To J. D. Forbes   [November? 1844]

“How singular it at first appears, that your discoveries in the structure of glacier ice should explain the structure, as I fully believe they will, of many volcanic masses. I, for one, have for years been quite confounded whenever I thought of the lamination of rocks which have flowed in a liquified state. Will your views throw any light on the primary laminated rocks? The laminæ certainly seem very generally parallel to the lines of disturbance and movement. Believe me, &c. C. DARWIN.”1 To Professor FORBES.

In the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, this paragraph is preceded by two paragraphs taken from CD’s letter to J. D. Forbes, 11 October [1844].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-786,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-786