Author : Institution Of Civil Engineers
Release : 2018-10-10
Genre : Technology & Engineering
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, 1845, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Institution Of Civil Engineers

Download or read book The Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, 1845, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Institution Of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 2018-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, 1845, Vol. 1 The natural gifts of sovereign goodness, however, are distributed with a discriminative hand, that man, in His image, and in the likeness of His power, may ever exercise the creative energies with which he has been endowed, and that his course may be ever onwards. And thus it is, that in countries such as Ireland, almost deprived of fossil fuel, improvements in the preparation and use of Peat, which so abounds, should always be an object of solicitude. Accordingly, though little regarded here, and commonly viewed as only worthy the attention of the peasant, whose winter comforts depend so much upon its collection, the best method of preparing, and using Turf, have long formed objects of even national investigation, in continental countries possessing exten sive deposits of Peat: and in the languages of Denmark, Holland, Germany, and France, an extensive, though little known, literature of the subject exists. With us attention to the improvement of Peat fuel has beenrare and casual, and confined to a few individuals, whose energies have unfortunately taken a wrong direction, so that, in fact, the actual practice of collecting and prepar ing this, the national fuel of Ireland, has always remained unimproved, and is now in its most primitive condition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.