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From James Croll 4 February 1869
Summary
Argues for great age of earth before the Cambrian period. Opposes measuring age from secular cooling. Opposes Sir William Thomson. Lyell’s error on secular cooling.
Thanks for Moseley citation ["On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 17 (1869): 202–8].
In Edinburgh he feels out of touch with latest developments.
| Author: | James Croll |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 263 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6599 |
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Correspondent
| Croll, James | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. |
