From Adam Sedgwick to the Geological Society of London 10 July 1837
London
July 10. 1837
Gentlemen
I have read Mr. Darwin’s paper On the proofs of recent Elevation on the coast of Chili and decidedly think that it ought to be printed. Also a paper by Mr. Caldcleugh on the same subject:1 but I think his version diffuse & unnecessarily expanded; &, if printed at all in the Society’s Transactions, that it ought to appear in condensed form.—2
I am gentlemen | Your faithful servant | A Sedgwick
Footnotes
Bibliography
Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1837. Some observations on the elevation of the strata on the coast of Chile. [Read 4 January 1837.] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2 (1833–8): 444–6.
Collected papers: The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977.
Narrative: Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839.
Summary
Referee’s report on "Elevation on the coast of Chili" [(1838), Collected papers 1: 41–3] and paper by Alexander Caldcleugh on same subject. Recommends printing CD’s in Transactions and shortening Caldcleugh’s. [W. Lonsdale’s note shows CD’s paper withdrawn 15 Nov 1837, Caldcleugh’s ordered not printed 15 Nov 1837.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-365
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- Adam Sedgwick
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- Geological Society of London
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- Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/49)
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 365,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-365.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
