The red notebook of Charles Darwin / edited, with an introduction and notes by Sandra Herbert.

  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Date:
1980
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Credit: The red notebook of Charles Darwin / edited, with an introduction and notes by Sandra Herbert. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Subject Index to the Red Notebook Page references are Adaptation of species in relation to extinc¬ tion, 133-134e Algae. See Confervae Alluvial plains not always most favourable to wild animals, 86 Andes, quantity of matter from crevice of, 136e Anglesea, geological strata of, 5e-7e Animal : effects of puncturing one with dead body of another, 178 ; with setae described by d'Orbigny, 174e Animals: preservation of, 115; at Spitz¬ bergen, 159 Antarctic vegetation, 125 Ascension Island : laminae in rocks, 45e ; vegetation and animal life, 79 Ash, volcanic, 67e Avestruz (rhea), 127, 130, 153 Basalt, columnar and orbicular structure of, 153 Bones, preservation of, 45e Boulders : none on South African plains or in Sydney, 32 ; travelled in Cordovise range, 155 : in upper strata in Europe in accordance with ice theory, 114e. See also Erratic blocks Breccia between primary and secondary formations, 110 Brecciated white stone of Chiloe, 42 Callao, country north of formerly covered by sea, 105e-106e Carcasses of animals floating to the sea, 65e Casts : preservation of, 42 ; of shells, 61 Channels, submarine, 86-87e the original notebook Cleavage : cases of symmetrical structure, 38e ; crystals of felspar arranged in planes, 21 ; Fitton's Australian case, 101 ; not explained by rotation of fluid in earth's interior, 41 ; of strata at Anglesea, 5e ; and veins, 21 Cliffs : origin of at St Helena, 38e-41 ; in relation to elevations, 60 ; at St Helena, Ascension, Azores, 107 Climate : changes in related to occurrences in earth's interior, 41 ; and horse, See also Species change ; Vegetation Coal, formation of, 34e-36e Cocos fish, 36e-37e Concepción, strata at, 102 Concretionary action and chemical laws, 165e Concretionary structure in pitchstone, 121 Concretions : origin of form of at Chiloe, 160 ; in shells, 65e Conductors of heat and electricity. 170e [172e] Conferva, floating marine, 5e Conglomerate(s) : of Amazon and Orinoco perhaps same as that of Fernambuco, lOOe ; formed in shallow water, 19e ; at Ischia, 90 ; removal of by ocean at Feuquenes, Fortillo ranges, 151 ; trans- portal between two ranges, 152 Continents in relation to great movements, 117 Coral : germination of, 24 ; hypothesis, 117 ; reefs and limestone in N. Wales, 93e Cordillera : extent of, 155 ; gypseous forma¬ tion of, 137e; and horizontal movement of fluid matter, 149 ; lakes of, 155 ; lavas