Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 293
e judged of by two methods, — by the rate at which objects left on the surface are buried, and more accurately by weighing the quantity brought up within a given time. We will begin with the first method, as it was first followed. Near Maer Hall in Staffordshire, quick-lime had beenspread, about… … What Worms Do 265 of turf, formed by the matted roots of the grasses,-J- inch in thickness, beneath which, at a depth of 2^inches (or 3 inches from the surface), a layer of thelime in powder or in small lumps could be distinctlyseen running all round the vertical sides of the holes.The soil beneath…
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