To Charles Lyell 1 December [1866]
Summary
Thanks CL for copy of his "grand book" [Principles of geology, 10th ed., vol. 1 (1867)]. Congratulates him on additions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 Dec [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.322) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5289 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of his "grand book" [ Principles of geology , 10th ed. , vol. 1 (1867)]. Congratulates him …
- … 1985–. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … reference to the tenth edition of Lyell’s Principles of geology (see nn. 2 and 3, below). …
- … volume of the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ) was published in …
- … of the tenth edition of Principles of geology was published in March 1868 ( Publishers’ …
To Charles Lyell 20 May 1869
Summary
Cites article by David Forbes dealing with the geology of the S. American Cordillera ["Geology of Bolivia and South Peru", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 17 (1861): 7–62].
Discusses the flexures of the Cordillera, the age of the mountains, and basaltic dikes in granite areas.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 May 1869 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.370) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6751 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Cites article by David Forbes dealing with the geology of the S. …
- … American Cordillera ["Geology of Bolivia and South Peru", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 17 ( …
- … 3–34, 365–540. Forbes, David. 1860. On the geology of Bolivia and southern Peru. [Read 21 …
- … in supposing that my memory about American geology has grown very hazy. I remember however …
- … letter of 5 May 1869 . CD refers to ‘On the geology of Bolivia and southern Peru’ by David …
- … South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. …
- … Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of …
To Charles Lyell 10 May [1872]
Summary
Comments on CL’s Principles of geology, 11th ed.
Discusses natural selection in man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 10 May [1872] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.415) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8314 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Comments on CL’s Principles of geology , 11th ed. Discusses natural selection in man. …
- … Lyell, Charles. 1830–3. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … the eleventh edition of Lyell’s Principles of geology , which was published in 1872 ( C. …
- … eleventh edition of Lyell’s Principles of geology in the Darwin Library–CUL ( C. Lyell …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 11th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
To Charles Lyell 18 July [1867]
Summary
Chapter 12 [of Variation] finished;
too late to include information on six-fingered men. Plans for book on man [Descent].
Mentions coral reefs of Tahiti.
Discusses volcanic islands; volcanoes of the Cordillera.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 18 July [1867] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.331) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5584 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle , under the …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. …
- … Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of …
- … the tenth edition of his Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ); the first volume was …
- … Strahan. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the …
- … of disturbance & cracking. In my S. American Geology p. 185 I allude to the remarkable …
- … new chapters, 35 to 37, of Principles of geology to natural selection ( C. Lyell 1867–8 , …
- … in the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 592), where he …
To Charles Lyell [2 September 1849]
Summary
Discusses effect of subsidence and elevation on deposits. Cites examples along coasts of South America and Wales. Proposes theory to explain thickness of deposits in south Wales.
Asks CL’s opinion of his theory of "craters of elevation" described in Volcanic islands.
Mentions CL’s comparison of Mississippi beds to the Pampas.
Comments on Poulett Scrope’s views on the separation of basalt and trachyte.
Describes his cirripede work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [2 Sept 1849] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.80) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1252 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … as badly about my Cirripedia as about Geology: it makes me groan to think that probably, I …
- … Why don’t you give up your fiddle-faddle of geology and zoology, and turn to the occult …
- … Lyell, Charles. 1830–3. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former …
- … by it. — I will stop about my own geology. — But I see I must mention, that Scroope did …
- … d . Stanhope very much; though he abused geology & zoology heartily— “To suppose that the …
- … the first volume of his Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1830–3 ). For a history of the …
- … Archiac, summarised the progress of French geology from 1834– 45. CD’s copy of volume one …
- … 1849. Lyell was president of section C (geology and physical geography); CD was a vice- …
- … South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. …
- … Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of …
To Charles Lyell 1 June 1872
Summary
Thanks him for interesting letter from a Mr Wood on heredity in fruit-trees.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 June 1872 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.418); The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Gen.117/6267-8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8366 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 200. ] ]Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1871. The student’s elements of geology. London: J. Murray. …
- … Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 11th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … In the most recent edition of his Elements of geology , in a discussion of the conflicting …
- … the eleventh edition of Lyell’s Principles of geology , in which Lyell, following Joseph …
- … Wood also refers to Lyell’s Principles of geology , the most recent edition of which was …
From Charles Lyell [after 3 October 1860]
Summary
CD would have carried the public more if he had explained adaptations by multiple causes, some unknown and some well known, i.e., natural selection.
