POTASH, SALTPETER AND TAR.

Quantitative calculations on the use of natural resources provide valuable tools, which can give new insights to old questions and rise new ones. In this article, I compare the wood consumption in the production of potash, saltpeter and pine wood tar in 19th century Finland. My calculations shows th...

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Publicado en:	Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 281 - 312
Autor principal:	Kunnas, Jan
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2007
Materias:	Consumption (Economics) Natural resources Nitrates Factors of production Power resources Finland
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