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PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN-10133206275X
ISBN-139781332062751
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038586970
Product Key Features
Book TitlePeat and Lignite : Their Manufacture and Uses in Europe (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages308 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicIndustries / General, General, Power Resources / Fossil Fuels
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Business & Economics
AuthorE. Nystrom
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal338.76155321
SynopsisExcerpt from Peat and Lignite: Their Manufacture and Uses in Europe Canada, like all northern co.untries, possesses large areas of peat bogs, which are distributed practically. All over the country. The following table, obtained from the bulletin on peat by Dr. R. Chalmers, of the Geological Survey of Canada, gives a summary of the peat areas in Canada and the average depths of the bogs. East of Lake Superior the figures are at least approximately correct; west of that they are largely estimated. 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., Excerpt from Peat and Lignite: Their Manufacture and Uses in Europe Sir, You are instructed to proceed at the earliest moment to Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Holland and Ireland, for the purpose of studying and reporting upon the Peat Industry in these countries. It will be your duty to familiarize yourself with the methods, processes and machinery employed in the commercial production of fuel from peat and lignite and such other exploitations of peat bogs as lead to commercial products. This examination is undertaken in the interest of the Peat Industry of Canada, and it will, therefore, be your duty also to ascertain all facts relating to costs of production; to procure photographs, drawings and plans of machinery and apparatus used; and obtain information regarding patents issued to the different inventors of processes and machinery, the countries where they have been issued and full particulars thereof. You are further instructed to visit the Peat Laboratories of such countries as have established them, familiarize yourself with the methods employed for determining the value and class of peat, and report upon these methods and the apparatus, equipment and arrangement of these laboratories. 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.
LC Classification NumberHD9559.P5E85 2015
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