Discusses Hooker’s views of extinction on St Helena.
Work on antiquity of man suspended.
Stopped by 11th edition of Principles of geology [1872].
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 3 Oct 1860] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 397 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2937 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … on antiquity of man suspended. Stopped by 11th edition of Principles of geology [1872]. …
- … Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the earth and its …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … new editions of his geological texts, the sixth edition of Elements of geology ( C. Lyell …
- … and the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ). There are copies of …
To Charles Lyell [8 August 1846]
Summary
Comments on forthcoming edition [7th (1847)] of CL’s Principles. Mentions other books relevant to CL’s needs by Hooker, H. G. Bronn, Edward Forbes, and J. G. Kölreuter. Discusses his own books on volcanoes and the geology of S. America.
Mentions expected visit to Down by the Lyells.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [8 Aug 1846] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.49) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-990 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … his own books on volcanoes and the geology of S. America. Mentions expected visit to Down …
- … seventh edition of the Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1847 ). Orbigny 1835–47 , vol. …
- … such books as d’Orbignys S. American Geology published, if there had been seven Editions …
- … Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London 1: 336–432. Hooker, Joseph …
- … Handlung. Lyell, Charles. 1847. Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 7th ed. London. [Vols. 4,9] Lyell, …
- … South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the …
From Charles Lyell 4 August 1867
Summary
Comments on proof-sheets of Variation.
His revisions of Principles of geology, 10th ed.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Aug 1867 |
Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 415–16 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5595 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Comments on proof-sheets of Variation . His revisions of Principles of geology , 10th ed. …
- … 703–86. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … to the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 1–47). The ninth …
To Charles Lyell 25 December [1870]
Summary
Thanks CL for his book [The student’s elements of geology (1871)].
Is correcting proofs [of Descent].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 25 Dec [1870] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.386) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7401 |
From Charles Lyell 10 March 1866
Summary
Comments on cool-period MS. Still believes geographical changes principal cause of former changes of climate.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Mar 1866 |
Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 408–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5031 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … M. R. 1998. Lyell’s Principles of geology : foundations of sedimentology. In Lyell: the …
- … In the tenth edition of Principles of geology , Lyell argued that the current proportion …
- … 143. Lyell, Charles. 1830–3. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … 1997. Introduction to Principles of geology , by Charles Lyell. London: Penguin Books. …
- … change; in the first edition of Principles of geology , published between 1830 and 1833, a …
To Charles Lyell [8 April 1851]
Summary
Detailed critique of CL’s A manual of elementary geology [3d ed. (1851), used in editing 4th ed. (1852)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [8 Apr 1851] |
Classmark: | Kinnordy MS (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1384 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … critique of CL’s A manual of elementary geology [3d ed. (1851), used in editing 4th ed. ( …
- … edition of Lyell’s Manual of elementary geology ( C. Lyell 1851a ). The page references …
- … researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage …
- … of researches : Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
- … South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. …
- … Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of …
- … Charles. 1852. A manual of elementary geology. 4th ed. London. Murchison, Roderick Impey. …
From Charles Lyell 25 September 1874
Summary
Notes recent confirmation of CD’s views on subsidence in [island of] St Jago.
Describes Carboniferous strata discovered on Island of Mull by J. W. Judd. Contained evidence of Miocene sinking of volcanoes.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Sept 1874 |
Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 457 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9658 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 660–741. Lyell, Charles. 1872. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 11th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … Charles. 1874. The student’s elements of geology. 2d edition. London: John Murray. Scrope, …
- … together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. …
- … Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of …
- … Lyell discussed subsidence in New Zealand in Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1872 , …
- … 2: 82–9) and Student’s elements of geology ( C. Lyell 1874 , pp. 149–50). The page …
To Charles Lyell 4 May [1869]
Summary
Asks for a photograph of CL to be used by a society [in Serbia].
Comments on article by Wallace ["Sir Charles Lyell on geological climates and the Origin", Q. Rev. 126 (1869): 359–94].
