This drawing of the Glacier des Evettes, sketched circa 1909-1910 by Emmanuel de Martonne in one of his 27 field notebooks, shows the interest of the French geographer for glaciers and his research on their erosive action. The drawing and notes are related to the photographic glass plate taken by Emmanuel de Martonne on the spot.
This is one of the photographs under glass plate of the collection "Emmanuel de Martonne " which contains about 11,000 pictures. It shows the interest of geographer E. de Martonne for glaciers and his questioning on their erosive action.The handwritten legend on the original document reads: "Alps: Valleys, internal alpine massifs: Maurienne: Glacier des Evettes (Hte-Maurienne) seen from the refuge, middle glacial drift - terminal basin with small lakes" .
Serradella, alfalfa and sand vetches are just a few examples of forage crops that have left their mark in the archives of Amaat Dumon, professor of agricultural sciences. As head of the Breeding Station of the Belgian Farmers' Union, of the university Laboratory for Applied Genetics and of the Flemish department of the General Inspection Service for Seeds and Seeds, Dumon was an expert in the extraction, propagation and breeding of seeds. His remarkable didactic collection includes dozens of test tubes, sachets and aspirin tubes filled with colorful seeds.
