THE COAL FIELDS OF GREAT BRITAIN: Their History, Sstructure and Resources with Description of the Coal Fields of Our Indian and Colonial Empire, and of Other Parts of the World, Fifth Edition Revised

Hull, Edward

Published by Hugh Rees Ltd., London, 1905

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(UK) 5th edition, revised 1904. Owner's name to end paper, no other markings, slight toning to end papers, a touch of rubbing to cover corner tips, includes the folded map of British Coal Fields to pocket at the back of the book, fold-out map in excellent order, Very Good; no dust jacket. Black cloth with gold spine titles, xxii, 472pp, index, frontis and 12 maps (mostly fold-outs) 24 B&W figures in text. This book first appeared in 1861. Hull analyzed British coal fields, and arrived at "an available quantity of 79,843 million [long] tons, which if divided by 72 millions of [long] tons (the quantity raised in the year 1859 nearly), would last for no less than 1100 years." For his assessment, Hull included seams of thickness two feet or more, down to a depth of 4000 feet. Hull's estimates were later raised by a Royal Commission on Coal Supplies in 1871, which counted seams down to a thickness of 1 foot, and arrived at 149 Gt (billion metric tons) of minable coal . (2.5 JM hoq 101/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Seller Inventory # 04811

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Title: THE COAL FIELDS OF GREAT BRITAIN: Their ...

Publisher: Hugh Rees Ltd., London

Publication Date: 1905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: 5th.