Physical Character of Raritan Clays.— Continued. 





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Tensile Strength. 

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Cone 01. 





Cone 3. 



Cone 5. 



Cone, 



Cone.o. 





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Remarks. 





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 378 



380 



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396 



718 

 63a 



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625 

 623 



634 

 640 



622 

 630 



621 



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643 





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7.86 



5.6 



u.36 







Cone 15— Fire shrinkage. ?•'; 







Yellow top clay; sandy feeling; many t 

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cales, 

 mall 





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Viscous ' mTooc It™ 3 ° 



24 



86 



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1 











136 



S-9S 

 6.83 







Viscous at cone 27. 





Ware and ball clav from bottom ..f 1 

 grained; little or no grit, with cone 



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29 



36 

















2 



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cone 34+- 

 Viscous at cone 33. 



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Sand Hills— R. H. & N. Valentine 



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Dense, brownish black clay; little iron; from southern 























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\V J Mm tire clay, fairly plastic 



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S.89 





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East of Milltown— American Enameled 





259 



















cone 30. 





Raritan Fire and Terra Cotta Clay. 



used for 



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57 





2-5 



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Piscataway— C. Richards, Lessee 







93 



Ver-, f,»Hj nrt lii^lilj pla-Ai-. .n," used ( = r hollow 



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3.4 



,2.48 







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,.44 







Homogeneous, gritty clay, with porous texture and 



36 



98 

 85 





9.S 



3.69 

















Hark gray flay, with .small mica scalt-5 



fire cla 



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absorption, 4.8,-. Vitrified 

 Cone T-r £e shrinka c 



56 



Piscataway— Brinckman Terra Cotta .Co., 



79 



96 





4 



■ 3..2 



r 



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absorption, .69. Viscous at 









10.3 



9lr. 



















Trenton Fire Clay. 



Dogtown— J. J. Moon [No. 1 blue clay; whitish; some fine gr 







33.S 



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13.63 







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8.64 















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8.26 













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93 



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65 



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5-6 

























Cone 03 — Fire shrinkage, 5; 





Brick mixture of Raritan clay, surface 



loam and 



Clay 



..4 



.3-SS 







7.33 



5-3 















On Assiscunk creek, t J/£ miles east of 





■ 20 



Yellowish white, gritty clay; little mica; used in foun- 







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5.25 



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■ 20 



Fairly plastic; some ttrif, no mica; red and white 



68 

 63 



u6 









,3.6. 



6 



9.88 



Cone 03 — Fire ahrinkane. 1, 



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Fairly phge. «i.h ™* grit; wh.lc „*Ufap .cars 



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Cone 03— Fire shrinkage, 3.7; 





Plastic, some coarse grit, mottled clay from main 

 bank; used for terra eolta and foundry work . . . . 











4.7 



„3 



6.7 



2.96 









do 





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2. 



7.9, 



Cone . Fire shrinks e 







■ 3 

















■3 



■452 



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,2.82 



absorption, ;.o6. 

 J Cone 15 — Fire shrinkage, j.y. 



















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■ S.4. 







[Cone 27 — Nearly viscous. 



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80 



















8.52 





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Miscellaneous. 

 2 miles south of Monmouth Junction, on, ,...-. 





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