Iceland 1930

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Identifikator:: 1830571079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221162

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Iceland 1930

Edition:: 2. ed.

Place of publication:: Reykjavík

Publisher:: Ríkisprentsmiđjan Gutenberg

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 193 S.; Tab., Kt., Taf.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: Geographical sketch

Collection:: Economics Books

0 some of them were formerly worked. This, however, has not been done of late. Attempts have been made at using lignite (found in the country) for fuel, but it has been found not to pay. There has, more- over, been some talk of working iron, copper and gold mines here, but as this so far has come to nothing, there is no saying whether working them would prove a paying pursuit. According to calculations it is reckoned that Icelandic wafer power capable of being exploited is 4 million H.P., or 40 H.P. per head of population, or, so far as present knowledge goes, comparatively greater than in any other country. Only a fraction of this enormous power has been harnessed during the last few years and used for lighting and warming purposes in towns and a few farms. The warm water in the hot springs is also an important source of energy, which in many places can be very easily utilized. It is within the last few years that it has begun to be used to any considerable extent, chiefly for the purpose of warming houses and cooking food, and in a few places also for warming the soil where potatoes and other vegetables are raised. Where this method has been employed, pot-herbs grow much better than elsewhere and are not exposed to the danger of being ruined by the summer chills. In the geographical sketch above we have mentioned most of those natural resources of the country, which are of importance to the popula- ion, or make the country habitable. (For live-stock, see article on Agriculture.)

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