Author
Charles Lyell is documented in Fuller’s published essays, reading notebooks, and manuscripts (1841–1845). 3 distinct works are named, most often in Upon the Eve of Earthly Severance, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “excerpted”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“From Lyell's Geology. / It has been proved by experiment to / be a universal law, regulating the / motion of running water, that the / velocity at the bottom of the stream / is every where less than in any / part above it, and is greatest at / the surface.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“Mr Lyell how rocks grow is telling;”
Fuller, Margaret. "Upon the Eve of Earthly Severance." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box: 3, Folder: 130.
Inferred She does not name a specific book or lecture title. Title cataloged as Inferred because no specific title is given.
Title cataloged as Inferred because no specific title is given.
“The versions of Cary and Lyell will be found of use to the student, if he wants to compare his ideas with those of accomplished fellow-students.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Italy." New-York Daily Tribune, 18 November 1845. · 18 November 1845
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
“From Lyell's Geology.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notebook 1842." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (90); Box 6.