 | John Wesley Judd - 1875 - 370 pages
...darkblue clays containing much pyrites, which yield the following fossils : — Grypheee dilatata, Sow. (abundant). Belemnites Puzosianus, d'Orb. (rare)....sections of special interest to the geologist. At Forty-foot-Bridge there are two clay pits opened in the Oxford Clay. In one of these, a band of hard... | |
 | William Jerome Harrison - 1882 - 406 pages
...out on the surface. At Ramsey, near the Railway station, it was formerly got and burnt for ballast, a use to which the clays of this formation are frequently...applied. At Ramsey Heights there are several brickyards at work, the Oxford clay being locally termed "gait;" in one of these peat is used for fuel. At Forty-foot... | |
 | Kelly's directories, ltd - 1885 - 716 pages
...out on the surface. At Ramsuy, near the Railway .suition, it was formerly dug and burnt for ballast, a use to which the clays of this formation are frequently applied. At Kamsey Heights there are several brickyards at work, the Oxford clay being locally termed "gait;" in... | |
 | Geological Survey of Great Britain - 1895 - 526 pages
...times used locally for roadmending. Prof. Judd remarks that the Oxford Olay, as at Ramsey, has been dug and burnt as a substitute for gravel, a use to which the clay is frequently applied. It has been so used in Wiltshire, but when the surface is covered by only... | |
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Clay was formerly largely dug and burnt as a substitute for gravel, a use to which the clays of this formation are frequently applied. At Ramsey Heights there are several brickyards... 