To the Royal Society 19 March 1855
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I am of opinion that Mr. 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 19th. 1855.
P.S. Figure 3 was not sent to me.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Horner, Leonard. 1855. An account of some recent researches near Cairo, undertaken with the view of throwing light upon the geological history of the alluvial land of Egypt. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 145: 105–38.
Summary
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.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1650
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Sharpey; Royal Society of London
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Royal Society (RR2: 111)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1650,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1650.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
