To Peter Price [after 10 October 1881?]1
worms certainly do work at a depth of four or five feet from the surface, but only when the earth is damp, and the state of the pier could not be attributed to their action if the soil was dry.2
Footnotes
Bibliography
Earthworms: The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1977. The works of Charles Darwin: an annotated bibliographical handlist. 2d edition. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Summary
Giving his opinion on the possible role of earthworms in the dilapidation of a pier in Llandaff Cathedral.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13380F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Peter Price
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Western Mail, 6 April 1883, p. 4
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13380F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13380F.xml