RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Adams, some phenomena of moving rocks, 1825. CUL-DAR5.B88. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. RN1
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Adams, J. 1824. Remarks on Art. VI. Vol. V. No. I of this Journal, and on a passage in Dr. Dwight's Travels, Vol. III. p. 245, relating to some phenomena of moving rocks; in a letter to the editor, by the Rev. J. Adams, Principal of Charleston College, S. Carolina. American Journal of Science and Arts 9: 136-143.
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Silliman's Journal vol 9 P. 138. An account of great blocks of stones pushed slowly up on shore, of [illeg]
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Lakes, by action of ice, [excised] to be its expansion by freezing, or the whole mass being brought up, during the thaws. These great stones, whilst thus crawling outwards, have a broad track behind them, v pish as much as a cartload of mud before these
The stones have not been turned over and over, one of them was supposed to weigh between 40 & 50 Tons.
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