From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Bernhard Studer
Date:
21 Mar [1847]
Source of text:
Burgerbibliothek Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Summary:
Sends copy of South America.
Will consult BS’s article in the Bulletin.
Recommends article by Daniel Sharpe ["On slaty cleavage", J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1847): 74–105].
Cites his description of thin laminae in volcanic rocks in Volcanic islands. Suggests similar process may have affected metamorphic schists.
Thanks him for offer of his book [Lehrbuch der physikalischen Geographie und Geologie (1844–7)]. Since he reads German poorly, BS should send book only if short and inexpensive.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project