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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...being left after the gas is driven off. Coke is a hard, brittle, porous solid, with a steel-gray glint, and it does not readily soil the hands when handled. It is mainly valued for the great heat it gives off and its freedom from smoke when burning. Also, it does not become pasty in the fire, while some of the sulphur of the coal is driven off; all these qualities make it very useful in smelting and refining metals. Coal yields about 70 per cent, of coke. Colbert (kol-ber'), Jean Baptlste, one of the greatest of French statesmen, was born at Rheims, France, in 1619. In 1651 he entered the service of the great minister, Mazarin. On his deathbed, Mazarin warmly recommended Colbert to Louis XIV. "I owe you everything," said he, "but I pay my debt to vour majesty by giving you Colbert. It was in 1661 that Colbert became chief minister to Louis XIV. He at once began to improve the ruinous condition of the finances. So thorough was the change which he brought about, that, in ten years, the yearly revenue (net) was 77,000,000 livres, when before it had been only 32,000,000 livres. But his reforms did not stop here. Farming, business, roads, canals, and French colonies, all felt his energetic hand. He found France with a few old rotten ships, and in a few years provided her with one of the strongest navies in the COLD HARBOR COLIGNY world. He was also a friend to all men of learning. In short, Colbert was the patron of industry, commerce, art, science, and literature, the founder of a new epoch in France. His aim was to raise the power of France; but all he accomplished was undone by the wars of Louis and his spendthrift court. He died at Paris in 1683. Cold Harbor, a village in Virginia, nine miles northeast of Richmond, where a bloody battle was fo...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781232161127
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 478
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1232161128
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 844 gr


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