To James David Forbes 11 October [1844]
Summary
Discusses a specimen of Mexican obsidian with an unusual laminated structure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James David Forbes |
| Date: | 11 Oct [1844] |
| Classmark: | University of St Andrews Special Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.57) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-781 |
To J. D. Forbes [November? 1844]
Summary
Believes JDF’s discoveries in the structure of glacier ice will explain the structure of many volcanic masses. Will JDF’s views throw any light on the primary laminated rocks?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James David Forbes |
| Date: | [Nov? 1844] |
| Classmark: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2 1845: 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-786 |
To J. D. Forbes 13 [November 1844]
Summary
Mexican specimen of laminated obsidian.
Comments on Forbes’s publication comparing lava streams and glaciers. Mentions ice-action theories of a young German.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James David Forbes |
| Date: | 13 [Nov 1844] |
| Classmark: | University of St Andrews Special Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.65) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-790 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Addressee
| Forbes, J. D. | (3) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Forbes, J. D. | (3) |
Date
| 1844 | (3) |
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