“Eophyton”

Abstract

AFTER all that has been written, both in England and abroad, about the inorganic nature of Eophyton, it is strange to see such statements as those made by Mr. Elsden, in NATURE (vol. xxv. p. 409). As long ago as 1873, I pointed out that in Sweden it occurs under circumstances, which most decidedly prove that it cannot have been any plant or organic being whatever, and Principal Dawson has been led to precisely the same conclusions, from his studies of Eophyton at St. John. Last year, I further, by way of experiment, produced Eophytons, which cannot be distinguished from the Cambrian ones.