Abstract
MUCH information relating to the coal deposits of the British Empire is recorded in this book. The geology of the deposits is described, and the statistics of production and reserves in various countries of the world are given. Apparently the most important coal resources of the world are in the northern hemisphere, particularly in countries near the Atlantic Ocean. Roughly three-quarters of the world's coal supplies are located in North America, principally in the United States, while the British Empire contains less than one-fifth of the known coal deposits of the world. The monograph concludes with a list of references to publications dealing with the coal resources of the Empire.
Coal.
J. H.
Ronaldson
By. (Imperial Institute: Monographs on Mineral Resources, with Special Reference to the British Empire.) Pp. ix + 166. (London: John Murray, 1920.) Price 6s. net.
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Coal . Nature 106, 595 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/106595d0
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