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“The wind, as a direct motive power, is wholly inapplicable to a system of machine labour, for during a calm season the whole business of the country would be thrown out of gear. Before the era of steam-engines, windmills were tried for draining mines; but though they were powerful machines, they were very irregular, so that in a long tract of calm weather the mines were drowned, and all the workmen thrown idle.”

Quote by William Stanley Jevons

Book:The coal question: an enquiry concerning the progress of the Nation, and the probable exhaustion of our coal-mines
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The coal question: an enquiry concerning the progress of the Nation, and the probable exhaustion of our coal-mines

This book delves into the historical and economic implications of coal mining, exploring its role in the development of nations and the concerns surrounding the exhaustion of coal reserves. more

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William Stanley Jevons
William Stanley Jevons

William Stanley Jevons was a British economist born on September 1, 1835, and died on August 13, 1882. He was a pioneer in the theory of marginal utility and had a profound impact on the development of economics. more

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