To Robert Chambers 11 September 1847
Summary
Comments on David Milne’s paper ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber" (1847), Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418]. CD still believes in marine origin. Rejects barrier of detritus at mouth of Glen Roy. If roads were formed by lake, it must have been ice-lake.
Comments on evidence of glaciers and icebergs in North Wales. Thinks pass caused by tidal channel, not river. Suggests that RC make altitude measurements at various points.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Chambers |
Date: | 11 Sept 1847 |
Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1119 |
To John Higgins 27 May [1850]
Summary
Discusses his account.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Higgins |
Date: | 27 May [1850] |
Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/35) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1334 |
Document type
letter | (2) |
Author
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
Chambers, Robert | (1) |
Higgins, John | (1) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Chambers, Robert | (1) |
Higgins, John | (1) |