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From Charles Lyell 1 March 1866
Summary
Feels sure that at times the globe must have been superficially cooler. Believes CD will turn out right with regard to migration across the equator via mountain chains, while the tropical heat of certain lowlands was retained.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar 1866 |
Classmark: | DAR 91: 89–90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5024 |
From Charles Lyell 5 March 1866
Summary
Surprised at Hooker’s introducing "so organic a change as a deviation in the axis of the planet" to explain the cold of the Glacial Period.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Mar 1866 |
Classmark: | ML 2: 158 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5027 |
From Charles Lyell 10 March 1866
Summary
Comments on cool-period MS. Still believes geographical changes principal cause of former changes of climate.
Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Mar 1866 |
Classmark: | K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 408–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5031 |
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Lyell, Charles | [X] |
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Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
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Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Lyell, Charles | (3) |
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