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DCP-LETT-605

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[Sept–Dec 1842]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.30)
Summary:

Discusses relationship of subsidence to the formation of coral reefs.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-649

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
5 and 7 Oct 1842
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.28)
Summary:

Discusses growth of various species of coral. Explains significance of dead reefs.

Describes meeting of the Council of the Geological Society; the controversy involving Edward Charlesworth.

Mentions conversations with William Lonsdale about Lonsdale’s work on corals and the financial support for his work.

Murchison’s views on glaciation in Wales.

Agassiz’s observations at Glen Roy.

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