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From T. M. Reade   18 February 1878

Summary

TMR believes rate of limestone formation is same now as in past.

He expects his address [of 10 Oct 1876] on geological time [Proc. Liverpool Geol. Soc. 3 (1878): 211–35], which contradicts William Thomson’s view of the earth’s age, to appear soon.

Author:  Thomas Mellard Reade
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Feb 1878
Classmark:  DAR 176: 29
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11365