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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll, 16 January 1866

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 599-602

Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll apologising to Lyell for inadvertantly misrepresenting Lyell's view of the Submergence Theory causing him to write a letter of explanation to the Reader. Croll outlines how such a thing could have happened and points out why he thinks Lyell is mistaken in his objections to the theory, 16 January 1866.

Dates

  • 16 January 1866

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Extent

1 letter