To the Royal Society 19 March 1855

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I am of opinion that M^r. Horner’s Account of the researches made in the alluvial deposits of Ægypt, should be printed in the Philosophical Transactions,¹ as the means of permanently recording valuable observations; and which observations probably will become in future times of still higher value.—

Charles Darwin Down March 19^th. 1855.

P.S. Figure 3 was not sent to me.

Horner 1855.

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1650,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1650

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Recommends publication of Leonard Horner’s account of researches in alluvial deposits of Egypt [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 145 (1855): 105–38]. It contains valuable observations which will probably become of still higher value in future.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-1650
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: William Sharpey; Royal Society of London
Date: 19 Mar 1855
Sent from: Down
Source of text: The Royal Society (RR2: 111)
Physical description: 1p

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To the Royal Society 19 March 1855

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