Statistics of Coal: Including Mineral Bituminous Substances Employed in Arts and Manufactures; with Their Geographical, Geological and Commercial Distribution, and Amount of Production and Consumption on the American Continent. With Incidental Statistics of the Iron ManufactureJ.W. Moore, 1855 - 640 էջ |
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... weights and measures of all the leading nations ; a variety of statements of commercial facts ; details of the ... weight of their testimony to every page and paragraph of this volume . Let us add further , that the practice is ...
... weights and measures of all the leading nations ; a variety of statements of commercial facts ; details of the ... weight of their testimony to every page and paragraph of this volume . Let us add further , that the practice is ...
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... weights , also in the order of their specific gravities , and of their marketable weight . Pounds of steam from 2120 , produced by one cubic foot of each coal . power , for equal bulks of Relative evaporative coal . Evaporative power ...
... weights , also in the order of their specific gravities , and of their marketable weight . Pounds of steam from 2120 , produced by one cubic foot of each coal . power , for equal bulks of Relative evaporative coal . Evaporative power ...
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... weights . " He remarks that coal , " when sold by weight and used on shore , the weight per cubic foot is a point of little moment . Space for stowage is easily obtained . But in steam navigation , bulk , as well as weight , demand ...
... weights . " He remarks that coal , " when sold by weight and used on shore , the weight per cubic foot is a point of little moment . Space for stowage is easily obtained . But in steam navigation , bulk , as well as weight , demand ...
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... weight of coal that can be stowed in the same bulk , the engine using anthracite could steam about two - thirds longer than with the bituminous . " These are important considerations in favour of anthracite coal for the uses of the navy ...
... weight of coal that can be stowed in the same bulk , the engine using anthracite could steam about two - thirds longer than with the bituminous . " These are important considerations in favour of anthracite coal for the uses of the navy ...
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... Weight of water evaporated by one pound of coal .. lbs . 0 % . 8 0 9 72 8 14 8 6 6 141 7 5 The proportionate weights of the clinkers , the ashes , and the time in getting up the steam , were also taken into account . As relates to the ...
... Weight of water evaporated by one pound of coal .. lbs . 0 % . 8 0 9 72 8 14 8 6 6 141 7 5 The proportionate weights of the clinkers , the ashes , and the time in getting up the steam , were also taken into account . As relates to the ...
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Statistics of Coal: Including Mineral Bituminous Substances Employed in Arts ... Richard Cowling Taylor Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1855 |
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Էջ 298 - An act to encourage the importation of pig and bar iron from His Majesty's colonies in America; and to prevent the erection of any mill or other engine for slitting or rolling of iron; or any plating forge to work with a tilt hammer, or any furnace for making steel, in any of the said colonies, 1749.
Էջ 298 - WE do therefore hereby farther ordain, that from and after the Date hereof, no Mill or other Engine for Slitting or Rolling of Iron, or any Plating Forge to work with a Tilt-Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Էջ 543 - Company, and their successors, the sole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, bays, rivers, lakes, creeks and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits commonly called Hudson's Straits, together with all the lands and territories upon the countries, coasts, and confines of the seas, bays, lakes, rivers, creeks, and sounds aforesaid, that are not already actually possessed by or granted to any of our subjects, or possessed by the subjects of...
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Էջ 419 - Documents relating to the Manufacture of Iron in Pennsylvania," published on behalf of the convention of Iron Masters, in 1850, is an appendix by Charles E.
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Էջ 298 - Baltic are so nice, they even expect to be paid all in crown pieces. On the contrary, all the iron they receive from the plantations, they pay for it in their own manufactures, and send for it in their own shipping.
Էջ 82 - ... may at times be of the utmost importance in concealing the movements of the vessel ; and also the almost, if not altogether entire freedom from spontaneous combustion. The results of the experiments made last spring on the United States steamer
Էջ 531 - The Sydney mines are situated on the north-west entrance, of Spanish River, or Sydney harbour, a harbour equal, if not superior, to any in British America, and which is accessible in all winds. It is here that the most extensive operations of the Association are carried on.