Author : William Francis Rocheleau
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 19,18 MB
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780656161225
Book Description
Excerpt from Great American Industries, Vol. 1: Coal, Petroleum, Iron, Marble, Slate, Gold and Silver, Copper and Zinc While wood was plenty and but little coal needed, this answered all purposes; but when nearly all the wood had been cut off and more coal was needed every day, people began to wonder where it was to come from. They never dreamed that in the ground, and possibly under their own houses, was so great a supply that it would take hundreds of years to use it all, even if it were used for every purpose for which heat is needed. 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.