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DCP-LETT-1264

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[1 Nov 1849]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.83)
Summary:

Discusses CL’s refutation of CD’s concept of "craters of elevation" and CL’s new concept of "craters of denudation". Mentions examples of such craters. Admits that his own concept of these craters was unsatisfactory. Urges CL to publish article ["On craters of denudation", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 6 (1850): 207–34].

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DCP-LETT-1265

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Cuming
Date:
[4 Nov 1849]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Arranges to call on Wednesday but declines a breakfast invitation, as his stomach is so particular that he is afraid to go about before eating.

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DCP-LETT-1271

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[18 Nov 1849]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.84)
Summary:

Criticises Élie de Beaumont’s view of a right angle junction of a stream of lava and a dike.

Mentions his misgivings in voting to recommend J. D. Forbes for Royal Medal.

Notes Daniel Sharpe’s work on mica schist.

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