The industrial resources of Ireland / By Robert Kane.

  • Robert John Kane
Date:
1845
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The industrial resources of Ireland / By Robert Kane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ballyhickey lead mine, 213. Ballybunion, alum rocks of, 229. Bann, water power of the, 85. reservoirs, 99. Barrow navigation, 355. Basaltic rocks of Antrim, 180. Basalts, value of, in building, 240. composition of, 267. Barytes, minerals of, 245. Berehaven copper mine, 194. Beet-root sugar, 320. Blende, localities of, 223. Bog, mode of formation of, 33. extent and nature of, 35. distribution of, 39. as sources of fuel, 37. marls found under, 281. subsoils under, 282. Bog iron ore, analysis of, 128. Bonmahon copper mine, 189. Bones, composition of, 282. Board of Works, results of the, 350. Breast wheel, 88. Brosna, power of the, 105. Brick clay, localities of, 236. Building materials, 239. C. Caime lead mine, 208. Calp limestone, position of, 7. analysis of, 281. Callows of the Shannon,258, 339. Canals, Grand and Royal, 356. — of the north of Ireland, 357. proposed connecting,359. Capital, supposed want of, in Ire- land, 408. uses of English, 410. Carboniferous slate, 178. Carbonization of turf, 41. Catchment basins of rivers, 78. Caucasses of the Shannon, 253. Charcoal made from turf, 43. manufacture of iron by, 158. Chalk of Antrim, 180. Chalk, as a building stone, 240. China clay, localities of, 230. Civilizing effects of roads, 344. Clare lead mines, 211. Clay ironstones, analyses of, 132, 135. slate, localities of, 173. composition of, 233. preparation of, 237. localities of pure kinds, 231, 236. marls under bogs, 281. slate, for roofing, quarries of, 242. for building, 240. Clover, composition of, 276, 278. Coal, origin and constitution of, 6. formations, structure of, 5, 13; 178. varieties of, 8. fields of Ireland, 7, 15. analyses of, 23, 28. fields, iron ores of the, 130. clays of the, 232. seat, nature of, 13, 234. Cobalt ore, localities of, 223. Coking of coal, 141, 150. of turf, 41. Coke from Arigna coals, 150. Connaught coal districts, 16. lakes, water power of, 86. navigation of, 361. Combinations in Ireland, 403. Connoree copper mine, 184. Construction of railways, 363. Consumption of coal in England, 49, Copperas, manufacture of, 227. 230. Copper mines of Wicklow, 184. South Cork, 192. north of Dublin, 200. general nature of, 183, Kerry and Tipperary. 197. Waterford, 194. ores, analyses of, 182. smelting of, 201.