RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. CUL-DAR50.C15a. 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. RN2
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. Items in CUL-DAR50.C relate to the geology of Glen Roy "Glen Roy Scraps".
C15a
In the SW of Scotland the grooves Glen Roy follow direction, which baffle all description: or sometimes perhaps mere local valleys (p. 204)
Vol VII. Edinb. Phil. J.
islet in Loch Doon (erratic block in neighbourhood) upon the confines of Ayrshire & Kircudbright of granite grooved beneath surface of lake, which was formed by barrier of solid rock. p. 205
Hall, James. 1812. On the revolutions of the earth's surface. [Read 16 March and 8 June 1812.] Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 7 (1812-15): 139-211. Darwin wrote the reference incorrectly.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 25 September, 2025