To T. M. Reade 22 September 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Sept. 22d. 1880
My dear Sir
I am much obliged for your note & paper, which I shall be very glad to read.1 I am not a fair judge, but I agree with you exactly that Mr. Murray’s view is ‘far-fetched’. It is astonishing that there shd. be rapid dissolution of C. of Lime at great depths & near the surface, but not at intermediate depths, where he places his mountain-peaks.—2
Dear Sir. Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Coral reefs: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842.
Murray, John. 1880. On the stucture and origin of coral reefs and islands. [Read 5 April 1880.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 10 (1878–80): 505–18.
Reade, Thomas Mellard. 1880. Oceans and continents. Geological Magazine n.s. 2d decade 7: 385–91.
Summary
Obliged for paper ["Oceans and continents" (1880)].
Agrees that John Murray’s view [of coral reefs] is far-fetched.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12721
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Mellard Reade
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of Liverpool Library (TMR1.D.7.6)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12721,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12721.xml
