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DCP-LETT-535

From:
John Grant Malcolmson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Oct 1839
Source of text:
DAR 39: 12–14
Summary:

Sends notes on soundings made on coral banks in the China Sea.

His recent geological observations.

Finds a difficulty with CD’s erratic block theory.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-559

From:
John Grant Malcolmson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 7 Oct 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 50: C24–5
Summary:

Comments on the discussion of erratic blocks in Journal of researches [pp. 619, 621–2].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-542

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
[27 Oct 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 154: 54
Summary:

Describes his routine for a typical day – writing Coral reefs, studying German.

FitzRoy’s "Deluge Chapter" [Narrative 2, ch. 28] will amuse her.

His opinion of Carlyle’s Critical and miscellaneous essays [1839].

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