RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Forbes, The history of the oldest known rocks. CUL-DAR205.9.254. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles 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].
The brown crayon number '22' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Palaeontology: extinction.
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1854 p. 375. Forbes Review of Siluria - maintains geographical distinctness of Silurian fossils, but admits that there is an universal [fear] or similarity of aspect presented by the members of the older formations which can be explained only by climatal conditions
p. 391 says a geologist knows age of a set of fossils from distant countries by a peculiar [illeg] , which seems to have been remarked by Von Buch.
p. 368 The Longmynd so ancient that a man might walk from Icy sea to T. del Fuego or from Europe to China & cross rock formed since its existence.
p 368 From the Oldhamia in Cambrian, of which there are 2 species, we are almost warranted to expect more &
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Murchison, Roderick Impey. 1854. Siluria. The history of the oldest known rocks containing organic remains, with a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over the earth. London. [? ed.] [CUL-DAR128] PDF
[Forbes, Edward.] 1854. [Review of] The history of the oldest known rocks, etc. Quarterly Review 95: 363-394.
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