Steinbruchindustrie und Steinbruchgeologie: technische Geologie nebst praktischen Winken für die Verwertung von Gesteinen, unter eingehender Berücksichtigung der Steinindustrie des Königreiches Sachsen

Abstract

IN its elaborate title, of which we have omitted the concluding lines, this work explains its own existence. While it gives a useful account of methods of quarrying, and of the practical applications of various kinds of stone, it specially describes the rocks of Saxony and their economic relations at the present day. The two divisions, general and special, occupy almost equal space, and it will be seen that the book is thus a valuable addition to our libraries. What some of the American States have done for their own areas, what Mr. G. H. Kinahan did for Ireland, in his papers on ”Economic Geology,” is here repeated for a country of great geological interest. It appears that in Saxony, as in London itself, the use of stone for buildings of a permanent character is becoming more and more extensive, while increasing demands are made upon the quarries for ordinary engineering works.

Steinbruchindustrie und Steinbruchgeologie: technische Geologie nebst praktischen Winken für die Verwertung von Gesteinen, unter eingehender Berücksichtigung der Steinindustrie des Königreiches Sachsen.

By Dr. O. Herrmann. Pp. xvi + 428. (Berlin: Borntraeger, 1899.)