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Survey of London
… iron plates let into the pavement allowed the delivery of coal to be made directly from the merchant's cart into … Plumber 27 Dyer 24 Cab proprietor 23 Carver and gilter 21 Coal merchant 21 Sweep 20 Watchmaker 20 E. Ffooks, 'The …
Magna Britannia
… added, three small tracts occupied by lias, chalk, Bovey coal, and pipe-clay. "To begin with the granitic strata, … attention; namely, the strata of pipe-clay, and imperfect coal, or lignite, at Bovey Heathfield. The position of these, … distinct strata of a fossil substance, called Bovey coal. This lies in several parallel seams, at the distance of …
Magna Britannia
… of various kinds and toadstone; shale and gritstone; coal and indurated clay, resting on each other in the order … and shale strata appear, contains 160,500 acres. 16 The coal strata, or coal-measures as they are usually termed, occupy a large …
Magna Britannia
… in the smelting of tin, before the introduction of pit-coal for that purpose, and used for the underground timbers …
Magna Britannia
… alternate beds of lime-stone, sand-stone, slate, clay, and coal, dipping gently towards the east, in which direction the … by Stapleton to Kirkshope, on the borders of Scotland. The coal, which occurs in considerable quantity on the high … at Talkin-Fell, Tindal-Fell, and Cold, or more properly Coal-Fell, are tolerably good. The city of Carlisle, and …
Survey of London
… 'so intimately concerned with the development of the coal-mining industry'. b 11 By the end of 1926 plans … 'from the point of view of making the best of our coal resources, it is really important to bring to an end, if …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and Breccia Red sandstone and breccia 500 Carboniferous Coal Measures Upper Coal Measures Shales and sandstones with seams of coal 2,200 Pennant Grit Chiefly red and grey sandstones 2,500 …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… 31 Aug. Dom. Geo. III., pcl. 77, No. 46. 1900. Newcastle Coal Trade. Printed paper addressed by the gentlemen of the coal trade of Newcastle to the pitmen, entreating them to …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… application for leave to appropriate the quit rents and coal mines in the province of Nova Scotia; as also a copy of …