NAHSTE: Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0237 Sir Charles Lyell Gen. 109 Lyell 1/590-592
Date(s)	4 January 1866
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Croll \| James \| 1821-1890 \| physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence of the Geological Survey of Scotland
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	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.
Index
Subjects	Glacial Epoch Gravity Ice Levels, Ocean
People	Croll \| James \| 1821-1890 \| physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence of the Geological Survey of Scotland Lyell \| Sir \| Charles \| 1797-1875 \| geologist Wood \| Mr
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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll