RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstract of Athenaeum, 1843]. CUL-DAR205.9.178. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].
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Athenaeum 43 p. 800 Brit Assoc.
Carb. Limestone in Ireland 600 ft + 1000 to 1800 + 1000 ft. Devonian in S. Wales Phillips says in some places (p. 801) 7000 ft, mostly mechanical. Find out thickest of each formation & argue sum total of time & how little it wd be guessed, if strata examined in only one place.
[R. Griffith. 1843. On the lower carboniferous limestone series of Ireland. Athenaeum, no. 827 (2 September): 800-801.]
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