An analysis of the Leamington spa, in Warwickshire; with remarks on its use, and medicinal qualities / [George Hume Weatherhead].

  • George Weatherhead
Date:
1820
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Credit: An analysis of the Leamington spa, in Warwickshire; with remarks on its use, and medicinal qualities / [George Hume Weatherhead]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GEOLOGICAL REMARKS. The stratification in the neighbourhood of Lea- mington runs thus : under the soil there is, 1st, sandy gravel; 2dly, pure sand; 3dly, red marly clay ;* 4thly, blue clay ; 5thly, rag-rock, as denominated by the labourers, which appears to be a gritty induration of the blue clay ; 6thly, soft blue clay;f and Tthly, sandstone. Between 5 and 6 is found the common drinking water of the place, and under the sandstone is the saline spring. The rag-rock of Warwickshire appears to be the same as the shaggy-metal of the Cheshire miners. * This red marl seems to be part of that extensive bed which Mr. Farey has traced so particularly in his General View of the Agriculture, &c. of Derbyshire,” drawn up by order of the Board of Agriculture. f I have had no opportunity, as yet, of tracing the variations of the clav strata below that numbered 6, in the manner and series described by Dr. Holland, save the lamina which the digging for cellars, &c. developed, and the tapering leaves of strata, which overtopped the sandstone, where it became almost in a manner sub-cutaneous; bat I shall not lose sight of the matter.