The Industrial Resources of Ireland

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Industrial Resources of Ireland
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Kane
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Technology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreEconomic history
ISBN/Barcode 9781108026857
ClassificationsDewey:338.0941509034
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 February 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sir Robert Kane (1809-1890) was a noted Irish chemist, becoming a professor at the age of twenty-two. His work on compounds of ammonia were considered internationally important. His 1,200-page textbook, Elements of Chemistry (1841) was considered 'the best extant in the English language' and was widely used in England and America. The Industrial Resources of Ireland, published in 1844 and reissued in 1845, had originated in a series of lectures to the Royal Dublin Society, and contains a mass of factual detail on the energy, mineral, agricultural, capital and labour resources of the country. Kane believed that Ireland did not lack natural resources so much as the knowledge of how to exploit them, and technical education was necessary. The book outlines an ambitious plan to harness the raw materials which Ireland possessed, or was believed to possess. However, the outbreak of the Famine overtook his schemes.