Author: George Roberts (of Lofthouse.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Topography and natural history of Lofthouse and its neighbourhood
Author: George Roberts (of Lofthouse.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Topography and Natural History of Lofthouse and Its Neighborhood
Author: George Roberts (of Lofthouse, Yorkshire.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lofthouse (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Topography and Natural History of Lofthouse and Its Neighborhood; with the Diary of a Naturalist and Rural Notes
Author: George RobertsPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230252605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... LOFTHOUSE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS.. AN ELEVATED position it may be observed that the country. Mr or ten m'les round Lofthouse, ""pii? presents an uneven, undulated jf, f aspect, everywhere enclosed and cultivated, and diversified by plantations and hedge-row timber. The village is situated between the Pennine Hills on the west and the great plain of York on the east, and it is equidistant between the west and the east coast. The strata in the immediate neighbourhood consist of alternating beds of clay, gravel, sand, sandstone, shale, and coal, the latter being in many places on or very near the surface. On the eastern edge of the district there is a narrow tract of the Magnesian Limestone running north and south, and beyond that the New Red Sandstone. These strata supply stone for building and other purposes, clay The height of Lofthouse above the sea-level is 300 feet, which is about equal to the height of the limestone ridge which forms the eastern horizon. for bricks and tiles, lime for mortar and manure, and coal for fuel, in unbounded quantity. Stretching from Pontefract towards Leeds there is a peculiar surface fresh-water deposit, consisting, near the former place, of fine brown sand which is extensively mined and quarried for moulding and other purposes, and, more towards Oulton and Leeds, of sand with pebbles and boulders. At Methley, Oulton, and Bell Hill, the sand of this bed is worked much for building and plastering, and the pebbles for garden walks and carriage roads. In this deposit fossil remains of Bos longifrons and other animals have been found. The building-stone is largely worked at Oulton, Rothwell Haigh, and Thorp, and sent away in blocks and sawn slabs to various parts of the...
The Naturalist
Author: A Sketch of the Natural History (vertebrates) of the British Islands
Author: Frederick George AflaloPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Miscellaneous Publication
Author: The Quarterly Journal of Conchology
Author: Bibliotheca Botanica
Author: Wesley, Wm. & SonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
“The” Athenaeum
Author: Bulletin
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)