological Society on 5 and 19th December 1828. The full text was published as: Charles Lyell & Roderick Impey Murchison "On the Excavation of Valleys, as illustrated by the Volcanic Rocks of Central France", 'Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal', vol 7 (1829), pp15-48.
ArchNoteSource: From: M Kolbl-Ebert, "The geological travels of Charles Lyell, Charlotte Murchison and Roderick Impey Murchison in France and northern Italy (1828)", in Wyse Jackson, P N (ed.) 'Four Centuries of Geological Travel: The Search for Knowledge on Foot, Bicycle, Sledge and Camel', Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol 287 (2007), pp109-117. Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameLYELL | Sir | Charles | 1797-1875 | 1st baronet | geologist
MURCHISON | Sir | Roderick Impey | 1792-1871 | Baronet | geologist and geographer
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2MURCHISON; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792-1871); Baronet; geologist and geographer1792-1871
DS/UK/16LYELL; Sir; Charles (1797-1875); 1st baronet; geologist1797-1875
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