A history of coal, coke, coal fields, progress of coal mining, the winning and working of collieries, household, steam, gas, coking, and other coals, duration of the great northern coal field, mine surveying and government inspection : iron, its ores, and processes of manufacture, more particularly with reference to the recently-discovered iron ores of the Cleveland district and of the blast furnances in the north of England / by W. Fordyce.

Author/creator Fordyce, William
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : S. Low, Son, and Co. ; New York : Scribner & Co., 1860 (Newcastle-upon-Tyne : J.O. Forster)
Description1 online resource (viii, 1 unnumbered page, 5-164 pages, 37 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, folded maps.
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SeriesThe making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914)
Making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914) UNAUTHORIZED
General noteReproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.
General note"Including estimates of the capital required to embark in the coal, coke or iron trades, the probable amount of profit to be realized, amount of capital invested in collieries and iron works, mode of valuing mineral property, &c. A brief history of the coal and from iron trades, brought down to the present time. Illustrated with sketch geological map and numerous highly finished engravings."
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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