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Description: | [Letter] 1825 Jun 25-Jul 4, Fort William [and] Glasgow [to] Rev. Professor [William] Buckland / W.C. Trevelyan. [3p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. Gives detailed account of the history of ownership etc. of a [fossil?] rhinoceros horn found some years previously near Forfar; comments on the geology of the Forfar district and that of the West Highlands; describes an excursion to Ben Nevis with Hooker; refers twice to Lyell; describes discussion with Dr. Fleming in Perth about "lake theories" and diluvian animals. Part of the "Science and Medicine" purchase from Sothebys via Quaritch in 1977] | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | letter | Temporal: | 1825 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Trevelyan, Walter Calverley, Sir, 1797-1879 | Identifier: | 1992-188/23 | Go to resource |
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