RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1846]. Draft of An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic ocean, reference no 8. CUL-DAR188.13. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2023. RN1
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The draft is partly in the hand of Joseph Fletcher, Darwin's copyist. Darwin, [1846]. Draft of An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic ocean, folios 1-5. CUL-DAR185.74(i-vi).
Darwin, C. R. 1846. An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic ocean. [Read 4 June 1845.] Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 2: 26-30. F1672.
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Proceedings of the Geolog. Soc. vol. IV. p. 145. The Rev. W. B. Clarke gives an account of dust which fell off the Cape Verd archipelago during three days. In Turner's History of the world (p. 149) there is an account by Mr. Forbes of dust which fell on a ship, when 600 miles from the mainland between C. Verd & the R Gambia. The wind had been all night NE. In the Edinburgh Nee Phil Journal (1822 p. 402) there is another account by Mr Alexander of dust which fell in considerable quantities March 29th 1821 in Lat. 11° 3' N. when 300 miles from land nearest part of Africa
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