M0003087: Earthworm stone used by Charles Darwin for experiments, Down House

Date:
09 August 1932
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/25/16
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M0003087: Earthworm stone used by Charles Darwin for experiments, Down House. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Earthworm stone. Used by Darwin for experiments.

Description

Photograph of the earthworm stone and explanatory plaque explaining its use by Charles Darwin and his son to investigate the action of earthworms, in the grounds of Down House, Kent, 1932

Publication/Creation

09 August 1932

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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