REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1903 35 



Connecticut peats (concluded) 



SOURCE 



Analyst 



Org. 



Ash 

 5.41 



Water 



Place 



25rRockville Ct 



R. A. Fuller.. 



64.23 



30.36 



Fresh-water swamp 



26 RockvilleCt 



'* 



83.88 



2.21 



13.91 



(( 



27 RockvilleCt 



" 



52.16 



9.63 



38.21 



(( 



28 Brooklyn Ct 



" 



55.05 



6.37 



38.58 



" 



29 New Haven Ct. . . . 



" 



57.57 



27.13 



15.3 



" 



30 Stonington Ct 





64.81 



8.68 



26.51 



Originally fresh, now 

 covered with salt 

 water 



31 South Salem N. Y. 



" 



59.3 



21.27 



19.43 



Fresh-water swamp 



32 Salisbury Ct 



ic 



55.23 



16.7 



28.07 



" 



33 Stonington Ct.... 





28.37 



61.85 



8.78 



Salt-water swamp 



Ontario peats ^ 



BOG 



1 Welland 



From top to 20 in. depth 



From 20 in. to clay bottom at 42 in , 



2 Beaverton 



From top to 7 in. depth 



From 7 in. to 15 in. depth 



From 15 in. to 26 in. depth 



From 26 in. to 40 in. bottom 



3 Perth 



Top 5 ft 



Top 4 ft 



4 Brunner 



Top 3 ft 



5 Brockville 



Upper stratum, 3 ft 



Part lower stratum, from 3 down to 5 ft , 



6 Rondeau 



Lower stratum beneath surface growth . , 



From stock pile 

 7 Newington 



Sample no. 1 . . . 



2... 



3... 



4... 



Water 



in 



original 



sample 



Per cent 



82 2 

 87.48 



62.98 

 83.31 



84.86 

 82.98 



87.94 

 86.66 

 87.62 

 90.12 



Calculated on 15 % water 

 content 



Volatile 



combus 



tibles 



Per cent 



59.27 



56.78 



57.13 

 67.58 

 73.6 

 56.93 



54.72 

 57.81 



60.1 



55.08 

 57.15 



58.56 



54.6 



67.99 



56.74 

 54.42 

 58.70 

 58.15 



Fixed carbon ash 



Per cent Per cent 



21.66 

 21.05 



11.67 

 10.39 



4.72 

 .40 



19.85 

 18.92 



15.7 



20.62 

 13.73 



23.29 



22.44 

 11.06 



27.21 

 28.61 

 24.73 

 25.3 



4.07 



7.17 



16.2 

 7.03 

 6.68 



27.67 



10.43 



8.27 



9.2 



14.12 



3.15 

 7.96 

 5.95 



1.05 

 1.97 

 1.57 

 1.55 



Carter, W. E. H. Peat Fuel: its Manufacture and Use. p.l8. 



