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To T. M. Reade 22 September 1880
Summary
Obliged for paper ["Oceans and continents" (1880)].
Agrees that John Murray’s view [of coral reefs] is far-fetched.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Mellard Reade |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1880 |
| Classmark: | University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12721 |
To T. M. Reade 9 December 1880
Summary
Comments on TMR’s "Oceanic islands" [Geol. Mag. 8 (1881): 75–7]. Fact that oceanic islands are all volcanic argues for view that no continent ever occupied the oceans. Chalk seemed best evidence of ocean having existed where continent now stands. CD leans to view that continents have occupied present positions since Cambrian.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Mellard Reade |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1880 |
| Classmark: | University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12901 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Addressee
| Reade, T. M. | (2) |
