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Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands

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186: 415:(In placing the piece of porphyry in crucible number 6, I'm certain that that piece touched the bottom of the crucible, and yet one sees in the product all of the crystals clustered in the upper part — proof that the liquefaction was complete enough to permit the rising of the crystals of feldspar .) Thus, although Drée had expected the feldspar crystals to float, they instead sank to the bottom of the molten lava — just as had happened in the lavas of James Island and Tenerife. 413:"En plaçant le morceau de porphyre dans le creuset no. 6, je suis certain que ce morceau touchoit au fond du creuset, et cependant on voit dans le produit tous les cristaux réunis dans la partie supérieure, preuve que la liquéfaction a été assez complète pour permettre l'élévation des cristaux de feld-spath (1)." 388:(The experiments of M. de Drée, in which he melted various lavas in a crucible, proved that in such a fluid mass, crystals of feldspar should tend to precipitate to the bottom.) "M. de Drée" was Étienne-Marie-Gilbert, Marquis de Drée (1760–1848) , a French amateur geologist who in 1808 had presented to 639: 364:… (1844), Darwin noted the precipitation of albite crystals within basaltic lava on Santiago Island (or "James Island") of the Galápagos Islands. He then cited a work by "von Buch" (German geologist and paleontologist 571: 386:"Les expériences de M. de Drée, dans lesquelles il a fait fondre diverses laves dans un creuset, ont prouvé que dans une telle masse fluide, les cristaux de feldspath devaient tendre à se précipiter au fond." 201:
praised the book, calling it "the best authority on the general geological structure of most of the regions it describes," and that Darwin was "one of the earliest writers to recognize the magnitude of
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in the Canary Islands and where he mentions a "M. de Drée", who had found experimentally that feldspar crystals form and precipitate in molten lava:
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The text contains seven chapters, and includes observations made during Darwin's travels to the volcanic island of
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hypothesis of magma differentiation that was further developed and demonstrated in the 20th century.
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Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands visited during the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
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Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
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Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
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of that translation, where Buch mentions a similar geological formation on the island of
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to which even recent geological accumulations have been subjected."
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The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
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The book includes one of the earliest accounts of the process of
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The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms
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The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
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A second edition of the book, published in 1876, combines
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
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Index

Charles Darwin
English
Geology
naturalist
Charles Darwin
second voyage of HMS Beagle
Robert FitzRoy
geology
The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
Geological Observations on South America
St. Jago
Cape Verde
Fernando de Noronha
Ascension Island
Saint Helena
Galápagos Islands
James Island
New Zealand
Australia
Van Diemen's Land
Cape of Good Hope
magmatic differentiation
basaltic
lava flow
Galápagos Islands
fractional crystallization

Archibald Geikie
denudation

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