From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
8 May [1855]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.113)
Summary:
Mentions his paper ["Transportal of erratic boulders", Collected papers 1: 218–27]. Discusses ice-borne rock. Reference to unpublished paper on icebergs [?"Power of icebergs to make grooves", Collected papers 1: 252–5]. Remarks on scoring by icebergs. Comments on judgment of theories by Geological Society.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project