RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1880. [Earthworm research notes]. CUL-DAR63.51. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Prepared and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2025. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR63, CUL-DAR64 and CUL-DAR65 contain a diverse array of materials for Darwin's research on earthworms. All of the textual items in these folders, including this one, have been transcribed in a single file: CUL-DAR63-65.
51
Dec 20 [1880]
There can be no doubt about the rounding of bits of brick & mortar over hole in Field
Gravel walk 3/6 of brick clay [worms] & all bits of mortar
Roman Villa — Almost all rounded- some looked as if [casting] had been rolled about for years in a [illeg] of water or on a shore
Dec 20 — Relooked [all other] particles.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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