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XXV, On the Coal-formation of Clackma- 



nanshire. 



By R. Bald, Civil Engineer, Alloa. 



iRead April, and \Sth May 1809, and 1th April 



1810.] 



X he main coal-field of Clackmananshire is si- 

 tuated upon the north-west boundary of the coal- 

 district of Scotland ; and, according to all the trials 

 and observations which have been made, it ap- 

 pears, that no series of thick or workable beds of 

 coal are to be found any where farther west and 

 north of the river Forth, although at the same time 

 it is probable, thin seams of coal, or detached beds, 

 may be yet found in that direction. 



This coal-field is bounded on the north by that 

 beautiful range of mountains named the Ochils ; 



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