 | Thomas Rowan (consulting engineer.) - 1882 - 144 páginas
...Thus, from the wreck of forests that waved upon the surface of the primeval lands, and from ferruginous mud that was lodged at the bottom of the primeval...increase the riches, and multiply the comforts, and ameliorate the condition of mankind." GEOLOGICAL POSITION OF COAL. In the modern arrangement of strata... | |
 | 1836 - 610 páginas
...Thus, from the wreck of forests that waved upon the surface of the primeval lands, and from ferruginous mud that was lodged at the bottom of the primeval...increase the riches, and multiply the comforts, and ameliorate the condition of mankind.' — pp. 65 — 67. Not less important to the welfare of our species... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1859 - 826 páginas
...Thus, from the wreck of forests that waved upon the surface of primeval lands, and from ferruginous mud that was lodged at the bottom of the primeval...industry, which contribute more than any other mineral production of the earth to increase the riches and multiply thn comfort«, and ameliorate the condition... | |
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... derived from ore, for the most part coeval with, or more ancient than the fuel, by the aid of which we reduce it to its metallic state, and apply it to innumerable uses in the economy of human life. Thus, from the wreck of forests that waved upon... 
