The water supply of Oxfordshire, with records of sinkings and borings / by R.H. Tiddeman ... with contributions on rainfall by Hugh Robert Mill ... Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.

  • Tiddeman, R. H. (Richard Hill)
Date:
1910
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Credit: The water supply of Oxfordshire, with records of sinkings and borings / by R.H. Tiddeman ... with contributions on rainfall by Hugh Robert Mill ... Pub. by order of the lords commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ill PREFACE. This Memoir, which deals with the Water Snp])lj of Oxfordshire from imdergroimd sources, has been prepared by Mr. R. H. Tiddeman since his retirement from the Staff of the Geological Survey. In addition to a large number of records of sinkings and borings and of analyses of water, it contains a valuable account of the rainfall which has been contributed by Dr. H. R. Milk The formations wbicb outcrop within the limits of the County range in age from Reading Beds to Lower Lias, but some wells and borings extend down to Carboniferous Rocks. The capability of these formations, and of the superficial deposits to yield water, has been discussed by the Author in the introductory jiages. The strata passed through in the wells and borings are usually recorded in the words of the well-sinker, but, wherever possible, the forma- tions under wbicb they should be grouped, have been added to the original accounts in a separate column. The Author is indebted for much help to Mr. Horace B. Wood- ward and Dr. A. Strahan. Many records have been included from the Geological Survey Memoir on the Jurassic Rocks of Great Britain by Mr. Woodward, but for the greater number of the well-sections we have to thank the many engineers and well-sinkers whose names appear throughout the volume. To Mr. W. W. Fisher, Public Analyst for the Counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, the Author expresses his gratitude for much personal assistance as well as for help derived from his published works. For the preparation of the second and third pai-ts of the Bibliography we have to thank Dr. H. Franklin Parsons. In the passing of the work through the press the Author has received great assistance from Mr. E. G. W. Elliott. J. J. H. TEALL, Director, Geological Siirvey Office^ 28, Jermyn Street^ London, \2th April, 1910. (14124—17.) Wt, 13347—84. 500. 6/10. D & S.