The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 6. köideThomas Spencer Baynes C. Scribner's Sons, 1878 |
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... coke , while the latter ( also called free - burning ) preserve their form , producing a coke which is only serviceable when made from large pieces of coal , the smaller pieces being incoherent and of no value . The reason of this ...
... coke , while the latter ( also called free - burning ) preserve their form , producing a coke which is only serviceable when made from large pieces of coal , the smaller pieces being incoherent and of no value . The reason of this ...
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... coke , behaving , in fact , like charcoal . The bright or glance coal is without any apparent structure , cleaving into cubical masses , contains but little mineral matter , and yields a strong coke . The striped coal consists mainly of ...
... coke , behaving , in fact , like charcoal . The bright or glance coal is without any apparent structure , cleaving into cubical masses , contains but little mineral matter , and yields a strong coke . The striped coal consists mainly of ...
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... coke by faults , but the deeper coals are said to be of good quality . for use in the Cleveland and Cumberland iron works , The basin formed by the North Wales , Lancashire , and Coal- a considerable amount being also exported for ...
... coke by faults , but the deeper coals are said to be of good quality . for use in the Cleveland and Cumberland iron works , The basin formed by the North Wales , Lancashire , and Coal- a considerable amount being also exported for ...
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... which are bent into an anticlinal , besides being disturbed by numerous faults . The coal is of a very good quality , yielding a coke suitable for Russia . This is iron - smelting . The annual VI . 8 GERMANY . ] 57 COAL.
... which are bent into an anticlinal , besides being disturbed by numerous faults . The coal is of a very good quality , yielding a coke suitable for Russia . This is iron - smelting . The annual VI . 8 GERMANY . ] 57 COAL.
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... coke . In the upper- most part of the series oil shales and cannel are found . The age of the Australian coal measures has been the subject of considerable controversy . Formerly it was supposed that they were Oolitic , from the ...
... coke . In the upper- most part of the series oil shales and cannel are found . The age of the Australian coal measures has been the subject of considerable controversy . Formerly it was supposed that they were Oolitic , from the ...
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