Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll, 4 January 1866
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 590-592
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll concerning the effect of the build up of ice during the glacial epoch upon the level of the ocean and his belief that the level of the ocean would not be lowered by the accumulation of ice as the level of the water would adjust itself to the altered centre of gravity of the earth, 4 January 1866.
Dates
- 4 January 1866
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1 letter
Repository Details
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk