RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1838-1839]. Notebook A excised pages 119e-120e. CUL-DAR42.154. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. 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-DAR42 contains notes for Darwin's book South America (1846).
Notebook A: Geology. Text & image CUL-DAR127
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Erasmus says he has seen in making brass a piece of copper not melted absorb, zinc thrugout its thickness. — this most curious with respect to epigmous action. — if the zinc were mixed with 90 percent of lead. it would be still more curious to know whether it would be absorbed. — if so exactly parallel to limestone & volcanic rock containing magnesia
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Lyell. Elements p. 119 on [sketch] such strata
do p. 171. argument against lateral injection. from probability of fissures being prolonged to surface. see p. 181 on do subject
do p. 447 & 449. & 450. On Vertical trees. Uspallata. —
do p. 473. on great Iceland stream. the 90 miles includes opposite directions. Mem. S. Cruz.
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