Memoranda

Date:
1883-1895
Reference:
MS.4968
Part of:
Wallich, George Charles (1815-1899)
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Description

Note-book labelled "O[biter] S[cripta] I. Important Memoranda and notes on various subjects."

A label on the upper cover is inscribed "Obiter Scripta I. Extracts re Climate as influenced by Oceanic causes."

There are notes on the Challenger Expedition, and violent criticisms of Carpenter, Thomson and Huxley: also a forcible exposition of his own claims as a pioneer of discoveries in this field.

Publication/Creation

1883-1895

Physical description

2 ll. + 99 pp. + 5 bl. ll. + 19 pp. obl. 8vo. 13 x 22 cm.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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