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Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800

Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800

by Thorsheim, Peter
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Britain's supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal. This coal not only powered steam engines in factories, ships, and railway locomotives but also warmed homes and cooked food.

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Pub dateFeb 15, 2006
ISBN-100821416804
ISBN-139780821416808
LanguageEnglish
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