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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Mellard Reade
Date:
22 Sept 1880
Source of text:
University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.6)
Summary:

Obliged for paper ["Oceans and continents" (1880)].

Agrees that John Murray’s view [of coral reefs] is far-fetched.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Mellard Reade
Date:
9 Dec 1880
Source of text:
University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.7)
Summary:

Comments on TMR’s "Oceanic islands" [Geol. Mag. 8 (1881): 75–7]. Fact that oceanic islands are all volcanic argues for view that no continent ever occupied the oceans. Chalk seemed best evidence of ocean having existed where continent now stands. CD leans to view that continents have occupied present positions since Cambrian.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Mellard Reade
Date:
8 Nov 1881
Source of text:
University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.8)
Summary:

"Roots often run down worm burrows, but can penetrate the ground without such aid."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project