The Discovery of Coal Near Dover

Abstract

THE question of the existence of coal under the newer rocks of Southern England, which has engaged the attention of some of our leading geologists since the year 1855, has found its final answer in the discovery announced last week in the daily press. The story of the discovery is a striking example of the progress of a scientific idea, passing through various phases, and growing more clearly defined through opposition and failure, until ultimately it has been proved to be true, and likely to lead to industrial changes of national importance.