Has finished new edition of Origin [5th (1869)]
and is back at work on sexual selection [Descent].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 4 May [1869] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.369) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6725 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … pp. 360–3, Georges Cuvier’s approach to geology was reviewed. See letter to A. R. …
- … Scientific. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the earth …
- … to Origin 5th ed. and to Descent. Wallace reviewed Lyell’s Principles of geology and …
- … Elements of geology ( C. Lyell 1865 and 1867–8) in the Quarterly Review ([ …
- … Lyell’s refutation of catastrophism in geology and proposal of what came to be known as …
To Charles Lyell 20 November [1860]
Summary
Admires Edward Forbes’s theory of continental extensions, but it will discourage investigation of distribution.
Mentions Oswald Heer’s proposed map of Atlantis.
Discusses extinction of plants caused by the glacial era. Migration of plants and animals during glacial period.
Encourages CL’s work [on Antiquity of man (1863)].
Comments on unfriendly reviews. Asks CL’s opinion about including a reply to reviewers in next edition of Origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 20 Nov [1860] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.233) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2989 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 6). Origin , p. 367. Lyell was working on new editions of his Elements of geology ( C. …
- … Lyell 1865 ) and Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ). Lyell published his work on …
- … Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London 1: 336–432. Heer, Oswald. 1855. …
- … 74–90. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the earth and …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … use, that the imperfect evidence, which Geology offers in regard to transitional forms, is …
To Charles Lyell 12 October [1866]
Summary
More comments on proofs [of CL’s Principles of geology, 10th ed.]. Discusses permanence of continents and other points.
Refers to passage describing evaporation of snow in Journal [of researches, pp. 277–8].
Cites astronomers’ views on increasing length of day.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 12 Oct [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.321) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5239 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … comments on proofs [of CL’s Principles of geology , 10th ed. ]. Discusses permanence of …
- … of the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ). In addition to several …
- … of researches : Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
- … 1839. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
From Charles Lyell 16 July 1867
Summary
Curious to read what CD will say on man and his races.
Has CD seen Ludwig Rütimeyer’s Ueber die Herkunft unserer Thierwelt (Rütimeyer 1867c)?
Discusses J. F. W. Herschel’s theory of active volcanoes existing at the junction of continents and the sea.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 July 1867 |
Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/B9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5582F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … the tenth edition of his Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ); the ninth edition had …
- … Strahan. Lyell, Charles. 1853b. Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth …
- … inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 9th edition, entirely revised. London: …
- … Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
To Charles Lyell 9 October [1866]
Summary
Comments on proofs [of Principles of geology, 10th ed. (1867–8)]: CL does not allude to the specialisation of classes.
Discusses CL’s argument from the absence of Cetacea in Secondary rocks;
finds his discussion of man "superfluous and too orthodox".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 9 Oct [1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.320) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5236 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Comments on proofs [of Principles of geology , 10th ed. (1867–8)]: CL does not allude to …
- … 1985–. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … of the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ). The first volume of …
To Charles Lyell 23 November [1859]
Summary
Thanks CL for his decision to accept CD’s "doctrine of modification" [in Elements of geology, 6th ed. (1865)]. Believes it "morally impossible that investigators of truth, like you and Hooker, can be wholly wrong". Does not think CL’s decision will injure his works.
Thinks CL overrates importance of multiple origin of dogs.
Mentions sending copy of Origin to Herschel. Asks CL about Herschel’s reaction.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 23 Nov [1859] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.176) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2543 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … doctrine of modification" [in Elements of geology , 6th ed. (1865)]. Believes it " morally …
- … the next edition of his Principles of geology (Wilson ed. 1970). However, he altered his …
- … in the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ), completely reworking …
To Charles Lyell [3 March 1866]
Summary
Has returned memorial to Chancellor of Exchequer; thanks CL for his note.
