Darwin, C. R. Geological diary: Attempt to find general inclination of the bottom of the sea off the coast of Patagonia. CUL-DAR34.112 (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. <em>The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online</em>, <a href="https://darwin-online.org.uk/" target="

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. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, edited by John van Wyhe 3.2011, 2024. RN2

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.
These transcriptions have been revised and further edited in John van Wyhe and Gordon Chancellor eds., Charles Darwin's geological diary and field notes from the voyage of the Beagle. (OUP forthcoming)

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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 51º	24	24	65	65		73
Lat 50º		55	65	65	65	73
49º			65
do		60	63
		35	67
48		52		66
46 Lat good series				48	53	63
			57
Lat 42º					65	62
				53		52
x. in the shoal water off B. Blanca					4 x	40	52
Lat 41º				52
39º				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

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)