Unveiling the Environmental Heritage of University Museums
Lyell bead Rain Drops
Item
- Title
- Lyell bead Rain Drops
- Description
- Fossilised rain drops collected by Sir Charles Lyell in the 1840s or 1850s. Lyell suggested that measuring the fossilized indentations of raindrops might reveal details about the ancient atmosphere.
- Place
- University of Edinburgh
- Contributor
- Lyell, Sir Charles
- Rights Holder
- University of Edinburgh
- Subject
- rain drops
- fossils
- climate
- Rights
- Free of copyright
- Other resources
- https://lyell.ed.ac.uk/
- Item sets
- Unveiling-the-Environmental