Lengthy remarks on cool period. Did not know of CL’s interest. New facts in new German and English [4th] editions of Origin will be too late for CL’s use. CD’s ten-year-old MS on cool period is available.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [3 Mar 1866] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.315) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5025 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 276–98. Lyell, Charles. 1867–8. Principles of geology or the modern changes of the earth …
- … of the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 ) to include detailed …
- … its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology. 10th edition. 2 vols. London: John …
- … on the tenth edition of Principles of geology in November 1866 ( C. Lyell 1867–8 , 1: …
- … in the tenth edition of Principles of geology ( C. Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 319–40). CD’s …
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Darwin & Geology
Summary
The lessons Darwin learned from Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge, and in the field in North Wales, stood him in good stead during the Beagle voyage. While he was attached to the Beagle from 1831 to 1835, Darwin actually spent about two-thirds of his time ashore,…
Matches: 8 hits
- … actually spent about two-thirds of his time ashore, where geology was his single most frequent …
- … and the coral reefs of the Pacific, Darwin’s notes on geology accumulated twice as fast as those on …
- … he believed the same basic processes that had shaped the geology of South America were also at work …
- … of the previous decade by publishing three volumes on the geology of the Beagle voyage, but as …
- … for further reading… On Darwin’s work in geology: Herbert, Sandra. 2005. …
- … A. 1991. The discovery of a vocation: Darwin’s early geology. British Journal for the History of …
- … of Science 9: 199–218. On the history of geology: Greene, Mott C. 1982. …
- … Laudan, Rachel. 1994 [1987]. From mineralogy to geology . Chicago: University of Chicago Press …
The geology of the Beagle voyage
Summary
The primary concern that linked much of Darwin’s geological work in the Beagle years was to understand the changing relation between the levels of land and sea. As he studied the shores of South America, and discovered shells inland at thousands of feet…
Darwin’s introduction to geology
Summary
Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology at the University of Edinburgh, but he only became actively interested in the subject as he was completing his degree at Cambridge.
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
Summary
This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
Matches: 10 hits
- … Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and …
- … and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, …
- … of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good …
- … observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, …
- … London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846. [F273.] —On the geology of the Falkland Islands. …
- … [ Shorter publications , pp. 209-17. F1677.] —Geology. Section VI, pp. 156-95, in A …
- … for further reading… On Darwin’s work in geology: Herbert, Sandra. 2005. …
- … James A. 1991. The discovery of a vocation: Darwin’s early geology. British Journal for the …
- … of Science 9: 199–218. On the history of geology: Greene, Mott C. 1982. …
- … Laudan, Rachel. 1994 [1987]. From mineralogy to geology . Chicago: University of Chicago Press. …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
Matches: 8 hits
- … Hooker: ‘I hope this next summer to finish my S. American geology; then to get out a little zoology …
- … from these years and a series of interesting exchanges on geology with David Milne, Robert Chambers, …
- … through the mountains. Hooker writes of the complicated geology of the area, of the community of …
- … with which they had come to regard each other. Geology, and geological controversy …
- … Sir John Frederick William Herschel, to write the chapter on geology ( letter to J. F. W. Herschel, …
- … the zoological chapter, show how they divided the topics of geology and zoology between them. Owen …
- … contribute most to the leading questions of contemporary geology. Perhaps with himself in mind, he …
- … in the preparation of new editions of his Principles of geology and Manual of elementary …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … on various subjects to major theoretical monographs in geology. In addition, he organised and …
- … and sold separately as Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
- … one of Darwin’s visits to Maer in Staffordshire. Geology Darwin’s work and …
- … an application of his Beagle work, and it too was in geology. In 1838 he set out on a geological …
- … of the Beagle voyage In addition to his work on geology Darwin undertook to provide a …
- … network that Darwin established as he worked on the geology and zoology of the voyage a most …
- … lately been sadly tempted to be idle, that is as far as pure geology is concerned, by the delightful …
- … these years was that it put an end to further field work in geology. From his South American days he …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … Lyell had begun work on a sixth edition of Elements of geology (C. Lyell 1865). At the same time …
- … book had been completed and set in type for Elements of geology in 1860 and then re-set in 1861 …
- … in 1860 for the sixth edition of the ‘ Elements of geology ’ 34 [C. Lyell 1865], and the …
