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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Pollard Espy
Date:
3 December 1840
Source of text:
YUL MS OSB. 5138
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Describes his research on cirripedes: an "anatomical and systematic catalogue". Asks to borrow specimens.
Discusses cirripedes collected by JDD.
Gratified that he agrees "to some extent" with CD’s views on coral reefs.
Mentions his health.
Asks for JDD’s publication on cirripedes.
Sends message from William Baird concerning Crustacea research of J. O. Westwood.
Mentions Joseph Leidy’s discovery of cirripede eyes.
Comments on JDD’s book [Geology (1849)]. Is sending copies of various geological papers. Their agreements and differences on coral reefs, volcanic geology, denudation, and subsidence.
Comments on Robert Chambers’ book [Ancient sea-margins (1848)].
Asks to borrow cirripede specimens.