ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF "FULLER'S EARTH" FROM EASTGATE, BEVERLEY, NORTH HUMBERSIDE.
Author(s): M P Heyworth
A small sample of soil was examined to confirm whether it was fuller's earth, used to scour and cleanse the cloth in the early textile industry. Analyses of both the elemental and mineralogical composition of the soil found no trace of calcium montmorillonite and on this basis the sample cannot be fuller's earth.
- Report Number:
- 60/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 2
- Keywords:
- Soil/Sediment
