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TitleMurchison autobiographical journals: Scientific life, Alps, London, Silurian
Date1826-1838
[c.1865-1867]
LevelItem
Extent1 volume
FormatDocument
DescriptionMurchison autobiographical journals: 'Scientific life, Alps, London, Silurian.' The volume notably contains accounts of the geological tour of the continent with his wife Charlotte and Charles Lyell in 1828, Murchison's and Sedgwick's work on the Alps and the Silurian System.

Index from front of volume:
Winter 1826-1827 (p1)
Thames Tunnel (p2)
Early summer 1827 (p5)
July 1827, Scotland (p7)
Winter 1827-1828 (p20)
Summer 1828, France with Charles Lyell (p21)
Lyell (p49a)
Italy (p52)
Austria (p63)
Switzerland (p71)
Germany (p75)
Summary of 1828 (p77)
Winter 1828-1829 (p80)
June 1829, Alps with Adam Sedgwick (p82)
France, Elie de Beaumont (p138)
October 1829, London (p143)
June 1830, Alps (p145)
October 1830, London (p176)
1831, to Paris (p177)
South Wales and Borders (p180)
British Association in York (p190)
Summer 1832, Oxford British Association (p201)
Summer 1833, Cotswolds (p207)
Summer 1834 (p214)
British Association in Edinburgh (p215)
Summer 1835, Pembrokeshire (p215)
Ireland (p218)
1836 in Devonshire (p226)
British Association in Bristol (p231)
Other events of 1831-1838 (p237)
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameMURCHISON | Sir | Roderick Impey | 1792-1871 | Baronet | geologist and geographer
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/31SEDGWICK; Adam (1785-1873); geologist1785-1873
DS/UK/16LYELL; Sir; Charles (1797-1875); 1st baronet; geologist1797-1875
DS/UK/749MURCHISON; Charlotte (1788-1869); née Hugonin; geologist1788-1869
DS/UK/329ÉLIE DE BEAUMONT; Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce (1798-1874); geologist1798-1874
Places
CodePlaceName
NA258Italy
NA14France
NA313Auvergne
NA73Switzerland
NA40Austria
NA225Alps
NA110Wales
NA80Devon
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