- … , pp. lx–lxxv. Lyell, Charles. 1865. Elements of geology, or the ancient changes of the …
Commentary
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This section provides pages of commentary on the following themes: Evolution Geology Life sciences Human nature Religion
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Darwin & coral reefs
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The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
Darwin & the Geological Society
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The science of geology in the early nineteenth century was a relatively new enterprise forged from the merging of several distinct traditions of inquiry, from mineralogy and the very practical business of mining, to theories of the earth’s origin and the…
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
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The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
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Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology ] read …
- … [Lisyansky 1814]— nothing Lyell’s Elements of Geology [Lyell 1838] Gibbon’s Life of …
- … my subjects Elie de Beaumont’s 2 vol of memoirs on Geology of France [Dufrénoy and Élie de …
- … life of Johnsons [Boswell 1831] 4 vols 25 Phillips Geology [J. Phillips 1837–9] Lardners 2 …
- … need not try them again. 18 th . Maclarens Geology of Fife [Maclaren 1839] References at …
- … Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology ] 4. Vol. …
- … the Horse [W. C. L. Martin 1845b] —— Hitchock’s Geology of Mass: [Hitchcock 1841] (skimmed) …
- … [DAR 119: 22a] 1849. Feb 8 th . Geology of Russia by Murchison. Veneuil &c …
- … of the Creator [H. Miller 1849] Dec. 10. Dana’s Geology. U.S. Expedition [J. D. Dana 1849] …
- … Sanatory Reform [Anon. 1850].— April 5 Manual of Geology Lyell [Lyell 1851] —— 30 …
- … it. & buy it.— 112 Jukes. “Students Manual of Geology” [Jukes 1857]— published a few …
- … Insects [T. W. Harris 1842] Jukes Student Manual of Geology [Jukes 1857] Azara’s …
- … the years 1797 and 1798, including observations on the geology and geography, the natural …
- … Library.] 119: 2a Buckland, William. 1836. Geology and mineralogy considered with …
- … *119: 3v.; 119: 5a Dana, James Dwight. 1849. Geology . Vol. 10 of United States …
- … New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history …
- … their scientific institutions, and a few notices of the geology and mineralogy of those …
- … Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2, pt 2: 457–82. …
- … Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology in London 2, pt 2: 483–534. …
- … or, original memoirs in medicine, surgery, physiology, geology, zoology, and comparative anatomy …
- … 13a Hitchcock, Edward. 1841. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts . 2 vols. …
- … 119: 20a ——. 1857. The student’s manual of geology. Edinburgh. [Darwin Library.] *128 …
- … 119: 3a Lyell, Charles. 1837. Principles of geology: being an inquiry how far the …
- … Library.] 119: 3a ——. 1838. Elements of geology . London. [Darwin Library.] 119: 2a …
- … 119: 16a ——. 1847. Principles of geology; or, the modern changes of the earth and its …
- … 22a Lyell, Charles. 1851. A manual of elementary geology; or, the ancient changes of …
Living and fossil cirripedia
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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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- … as head of the business in 1843, had spent a year studying geology at Edinburgh University; as a …
- … he asked his friend Charles Lyell, whose Principles of geology (1830-3) had proved to be a …
- … contributed a section on using a microscope and a chapter on geology to A manual of scientific …
- … his authors and added Origin to his list: but although geology was his favourite hobby and he …
- … pseudonym ‘Verifier’ an essay entitled Scepticism in Geology (1877), an argument against Lyell’s …
Darwin’s earthquakes
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Darwin experienced his first earthquake in 1834, but it was a few months later that he was really confronted with their power. Travelling north along the coast of Chile, Darwin and Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, were confronted with a series of…
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- … the low coral islands of the Pacific Ocean, and even the geology of Europe. In his Red Notebook …
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … with the new title Journal of Researches into the geology and natural history of the various …
- … of animals will occupy a large portion, sketches of the geology, the appearance of the country, and …
- … where he set out his views on human migration and reconciled geology with the Biblical account. ‘You …
- … food as an egg ’; William Henry Fitton considered the geology to be ‘excellent’ while relishing the …
- … title Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during …
Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after …
Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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Charles Lyell
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As an author, friend and correspondent, Charles Lyell played a crucial role in shaping Darwin's scientific life. Born to a wealthy gentry family in Scotland in 1797, Lyell had a classical and legal education but by the 1820s had become entranced by…