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Excerpt from The Geology of the South Wales Coal-Field, Vol. 1: The Country Around Newport, Monmouthshire; Being an Account of the Region Comprised in Sheet 249 of the Map The Coal Field at its eastern end assumes the form of an oval basin elongated in an east and west direction, and with a much sharper upturn on its southern than on its northern margin. The steepest inclinations within this map occur along the south eastern hp of the basin between Pontypool and Risca, where the range from 45° to and between Risca and T n-y-coai: where they vary from 30° to Both within an without this highly inclined lip the di rapidly diminishes, and the principal coal-workings are carri on in nearly horizontal strata. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.