To W. C. Redfield 24 February [1840]
Summary
Much interested in WCR’s paper on "Whirlwinds excited by fire" [Am. J. Sci. 36 (1839): 50–9; Edinburgh New Philos. J. 27 (1839): 369–79].
Sends a summary account of circular clouds and waterspouts formed during volcanic eruption in the Azores [S. Tillard, "Eruption of a volcano in sea off St Michael", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (1812): 152–8].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William C. Redfield |
Date: | 24 Feb [1840] |
Classmark: | Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Letters to William C. Redfield vol. 2 Scientific 1831-41 (z117 00151 2) pp. 335–8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-556 |
To W. C. Redfield [22 December 1840]
Summary
Illness has long delayed CD’s thanks for WCR’s meteorological pamphlets and geological reports. Mentions a reference to whirlwinds leaving rotary patterns in desert sand.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William C. Redfield |
Date: | [22 Dec 1840] |
Classmark: | Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Letters to William C. Redfield vol. 2 Scientific 1831-41(z117 00151 2) pp. 335–8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-585 |
Document type
letter | (2) |
Author
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Redfield, W. C. | (2) |
Date
1840 | (2) |