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To Charles Lyell [23 January 1847]
Summary
Asks CL to address a letter to Charles Maclaren.
Discusses recent publication by David Milne on erratic boulders [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 42 (1847): 154–172].
Views of Bernhard Studer on foliation of gneiss in the Alps. Asks CL to tell Leonard Horner of Studer’s views.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [23 Jan 1847] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.65) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1051 |
To Charles Lyell [on or before 20 January 1847]
Summary
Quotes from South America [p. 167] on the foliation of metamorphic rocks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [on or before 20 Jan 1847] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.57) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1053 |
To Charles Lyell [24 January 1847]
Summary
Comments on investigation of coral reefs by A. A. Gould, particularly the reefs around Tahiti. Mentions description of reefs of Tahiti by W. Forbes.
Hooker’s view of work by C. J. F. Bunbury.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [24 Jan 1847] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.58) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1056 |
To Charles Lyell [1847 or 1848]
Summary
Replies to note from CL asking about views of glaciers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [1847 or 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 329 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13825F |
