In the year 1837, a short paper was read by me before the Geological Society of London, "On the Formation of Mould," in which it was shown that small fragments of burnt marl, cinders, which had been thickly strewed over the surface of several meadows, were found after a few years lying at the depth of some inches beneath the turf, but still forming a layer.


Introduction (p. 3) - The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms (1881)

Charles Darwin Quotes

In the year 1837, a short paper was read by me before the Geological Society of London, On the Formation of Mould, in which it was shown that small...

In the year 1837, a short paper was read by me before the Geological Society of London, On the Formation of Mould, in which it was shown that small...

In the year 1837, a short paper was read by me before the Geological Society of London, On the Formation of Mould, in which it was shown that small...

In the year 1837, a short paper was read by me before the Geological Society of London, On the Formation of Mould, in which it was shown that small...