COAL & CIVILIZATION

by Jeffrey, Edward Charles

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NY:: Macmillan,, 1925. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends + cover tips lightly worn; otherwise good.. index. With b&w cross-section microphotographs of various kinds of coal. Plant Morphology Prof examines origins / nature / characteristics of peat, anthracite, cannel, & bituminous coals, Tasmanite, Torbanite, Kentucky `bog-head' oil-rocks, & oil-shale found in large quantities in Utah, Colorado, & Wyoming. ||| He disputes algae-based theory of coal origin; concedes that tho' Scotland distilled oil from Torbanite for years, cost of processing makes drilled crude oil more attractive, though he prophesies on page 13): `It will be unfortunate if any of the Great Nations allow their international relations & policies to be permanently influenced by the desire to possess or dominate oil fields.'