Note on the composition of a stratum of peat underlying the London clay

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1892
• Weight: 123 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000110702

✦ Synopsis

III' wxrsos swrii, P.I.c., P.c.s., &SIB ai. w. m k v ~l i s . 0s tlic kind invitation of JIr. Ciiirns, n forum stutlcnt of Clieniiciil ~ccl~nology i u Uriivcraity College, IIOW cr~gng~d 11s iin cngincer in tlic constriictioii of the uc\v l~lnckwiill 'l'111in1cs tuiincl, wc went to inspect II Iiiycr of peat, which occnrs tit II tlcptli of itbout 19 fcct Iiclow the siirfiicc in the cutting tit l'o~ilnr1 iilioiit 201) gnrds from the 'l'l~ii~ies. 'I'his ~ieiit tviis of distinct browti cololir i ~i i i l tliirkcnetl ~oiisi~lcriilily oii csiiusiirc to iiir niid light. It \FILS wry wet, niitl \VIIY ct~ni~iosed cliicfly of bnulcllcs iiiiil trliiiks of trcCS, twigs, kc. I t is iilioiit two fcct thick, Iiiit is siiiil to r\ttniii h tliickncss of six feet 011 the otlicr sitlc of t l ~c 'I~liiiincs. 'l%c siibdiuice contuiiictl G9.5 per cent. of tnoisturc, It!iiviiig of dry ci~rboni~cco~~s liuittcr 30.5 per eelit. 111 the si~~iiplc tiikcn, of coiirsc we nvoidctl iiny consiilcmblc pieces of wood.