 | Engineering - 1871 - 694 pages
...of the present day. COAL AND IRON.* BY JS NEWBERRY, M. D, IX. D. From " The American Chemist." Coal is entitled to be considered as the mainspring of...wrought to serve the purposes of man. By coal, night is in one sense converted into day, winter into summer, and the life of man, measured by its fruits, greatly... | |
 | 1870 - 178 pages
...morals, as they do the farms and towns, of all the dairy districts. 31 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. COAL. Coal is entitled to be considered as the mainspring of...certainty over all portions of the earth's surface, the usual metals are brought from the deep caves in which they have hidden themselves, and are purified... | |
 | Geological Survey of Ohio, John Strong Newberry - Geology - 1871 - 192 pages
...and morals, as they do the farms and towns, of all the dairy districts. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. COAL. Coal is entitled to be considered as the mainspring of...wrought to serve the purposes of man. By coal, night is in one sense converted into day, winter into summer, and the life of man, measured by its fruits, greatly... | |
 | James Macfarlane - Coal - 1873 - 740 pages
...mainspring «' our civilization. By the power developed in ite combustion all the wheels of iadffltrr are kept in motion, commerce is carried with rapidity...themselves, and are purified and wrought to serve the purpose« of man. By coal night is, in one sense, converted into day, winter into sumant, md the life... | |
 | JAMES MACFARLANE. A.M. - 1873 - 718 pages
...tardy, its efforts altogether unavailing."—WALTER E. JOHNSON. " Coal," says Prof. JS Newberry, u is entitled to be considered as the mainspring of...of industry are kept in motion, commerce is carried witli rapidity and certainty over all portions of the earth's surface, the useful metals are brought... | |
 | James Macfarlane - Coal - 1875 - 822 pages
...tardy, its efforts altogether unavailing." — WALTER E. Jonxsou. " Coal," says Prof. JS Xeivuerry, •' is entitled to be considered as the mainspring of our civilization. By tho power developed in its combustion all the wheels of industry are kept in motion, commerce is carried... | |
 | Andrew Roy - Coal mines and mining - 1876 - 436 pages
...IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEHIGH AND DELAWARE RIVERS — OPENING OF THE SCHUYLKILL REGION. " Coal," says Dr. NEWBERRY, " is entitled to be considered as the mainspring...wrought to serve the purposes of man. By coal, night is, in one sense, converted into day, winter into summer, and the life of man, measured by its fruits,... | |
 | Iowa Geological Survey - Geology - 1894 - 666 pages
...invention of the steam engine. "Coal," says ISTewberry, "is entitled to be considered as the mainspring of civilization. By the power developed in its combustion,...of industry are kept in motion, commerce is carried on with rapidity and certainty over all portions of the earth's surface, the useful metals are brought... | |
 | Mary C. Rabbitt - Mineral lands - 1979 - 786 pages
...interest of the Ohio Survey. Newberry himself became almost lyrical on the subject. Coal, he said, was entitled to be considered as the mainspring of our...wrought to serve the purposes of man. By coal, night is in one sense converted into day, winter into summer, and the life of man, measured by its fruits, greatly... | |
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Coal is entitled to be considered as the mainspring of our civilization. By the power developed in its combustion, all the wheels of industry are kept in motion, commerce is carried with rapidity and certainty over all portions of the earth's surface,... 