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From Andrew Crombie Ramsay 17 February 1862
Summary
In his paper for Geological Society ["Glacial origin of certain lakes", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 18 (1862): 185–204] he will prove that all the lake-basins of the Alps were scooped out by glaciers.
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3450 |
From A. C. Ramsay 26 August 1862
Summary
Sends his paper [on glacial lakes, see 3450]. Falconer attacked it. Falconer thinks Himalayas confound the theory, but Hooker writes that it explains the absence of lakes there.
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Aug 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3701 |
From A. C. Ramsay 13 December 1862
Summary
Sends 3d ed. of catalogue of rocks [A descriptive catalogue of the rock specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology (1862)].
T. F. Jamieson’s paper on the parallel roads of Glen Roy to be read 20 January. Asks whether CD will be a referee.
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Dec 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3857 |
