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... there was brought into practical application another grand employment of coal - the production of LIGHT . For upwards of a century various experiments , and latterly on a manufacturing scale , 8 COAL AND COAL - MINING .
... there was brought into practical application another grand employment of coal - the production of LIGHT . For upwards of a century various experiments , and latterly on a manufacturing scale , 8 COAL AND COAL - MINING .
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... lights and gives off a steady flame . Some varieties , however — parrot coal ( Scot- land ) and rattlers ( Yorkshire ) —decrepitate and crack loudly on the fire . Cannel is largely employed for gas - making . It is by no means easy , if ...
... lights and gives off a steady flame . Some varieties , however — parrot coal ( Scot- land ) and rattlers ( Yorkshire ) —decrepitate and crack loudly on the fire . Cannel is largely employed for gas - making . It is by no means easy , if ...
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... made subser- vient to our use , when we now decompose by burning those compounds which had been called into existence by the solar light and heat . CHAPTER IV . COALFIELDS OF THE NORTH . In order ORGANIC REMAINS , AND ORIGIN OF COAL . 43.
... made subser- vient to our use , when we now decompose by burning those compounds which had been called into existence by the solar light and heat . CHAPTER IV . COALFIELDS OF THE NORTH . In order ORGANIC REMAINS , AND ORIGIN OF COAL . 43.
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... light them at night with the natural gas . At Workington the seams were also wrought be- neath the sea , but as they rose towards the bottom of the sea , they were followed up too far , and as due pre- caution was strangely disregarded ...
... light them at night with the natural gas . At Workington the seams were also wrought be- neath the sea , but as they rose towards the bottom of the sea , they were followed up too far , and as due pre- caution was strangely disregarded ...
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... light on their natural relationship . CHAPTER VI . COALFIELDS OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND , SOUTH WALES , AND IRELAND . BRISTOL AND BATH . - A large area , extending for some 25 miles in length from the Mendip hills on the south , and ...
... light on their natural relationship . CHAPTER VI . COALFIELDS OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND , SOUTH WALES , AND IRELAND . BRISTOL AND BATH . - A large area , extending for some 25 miles in length from the Mendip hills on the south , and ...
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