Abraham Gesner Don Mills, ON. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1980. 64 pages
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Abraham Gesner : the lure of the rocks and a burning ambition / Elizabeth V. Haigh. Victoria, BC : Tellwell Talent, 2019. xi, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Debt and bad management drove Abraham Gesner off his farm in Nova Scotia's bucolic Annapolis Valley in 1825. It turned out to be a stroke of luck. While doing medical courses in London hospitals, he encountered the industrial revolution. Attending sundry lectures and demonstrations, he got his first whiff of the rapidly developing new sciences of chemistry, geology and natural history. He was hooked! Back home, traveling about the country visiting patients, he honed his observational skills, finally producing pioneering geological surveys of all three Maritime provinces. Imitating procedures which he had first observed while abroad, he experimented with "cracking" coal to generate the tars, oils and gases which fueled the industrial revolution. In the process, he produced "kerosene" - an illuminating gas and an oil - which revolutionized artificial lighting and generated much industry. Because he explored with native guides and advocated on their behalf, he served for a time as Indian Commissioner. An engaging lecturer, he addressed audiences on many scientific subjects and developed the region's first natural history museum; he wrote articles and books describing the region and extolling its potential for development. His final publication was a textbook of hydrocarbon chemistry. Local lawsuits over mining rights and patent infringements caused him to move to New York. Still more lawsuits drove him back to his native land where he died, shortly after being appointed to a coveted lectureship in Dalhousie University. Includes bibliographic references and index.
Gesner, Abraham, — 1797-1864
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Prophet of the wilderness : Abraham Gesner / by Allison Mitcham ; illustrated by Peter Mitcham. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1995. 208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Henry Youle Hind, 1823-1908 / W.L. Morton. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1980. ix, 161 pages : port. ; 22 cm.
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Includes index.
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Reports on the physical, descriptive, and economic geology of British Guiana London : Pr. For Her Majesty's Stationery, 1875. 297 pages
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Atlas
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Coal resources of the world Toronto : Morang & co., 1913. v.
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Conference on the origin and constitution of coalCrystal Cliffs, Nova Scotia 2 nos.
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Coal-fields of Nova Scotia Newcastle-upon-Tyne : A. Reid, 1871. 58 pages
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Coal, its history and uses London : Macmillan and co., 1878. 363 pages
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Special rules for the conduct and guidance of the persons acting in the management and of all persons employed in or about Albion mines Halifax : Morning herald off., 1880. 20 pages
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Letter to Pictou Observer re coal monopoly Pictou, 1832. 1 l.
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Coal fields and coal trade of the island of Cape Breton London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1871. 166 pages
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Report on the coals and iron ores of Pictou county (from their reports, 1867-69) Dawson bros., 1870. 78 pages
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Conservation of coal in Canada, with notes on the principal coal mines / by W.J. Dick ; Commission of Conservation Canada, Committee on Minerals. Toronto : Bryant Press, 1914. xii, 212 pages : illustrations, (fold. maps) plans, diagrs. ;
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Canada. Commission of conservation. Committee on minerals
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On the vegetable structures in coal. (From the Quarterly journal of the Geological society, Feb. 1860) [15] pages
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On the conditions of the deposition of coal, more especially as illustrated by the coal-formation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (Proceedings of the Geological society, Dec. 20, 1865. p. 95-169. pls.)
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East River coal mining company Halifax : J. Bowes, 1869. 12 pages
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Report on a topographical survey of part of the Cumberland coal field Halifax : the Citizen pub. Co., 1873. 68 pages
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Prospectus New York : H. Spear. 16 pages
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Merigomish coal mining company
Bye-laws Halifax : Macnab & Shaffer, 1866. 8 pages
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Petition of coal owners and person interested in the coal trade and shipping interests of the Dominion 1871-. [3] pages
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Canada. Parliament. Select committee on the state of the coal trade and inter-provincial trade
Report of the Select committee on the state of inter-provincial trade Ottawa : MacLean, Roger & co., 1877. 127 pages
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Review of Reports on the geological relations, chemical analysis, and microscopic examination of the coal of the Albert coal mining company New York : C. Vinten, printer, 1852. 40 pages
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Report on the Londonderry iron and coal deposits Halifax : Gossip & Coade, 1846. 13 pages
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