From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[before 25 July 1857]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 25 July 1857, p. 518
Summary:
CD has saved an enormous amount of labour since he replaced the chain on his deep well with wire rope. He now asks readers whether they have had experience of saving on the weight of the bucket by using some material other than oak.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project