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... quantities of fossil fuel now employed for this indispensable adjunct of our modern civilisation may be imagined when it is remembered that hardly a town exists within moderate distance of a coalfield or of the sea coast , in which gas ...
... quantities of fossil fuel now employed for this indispensable adjunct of our modern civilisation may be imagined when it is remembered that hardly a town exists within moderate distance of a coalfield or of the sea coast , in which gas ...
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... quantity of coal used for this purpose , with a much greater increase to the iron trade . If we take , as an example , the results in Scotland , we find that the ton of pig - iron , as made in 1829 at the Clyde Iron Works , required the ...
... quantity of coal used for this purpose , with a much greater increase to the iron trade . If we take , as an example , the results in Scotland , we find that the ton of pig - iron , as made in 1829 at the Clyde Iron Works , required the ...
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... quantity . In the absence of accurate data it is estimated that in Great Britain about ten millions of tons of coal were raised in a year at the beginning of this century . The continental production at the time was exceedingly small ...
... quantity . In the absence of accurate data it is estimated that in Great Britain about ten millions of tons of coal were raised in a year at the beginning of this century . The continental production at the time was exceedingly small ...
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... quantities ; and then Austria , with a little above 1,000,000 tons . In 1853 , Mr. T. Y. Hall , of Newcastle , after much investigation , stated the British production to be 56,550,000 tons . At length , in 1854 , through the ...
... quantities ; and then Austria , with a little above 1,000,000 tons . In 1853 , Mr. T. Y. Hall , of Newcastle , after much investigation , stated the British production to be 56,550,000 tons . At length , in 1854 , through the ...
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... quantity represented by these figures may be brought before the eye by the following comparisons , supposing that we take the approximation of one ton being , as it lies densely packed in the earth , one cubic yard . If we take the area ...
... quantity represented by these figures may be brought before the eye by the following comparisons , supposing that we take the approximation of one ton being , as it lies densely packed in the earth , one cubic yard . If we take the area ...
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