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BOVEY BEDS , in See also:geology, a See also:deposit of sands, See also:clays and See also:lignite, 200–300 ft. thick, which lies in a See also:basin extending from Bovey Tracey to See also:Newton See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot in See also:Devonshire, See also:England. The deposit is evidently the result of the degradation of the neighbouring See also:Dartmoor See also:granite; and it was no doubt laid down in a See also:lake. O. Heer, who examined the numerous plant remains from these beds, concluded that they belonged to the same See also:geological See also:horizon as the Molasse or Oligocene of See also:Switzerland. Starkie See also:Gardiner, however, who subsequently examined the See also:flora, showed that it See also:bore a See also:close resemblance to that of the See also:Bournemouth Beds or See also:Lower Bagshot; in this view he is sup-ported by C. See also:Reid. Large excavations have been made for theextraction of the clays, which are very valuable for pottery and similar purposes. The lignite or " Bovey See also:Coal " has at times been burned in the See also:local kilns, and in the engines and workmen's cottages, but it is not economical.
See S. Gardiner, Q. J. G.
S. See also:London, See also:xxxv., 1879; W. See also:Pengelly and O. Heer, Phil. Trans., 1862; C. Reid, Q. J. G. S. lii., 1896, p. 490, and loc. cit. liv., 1898, p. 234. An interesting See also:general See also:account is given by A.
W. Clayden, The See also:History of Devonshire Scenery (London, 1906), pp. 159-168.
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