RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Geological diary: Attempt to find general inclination of the bottom of the sea off the coast of Patagonia. CUL-DAR34.112. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, edited by John van Wyhe 3.2011. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. 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.

See the introduction to the Geological Diary by Gordon Chancellor.

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Attempt to find general inclination of the bottom of the sea off the coast of Patagonia.

112 verso

miles from shore 0
to
20		 20
to
40		 40

60		 60

80		 80

100		 100

120		 120
-
140		 140
&
upwards
Lat 51° 24 24 65 65   73    
Lat 50°   55 65 65 65 73    
49°     65          
do   60 63          
    35 67          
48   52   66        
46 Lat good series       48 53 63    
      57          
Lat 42°         65 62    
        53   52    
x. in the shoal water off B. Blanca         4 x 40 52  
Lat 41°       52        
39°       52        
NB. — The 40-60 is clearly not right owing to the soundings being off C. Blanca. — off C. Corientes it would be between 30 & 40 — which would perhaps be too low: —
60 to 80 is best established		   226
÷5		 252
÷
4		 401
÷7		 183
÷3		 250
÷4		    
  45 63 57 61 62 ? too little  
    50?          
N. Bay of St George 9 miles from shore 45          
30 fathoms 30 miles from St. Mathias          

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