In the late-1840s a new industry started in Cambridge - digging up fossils. Known as coprolites and thought by some to be fossilised dinosaur droppings, they were extracted in a large-scale open-cast mining operation to be used as the raw material in the manufacture of superphosphate - the world's first chemical fertiliser. This book investigates the social, economic and environmental impact of the diggings in Fen Ditton.
- ISBN10 1470932571
- ISBN13 9781470932572
- Publish Date 16 November 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 89
- Language English