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Paper, 'The lignites and clays of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire [England]' by William Pengelly

Reference number: AP/44/10

Date: 1861

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Pengelly explains how excavations of an area near Bovey Tracey in Devonshire have revealed a regular series of strata of lignite, clay and sand, known to geologists as the 'Bovey deposit' and the lignite known as 'Bovey coal'. Lignite is extracted from an area known as the 'coal pit'. Pengelly sets out to describe the area and the composition of the strata in more detail.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives 1862 - a condensation of this paper was published in [Philosophical Transactions]'. Includes two figures of layers of clay and sand.

Subject: Mineralogy / Geology

Received 16 November 1861. Read November 21 1861. Communicated by Charles Lyell.

This paper was published in volume 152 of Philosophical Transactions (see PT/67/7) and abstracted in volume 12 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'The lignites and clays of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire'.

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AP/44/10
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1861
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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103 pages
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William Pengelly

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William Pengelly, Paper, 'The lignites and clays of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire [England]' by William Pengelly, 1861, AP/44/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_44_10/paper-the-lignites-and-clays-of-bovey-tracey-devonshire-england-by-william-pengelly, accessed on 16 September 2024

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