To Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvár 29 January 1879
Down. | Beckenham. Kent.
Jan 29— 1879.
Dear Sir
I thank you cordially for the continuation of your fine work on the Tyrolese Dolomites with its striking engravings & the maps which are quite wonderful from the amount of labour which they exhibit, & its extreme difficulty—1 I well remember more than 40 years ago examining a Section of Silurian limestone containing many corals, & thinking to myself that it would be for ever impossible to discover whether the ancient corals had formed atolls or barrier reefs; so you may well believe that your work will interest me greatly as soon as I can find time to read it.—2 I am much obliged for your photograph & from its appearance, rejoice to see that much more good work may be expected from you—
I enclose my own photograph in case you should like to possess a copy—
Believe me dear Sir. | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
Summary
Comments on EM’s work in Dolomites [Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol (1879)]. Had wondered whether ancient corals formed reefs.
Obliged for EM’s photograph. Sends his own.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11851
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Johann August Georg Edmund (Edmund) Mojsisovics von Mojsvár
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 146: 384
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11851,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11851.xml