Coal (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Coal It is now many years since a Work on Coal was presented to the public, and since that time knowledge of its natural history and appreciation of its manifold uses have been increased. Coal is indispensable to all civilised nations, it is not surprising therefore that the origin, position and extent of the seams have exercised the best thought and enquiry of geologists and prospectors, that its discovery and working have stimulated the skill and demanded the best energies of engineers, and the heroism and labours of innumerable miners, that its economical utilisation and application have been obtained in spite of years of necessary labour and research on the part of learned men in many branches of science. This book, though dealing only with the first and last of the aspects of the subject thus suggested, should be interesting and instructive not only to students of various sciences, but to the whole of those people who, though proud of the high commercial position of this country, are unaware as to how greatly this is due to our Coal supplies. As a rule descriptions of mining practice have been avoided, though a few subjects here included are dealt with in the author's "Principles, and Practice of Coal Mining, " published by Messrs. Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 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.