From:
Archibald Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Oct 1881
Source of text:
DAR 165: 26
Summary:
Thanks for Earthworms.
Importance of wind in soil formation and transport.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Archibald Geikie
Date:
11 Nov 1881
Source of text:
DAR 185: 134
Summary:
Interested in the fossil scorpions found by AG in the Lower Carboniferous strata of Scotland. Hopes further searches will yield more land animals and offers to subscribe funds to such a search if it falls outside the Geological Survey’s work.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Archibald Geikie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Nov 1881
Source of text:
DAR 165: 27
Summary:
Thanks CD for offer of assistance in exploration of Eskdale beds. Describes finds of scorpions and unusual amphibians.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
