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On the lignite formation of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire

by

William Pengelly and Oswald Heer

London: Philosophical Transactions, Part II (1862), 106pp.

Prepared by Michael Steer

Bovey physician, Dr J.G. Croker in 1856 first described the physical features of the basin, surrounding the junction of the Teign and Bovey Rivers, in which are found large beds of lignite and their associated clays (used in pottery). His study was followed by that of Dr William Pengelly of Torquay and his colleague, the Rev Dr Oswald Heer of Zurich. The Bovey Formation is the major source in England for ball clay, which is of great importance to the pottery industry. Large excavations have been made for the extraction of these clays. The lignite or "Bovey Coal" was in the past burned in local kilns, and in steam engines and workmen's cottages, but it was not economical. Robert Sture, ancestor of Bovey's long-settled Steer family is described as a "collyor" in a 1541 Deed of Sale held at the Devon Records Office. Pengelly and Heer's book contains a fascinating catalogue with illustrations of the remarkable fossil plant life they discovered and catalogued in the Bovey Basin. This book, held as part of the Bodleian Library Collection was produced from a digital copy that can be downloaded from http://books.google.co.uk/books, with a search by either author of title. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.

	Page
Blume	39
Brice, Mr	viii, ix, 2
Bronn	xvii, 58
Brongniart, M.A	57-59
Connybeare, Rev W.D.	xi, xii, 2
Coutts, Miss Burdett	iii, 3
Croker, Dr J.G.of Bovey	xiv, xv, 2, 3, 5, 64
Cuvier	57
Debey, Dr	35
De la Beche, Sir H.	xiii, 2, 3, 18
Divett, Mr John, Esq. of Bovey	xvi, 3, 11, 14-16, 20, 21
Dun.	53
Endlicher	34, 42, 49, 51, 53
Ettinghausen	xvii, 34, 35, 50, 56
Everest, Rev R, FGS	3
Falconer, Dr	xvi, 3, 18, 37, 59
Farroni, Mr	vii
Fitch, Mr of Kew	18, 33
Forbes, Professor Edward	18
French, Mr Robert of Bovey	xv
Giebel, Professor	10, 31
Godwin-Austen, Mr	xii, 2, 13, 18
Goeppert	34
Hatchett, Charles, Esq, FRS	vii-xi, 2, 11, 12
Haydon, Dr of Bovey	ix
Heer, Rev. Professor Oswald	i, xvi, xvii, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 21, 31, 37
41, 43, 47, 50, 51, 56, 57
Hollman, Professor of Göttingen	vi
Hooker, Dr	xiv, xv, 2, 3, 11, 44, 58, 59, 64
Juss.	51
Keeping, Mr H.	3, 10
Key, J.H. Esq	xvi
Kirwan, Mr	vii, 2
Kingston, Mr J.F.	xii, 2
Kunth.	52, 56
Lamb	35
Leonhard	57
Lindl.	34
Lyell, Sir Charles	xvi, 1, 3, 18, 21
Ludwig	31, 34, 38, 41, 51-53, 58-60
Lysson's	xi, 2
Macclesfield, Earl of	v
Martius	39, 40
Massalonga	35
Maton, Dr	vii, ix, 2
M'Culloch, Dr J.M.	xi, 2
Meyer	38
Milles, Rev Dr Jeremiah de	v-x, 2
Parkinson, Mr	vi, ix, 2
Pengelly, William, FRS, FGS etc	i, xvii, 1, 21, 24, 26, 33, 39
Percy, Dr	xv, xvii
Phillips, Professor	vii, xi, 2
Robenhausen	55
Rossmassler	32, 40, 41, 44
Salisb.	54
Scammell, Mr Robert of Bovey	x, xiv, xv, 2, 11
Sternberg	35, 57
Thunb.	41
Turton, Dr	xii
Unger	34, 35, 39, 43, 44, 46-50, 53, 54, 56, 58
Vancouver, Mr Charles	xi, 2
Vaux, Fred. Esq	xiii, 2
Weber, O.	41, 48, 50, 57
Whiteway, Mr	17
Zenker	57, 58

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