RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 9.5.[1834] Geological diary: Cabin Barometer / My own / Diff[erence] (calculations). CUL-DAR34.101-102. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 09.2024. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. This document, part of the largest scientific document composed by Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle, is written mostly in ink. Marginal notes are here integrated into the text. Watermarked "RYE MILL 1830".

Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.

See the introduction to the Geological Diary by Gordon Chancellor.


[101]

upper

 

 

 

 

 

 

t' = 41

t = 4.4

 

 

 

 

 

T'= 48.5

T = 50.5

 

 

 

 

 

B' = 29.622

B = 30.554

(E)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[further barometric calculations]

Corrections of [illeg] has added 16 feet from tide and inequality of f. ground. the height may be called 840 feet —

Lions Mount St. Cruz

May 9th. —

[101v]

[further barometric calculations]

=355.7 feet.

Height of plain above ship measured just beyond edge of cliff. — May 9th. —

[102]

[further barometric calculations]

= 108.3 feet

Diff in hight of plain : foot of inland cliffs ∴ expressing inclination of old sea in about 7 miles distance

last mile at a z/z much most inclined: May 9th. Near Ship

[102v]

[further barometric calculations]

May St Cruz

Line of apparent cliff

[further barometric calculations] May 9

Lions Mount

Diff between edge of cliffs & Lion Mount

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