MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1817-1848
Abstract:
These are primarily scientific letters from Buckland. The subjects mentioned include Milne-Home's seismological investigations, Wheatstone's self-registering instruments, geology (glacial phenomena in Scotland, mineralogy, etc.), numerous references to fossils, and mentions of Mastodon bones and sloths.
Call #:
Mss.B.B854.p
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Beyond Early America | Buckland, William, 1784-1856 | Burton, Edward, 1794-1836 | Cooper, William White | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Fossils -- Collection and preservation. | Gibson, John, 1778-1840 | Glaciers -- Scotland. | Hutton, William, 1797-1860 | König, Charles Dietrich Eberhard, 1774-1851 | Lubbock, J. W. (John William), 1803-1865 | Milne-Home, David, 1805-1890 | Mineralogy | Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871 | Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 | Seismology -- Instruments. | Seismology -- Research. | Smyth, W. H. (William Henry), 1788-1865 | Sopwith, Thomas, 1803-1879 | Waterton , Charles, 1782-1865 | Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875
