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The Industrial Resources of Ireland
Robert Kane
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Paperback. Published in 1844, this survey of the natural resources of Ireland and their potential was overtaken by the Famine. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Sir Robert Kane (1809–1890) was a noted Irish chemist, becoming a professor at the age of twenty-two. His work on compounds of ammonia were considered internationally important. His 1,200-page textbook, Elements of Chemistry (1841) was considered 'the best extant in the English language' and was widely used in England and America. The Industrial Resources of Ireland, published in 1844 and reissued in 1845, had originated in a series of lectures to the Royal Dublin Society, and contains a mass of factual detail on the energy, mineral, agricultural, capital and labour resources of the country. Kane believed that Ireland did not ... Read more
Sir Robert Kane (1809–1890) was a noted Irish chemist, becoming a professor at the age of twenty-two. His work on compounds of ammonia were considered internationally important. His 1,200-page textbook, Elements of Chemistry (1841) was considered 'the best extant in the English language' and was widely used in England and America. The Industrial Resources of Ireland, published in 1844 and reissued in 1845, had originated in a series of lectures to the Royal Dublin Society, and contains a mass of factual detail on the energy, mineral, agricultural, capital and labour resources of the country. Kane believed that Ireland did not ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108026857
SKU
KCW0015653
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Ref
99-1
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