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Ordinary Meeting, March 5th, 1867. 
J. P, Joule, LL.D., F.RS., &c., Vice-President, in the Chair, 
Mr. Binney, FR.S., F.G.S., said that some time since, by the 
kindness of one of onr members (Mr. W. Mellor), he had 
been enabled to see an interesting section of the drift and 
the underlying triassic and coal measures at Ardwick. The 
following beds were met with in the descending order : — ■ 
Ft. In. 
Till, or Boulder Clay, about 45 0 
Lower Gravel 2 6 
Lower Soft Sandstone (Trias) 0 0 
Upper Coal Measures 0 0 
The accompanying wood cut will show the position of 
the Strata : — 
a Till or Boulder Clay. b Sand and Gravel. 
c Upper Coal Measures. b' Circular hole in the Sandstone 
* d Lower Soft Sandstone (Trias) . filled with Sand and G-ravel. 
The gravel under the Till was quite dry, and when it was 
removed by tunnelling in the sandstone so as to let the 
whole of it fall down, the under surface of the Till showed 
a polished appearance, and was as smooth and even as a 
plastered ceiling. It was composed of granitic, trappean, 
silurian, and carboniferous rocks, many of the latter being 
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