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THE

COAL QUESTION;

AN INQUIRY

CONCERNING THE PROGRESS OF THE NATION,

AND THE

PROBABLE EXHAUSTION OF OUR COAL-MINES.

BY

W. STANLEY JEVONS, M.A.

FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, AND OF THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY.

London and Cambridge:
MACMILLAN AND CO.

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