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THE Imperial Institute has been subjected to much adverse criticism. Its commercial collections, refreshment catering, fellows club, limelight lectures by eminent men, continental orchestras, library, exhibitions, journal, and commercial intelligence department have all in turn been disparaged. The scientific and technical department has alone escaped attack. There, in well-equipped laboratories, with an enthusiastic staff of experts, valuable research work on new products has been carried on quietly and continuously for some years past. A striking example of the value of the work done is afforded by the exhaustive report just published on the coal supply of India by Prof. Wyndham R. Dunstan. This report embodies the results of the examination of a large number of selected samples from the principal seams. Methodically arranged, well printed, and written in a style that is not too abstruse for the general reader, it is a model of what such a report should be.
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BROUGH, B. Indian Coals at the Imperial Institute. Nature 58, 380 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058380a0
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