Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from C. R. Darwin to J. D. Hooker [1 May 1847]
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Delighted that Brongniart thinks <i>Sigillaria</i> aquatic, and that E. W. Binney thinks coal is a sort of submarine peat. Thinks coal-plants will prove to be aquatic, though JDH will sneer at this.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Has acquired a new microscope.</p>