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From A. C. Ramsay 18 October 1871
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Sends two papers ["On the physical relations of the new red marl", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 27 (1871): 189–98 and "On the red rocks of England", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 27 (1871): 241–54] bearing on the continuance of generic and specific terrestrial types, in areas of Europe and elsewhere, that lasted from the Upper Silurian to the Lias.
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8017 |
From A. C. Ramsay 20 October 1871
Summary
Glad CD agrees with his views as much as he does. Not surprised that his red rocks [Red Sandstones] ideas are disputed. The red marls of Auvergne support his inland water theory.
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Oct 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8026 |
From A. C. Ramsay 27 December 1871
Summary
Sends description and measurements of the 18th century courtyard pavement of his house, the stones of which have sunk as a result of earthworm action [see Earthworms, pp. 192–3].
| Author: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Dec 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8122 |
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