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THIS little volume contains a eulogy of the mineral wealth of the famous State of Minas Geraes, the importance and value of which have long been well known to all who have studied, however superficially, the distribution of the world's mineral resources. The author appears to have searched diligently all available records of Brazilian mining and has evidently read widely and extensively; it is only a pity that he did not supplement his want of knowledge of technical matters by getting some competent mining engineer to revise his proof sheets. This would have saved him from repeating such a foolish criticism as that of Sir Richard Burton upon the shortcomings of the Brazilian miner:—“The Davy and the Geordie were equally unknown to him,” the mines referred to being gold mines (!); it would have prevented him from persistently writing “phosphorous” instead of “phosphorus” it would have most certainly corrected his version of the reports of Baron von Eschwege, from which it seems that the author is unaware that the German equivalent of “blast furnace“ is “Hochofen,” and that “high furnace” is a phrase that conveys no meaning to the British smelter.
Mineral Resources of Minas Geraes (Brazil).
By A. F. Calvert. Pp. xvi + 100 + 127 plates. (London: E. and F. N. Spon, Ltd.; New York: Spon and Chamberlain, 1915.) Price 6s. net.
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Mineral Resources of Minas Geraes(Brazil). Nature 96, 87 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096087a0
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