RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Fig. B. Horizontal section. CUL-DAR39.195. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. 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.
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Horizontal section: length 3 & 4 feet x 2: drawn in proportion after nature
The double lines represent sides of fissures: & these are slightly prominent.
The currilinear dotted lines, are not nearly in sufficient numbers, they show the figure of the arrangement of the coarser & finer particles in the Sandstone
Fig. B.—
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[South America, p. 124: "No. 20. ─ Ground-plan showing the relation between veins and concretionary zones in a mass of tuff."]
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Showing that relation below veins concretionary action in between bed of [illeg] ; dark line passes & many marbled lines represent immensely zones of concretionary action
Must be reduced. ─ the double generally straight lines represent fissures or veins ─ The circles & curves represent concretionary zones of different textures & colours ─ ought they not to be done with dotted lines ─ slight irregularities in my drawing must be corrected.
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