A540    Pamphlet:     Howarth, O. J. R. and E. K. Howarth. [1933]. A history of Darwin's parish: Downe, Kent. With a foreword by Sir Arthur Keith. Southampton: Russell & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

it. Outside, the greenhouse and experimental laboratory survive, the orchard, the bank beneath the big lime trees [where Darwin used often to lie], the Sand-walk, and the view from it over the ' quiet little valley ' with its woods, which may man preserve ! For that view helped to draw Darwin and his wife to Down. We see still the famous ' worm-stone ' at the edge of the lawn, used in making the observations on which was based the work on vegetable mould and earthworms; still see, too, the hard

A6590    Pamphlet:     Anon. [1946.] Historical and descriptive catalogue of the Darwin Memorial at Down House Downe, Kent. British Association for the Advancement of Science. [London: n.p.] 35pp.   Text   Image   PDF

weight and currency to the foolish notion which some have diligently propagated, but for which Mr. Darwin was not responsible, that there is a necessary conflict between a knowledge of Nature and a belief in God. . . .' *Darwin's notes on plants on the lawn at Down House and seeds in the Sandwalk. *Notes on his health and weight. Prescriptions. *Notes on the well at Down House. *The 'Worm Stone': measuring instrument designed by Sir Horace Darwin (1877) and used therewith; notebook of records

F1598    Book:     Barlow, Nora ed. 1967. Darwin and Henslow. The growth of an idea. London: Bentham-Moxon Trust, John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

1 'On the Formation of Mould', Geol. Soc. Proc., Vol. II, 1838, pp. 574-6; Geol. Soc. Trans., Vol. V, 1840, pp. 505-10. Darwin's volume, The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits, was not published until 1881. The worm-stone, designed by Charles's son Horace, which was used for measuring the subsidence owing to the action of worms, is still to be seen (1967) in the garden at Down House in Kent. 2 Thomas Drummond, R.E., 1797-1840; introduced

A1    Book:     Freeman, R. B. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. Dawson: Folkestone. 2d ed.   Text   Image   PDF

Vivisection [sic]. 8vo, 210 mm, 12 pp. Second edition. First letter a reprint of No. 1352. L; 552(1). [316 Vegetable Mould and Worms This last book is outside the main stream of Darwin's work, and reverts to his earlier geological interests. He had indeed published papers on mould in 1838 and in 1840 (Nos 1648 1655). The famous 'worm-stone' is still to be seen at Down House. The book was remarkably successful, selling 6,000 copies within a year, and 13,000 before the end of the century. To begin with it

A2955    Pamphlet:     Freeman, R. B. 1982. Darwin and Gower Street: an exhibition in the Flaxman Gallery of the Library, University College London, Monday 19 April 1982. London: UCL.   Text   PDF

outside the main stream of Darwin's work and reverts to his geological interests. He had indeed published papers on mould in 1838 and 1840. The famous 'worm stone' was made for him by his son Horace at what was to become the Cambridge Instrument Company; it can still be seen in the garden of Down House. The book first appeared on 10 October and was immediately successful, selling 6,000 copies within a year and 13,000 by the end of the century. [F1357]. Eighth Case - DARWIN IN MANY TONGUES The works

A341    Periodical contribution:     Pemberton, S. George and Robert W. Frey. 1990. Darwin on worms: the advent of experimental neoichnology. Ichnos 1: 65-71.   Text   Image

-henge monoliths and the burial of archaeological objects such as Roman ruins. He had a specially built worm stone installed in his lawn (Fig. 4); the design would allow him (and his son Horace) to measure accurately its rate of sinking. Darwin concluded that this sinking was caused by the constant activity of earthworms voiding finegrained material on the surface in the form of castings. Once again, simple experiments were set up and monitored; for example, all worm castings were collected from

A3308    Periodical contribution:     Wyhe, John van. 2010. Commemorating Charles Darwin. The Evolutionary Review 1, no. 1 (February): 42-47.   Text   PDF

up the surface of the land via all the pieces small enough to pass through a worm. Darwin calculated this mass was as much as eight tons per acre a year. Larger objects thus slowly sink into a sea of ever-rising worm soil. Darwin measured this with many experiments including stones at Stonehenge and a large flat stone in his garden— now known as the worm stone. Darwin is now so famously associated with natural selection that evolution itself, what Darwin called descent with modification is