DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SOME RECENT EXPERIMENTS. 

 Record of the Lucknow Artesian Well. 



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Description of soil. 



Colour. 



Thick- 

 ness of 

 stratum. 



Total 



depth 



Made earth, Old Fort embankment 



Brown 



24 



24 



Sandy clay ....... 



Yellowish brown . 



>7i 



4ii 



Kankar, mixed with clay .... 



Bluish grey . 



6i 



48 



Sand and clay, alternate thin layers 



Brown , . 



2 



So 



Quicksand, micaceous ..... 



Grey . 



14 



64 



Sandy clay ....... 



Brown 



2 



65 



Clay, with a little fine sand .... 



Yellow 



19 



8S 



Sand, with very little clay .... 



Grey . 



5 



90 



Quicksand, fine ...... 



Yellow 



M 



104 



Clay ........ 



Whitish 



5 



109 



Clay, with scattering kankar nodules 



Bluish brown 



7 



116 



Kankar ....... 



Bluish grey . 



6J 



116* 



Sandy clay ....... 



Yellow 



fi 



118 



Kankar and clay, mixed .... 



Bluish grey . 



1 



119 



Sandy clay ....... 



Yellowish . 



2 



121 



Sand, clean ...... 



Grey . 



3 



124 



Sandy clay ..... . . 



Brown 



24 



148 



Quicksand ....... 



Grey . 



4 



153 



Silt, fine ....... 



Yellowish brown . 



6 



■S3 



Quicksand, fine . . . mater 61 ft. 



Yellowish brown , 



5 



163 



Sand, with a little clay ..... 



Yellow 



6 



169 



Clay and silt mixed ..... 



Yellow 



9 



.78 



Clay carrying abundance of nodules , 



Yellowish (light) . 



8 



1 83 



Sandy clay ....... 



Yellow 



4 



190 



Quicksand, very fine . . .mater 42 ft. 



Yellowish (light) . 



6 



196 



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