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Reference numberPP/7/6
Previous numbersPP/39/9
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Report on a series of specimens of the deposits of the Nile Delta, obtained by the recent boring operations' by J W [John Wesley] Judd
Date1885
DescriptionJudd writes: 'Neither of the borings made for the Royal Society, under the superintendence of the Engineers attached to the Army of Occupation in Egypt, appears to have reached the rocky floor of the Nile-Valley, nor do the samples examined show any indication of an approach to such floor. What were at first supposed to be pebbles in one of the samples from Tantah [Tanta], prove on examination to be calcareous concretions (“race” or “kunkur”).'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Geology

Received 12 November 1885. Read 19 November 1885.

A version of this paper was published in volume 39 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Report on a series of specimens of the deposits of the Nile Delta, obtained by the recent boring operations'.
Extent34p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1885.0012
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CodeNameDates
NA6461Judd; John Wesley (1840 - 1916)1840 - 1916
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