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DCP-LETT-3246

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
6 Sept [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.262)
Summary:

Sends an enclosure [a letter from T. F. Jamieson, see 3247].

"I am smashed to atoms about Glen Roy. My paper was one long gigantic blunder."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3249

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
10 Sept [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.263)
Summary:

Absence of organic remains in many deposits.

Discusses presence of marine animals near icebergs.

Comments on former geological state of England.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3254

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[15 Sept 1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.264)
Summary:

Discusses CL’s correspondence with T. F. Jamieson. Comments on Jamieson’s theory that the roads of Glen Roy were formed by a glacial lake. Discusses elevation of Scotland during the glacial period.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3260

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
22 Sept [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.265)
Summary:

Additional discussion of Jamieson’s theory that the roads of Glen Roy were formed by a glacial lake. Suggests the possible marine origin of the Glen Spean terraces. Comments on the power of lakes to produce pebbles. Discusses elevation of Wales and Scotland during the glacial period.

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