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The Coal Problem

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MAN digs up certain black stones from the bosom of the earth and says to them, “Go forth and make heat, power, light, gas and electricity”.

(1)Coal in the New Era.

By Ivor Thomas. Pp. 224. (London and New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1934.) 5s. net.

(2)Smoke and the Atmosphere: Studies from a Factory Town.

By Dr. J. R. Ashworth. Pp. xii + 131. (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1933.) 7s. 6d. net.

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A., E. The Coal Problem. Nature 133, 362–363 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133362a0

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