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'The geology of the Mahamid district [Upper Egypt].' A thesis presented for the degree of M.Sc. by Saad Eddin Sobhy El Nakkady, 1943. [University not named, but cf. MS 85.].

The Fauna of the British Valentian Series: the Sedgwick Essay. [O. T. Jones was awarded the Sedgwick Essay prize in 1910.].

Results of a series of experiments on the distribution of pressures in sand, 1929-30. [cf. Portfolio A nos 23 - 34.].

Notes, calculations, and material relating to various fields of research, research undertaken sometimes for purely academic purposes, and sometimes where O. T. Jones was called on as a consultant. It will be seen that these interests sometimes merged.

(One of a series of lectures.).

Personal papers and correspondence of O. T. Jones. A certain amount of correspondence has already been noted passim. MSS 71-74 are made up of random material now brought together. MS 75-81 are files kept as such by O. T. Jones himself.

Part of a paper [?thesis] on the Ordovician stratigraphy of the Bett's Cove-Tilt Cove area and Notre Dame Bay, N. E. Newfondland, by A. K. Snelgrove, Princeton University, 1931.

Papers relating to the building of a power station for Swansea Corporation, for whom O. T. Jones acted as a consultant. The papers consist mainly of correspondence between O. T. Jones and Swansea Corporation on the one hand and Sir Cyril Kirkpatrick & Partners on the other, 1928-35. They are primarily concerned with the examination of various possible sites and the results of borings. Tir John Power Station was opened in 1935. [cf. Bibl., 1942, an article based on data obtained at this time.].

Papers relating to subsidence affecting the Marlborough Mills, Oldham, Lancashire. O. T. Jones acted as a consultant to Platt Bros & Co., the owners of coal mines in the vicinity. A large file of notes, plans, and periodic observations made at the surface, dealing in part with the possible relation of the subsidence to the moisture content of the underlying clay; 1931-38. [cf. Portfolio M.].

Papers in the action Thomas Owen & Co. Ltd v. Glamorgan Haematite Iron Co. Ltd in which O. T. Jones acted as a consultant for the defendants. The plaintiffs, owners of paper mills, alleged pollution of the river Ely near Cardiff to their own injury. A large file of legal papers, maps, plans, analyses, etc., 1928-30.

Papers in the action The Graigola Merthyr Co. Ltd v. Swansea Corporation, in which O. T. Jones acted as a consultant for the defendants. The action concerned Blaen Nant Ddu reservoir which, by agreement, had been emptied for three years to enable the plaintiffs to mine beneath it; they now oppose refilling the reservoir because of danger to their other mines. A large file of legal papers, plans, and technical evidence, 1920-27. Included among reports made by O. T. Jones is 'An analysis of the structure of the South Wales coalfield', 13pp. [cf. Portfolio 5 nos 37 - 41 & Portfolio A no. 8.].