THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION

OF

FOSSIL FUEL,

OR

MINERAL COMBUSTIBLES

EMPLOYED IN THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES.

THEIR PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION,

PRICES, DUTIES, AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.

INCLUDING FOUR HUNDRED STATISTICAL TABLES, AND ELEVEN HUNDRED

ANALYSES OF MINERAL BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES.

WITH INCIDENTAL STATEMENTS OF THE STATISTICS OF IRON MANUFACTURES,

&c. &c.

DERIVED FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS AND ACCREDITED AUTHORITIES.

Ellustrated with Coloured Maps and Diagrams.

BY

RICHARD COWLING TAYLOR, F.G.S.,

&c., &c.
AUTHOR OF "INDEX MONASTICUS, IN THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF EAST ANGLIA.”

LONDON:
JOHN CHAPMAN, 142, STRAND.

PHILADELPHIA: J. W. MOORE.

MDCCCXLVIII.