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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    158 SANDRA HERBERT Meteoric iron, 160-162 Meteoric stone(s) : magnetic quality of in relation to origin, 162 ; Mexican, 170e [172e] Meteorology, information on in Dampier's and Volney's travels, 8e Mountains : as fractures consequent on grand rise, 48 ; as lines of effect of expan¬ sions acting at great depths, 101 ; of Mauritius, 118-120 New South Wales, sandstone and granite districts in, 101 New Zeeland (Zealand) : north part of volcanic, 102 ; rich in particular genera of plants, 62, 102 Nodules in clay slate and gneiss, 5e North American geology in Silliman's Journal, 142e Notes by author on content of Red Note¬ book, 180 Ocean bottom : changes in, 97e ; deepening on E. coast Africa as at Brazil, 91 ; deep off Pacifick coast, 97e ; life at, 19e, 114e ; and preservation of animals, 115 ; slope of at shore, 97e-98e Ocean surf and organic productions, 93e- 95e Organic productions and ocean surf, 93e- 95e Oscillations of level of land ; as caused by movement of viscid nucleus, 48 ; as correlated with beds, 46e-48 ; in Europe as compared to Cordillera, 22 ; as regard formations described by Conybeare, 23 ; with respect to Secondary formation, 51 ; in the upheaval of Andes, 64. See also Geology of world Oysters above reach of tides at Santos, 134e Patagonian shingle interstratified with sediment, lOOe Pearlstones, layers of, 89 Pebbles : blended by travelling in swell, 67e ; in Cordillera as mark of elevation, 99e ; distribution of, 50 ; on Pampas and near Amazon, 56 ; of porphyry at Falkland Islands, 140e ; in relation to white matter beneath them, 62 ; at St Helena coated with Tosca, 84 ; white matter beneath them destructive to animal life, 62 Petrifaction of limestone, 23 Pitchstone, origin of brecciated structure of, 121 Porphyry : of Mexican Cordillera, 176e ; of Mexico rich in gold and silver, 163e ; in Valle del Yeso upheaved in dry form, 68e. See also Rocks, porphyritic Preservation of a man's body at Deception Island, 139 Primitive formations, 110, 163e Propagation of species compared to individ¬ uals, 132 Pumice, scarcity of at Auvergne and in Galapagos, 38e Quadrupeds in connection with movement of land at Tierra del Fuego, 140e Rains accompanying earthquakes, 76-77 Representation of species, 130 Rhinoceros, nature of the country it inhab¬ its, 85-86 Rise of land as evidenced by shells at Rio de Janeiro, 65e Rocks : brought home by Capt. Foster expedition, 138; buoyed with kelp, 52; calcareous, 120-121 ; difference of plu- tonic and volcanic metalliferous, 136e ; grooves in, 69 ; igneous, 123 ; porphyri¬ tic, 86 ; volcanic, 67e, 144e ; volcanic and plutonic, 79 Rubber, Indian, 178 Sagitta triptera, 174e St Helena, native mounse of, 79 Sand, movement of causing sound, 50-51 Sandstone from Falkland Islands, 142e