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DCP-LETT-12732

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
1 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/34)
Summary:

Sends some questions raised by THF’s notes on earthworms at Abinger; he plans to use them in his book.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12743

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
8 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/35); DAR 185: 38
Summary:

Questions the exact location of rooms and trenches at Abinger excavation [for Earthworms].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-12749

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
10 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/36)
Summary:

Thanks THF for notes on Abinger excavation. Asks for more castings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12755

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
13 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/37)
Summary:

THF’s copybook has cleared up all points. The castings are invaluable. Encloses further queries [missing].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12756

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
13 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/38)
Summary:

Is worried about brick particles in worm-castings. Asks THF for castings from a site where possible error would be avoided.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12766

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
20 Oct 1880
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/31)
Summary:

Has started experiment to see whether particles of stone become rounded in the gizzards of worms.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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