... and lignites that have heretofore been regarded as practically useless. Several of the poorest grades of bituminous coals have shown remarkable efficiency in the gas producer, and lignites and peat have been used in it with great facility, thus opening... Contributions to Economic Geology, 1906 - Page 4501907Full view - About this book
| American Society of Civil Engineers - Civil engineering - 1907 - 956 pages
...the lignites and peats have also responded with great readiness to the demands of the gas prodxicer, thus opening the way to the introduction of cheap power into large districts which, thus far, have been commercially unimportant owing to the lack of industrial opportunities.... | |
| Engineering - 1908 - 1042 pages
...more modern type and a producer plant designed to handle the special kinds of fuel used. It should be noted that many fuels which give poor results under...to that reached by good steam coal under boilers. It has not been the aim of the testing plant to determine the lowest possible amounts of coal that... | |
| Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1909 - 92 pages
...remarkable efficiency in the gas producer, and lignites and peat have been used in it with great facility, thus opening the way to the introduction of cheap power into large districts that have thus tar been commercially unimportant owing to lack of industrial opportunities. Experiments with "bone."... | |
| United States - 1910 - 872 pages
...remarkable efficiency in the gas producer, and lignites and peat have been used in it with great facility, thus opening the way to the introduction of cheap...unimportant owing to lack of industrial opportunities. Experiments with " bone, " a refuse product in bituminouscoal mining, have given excellent results,... | |
| Mines and mineral resources - 1911 - 476 pages
...showed remarkable efficiency in the gas producer, and lignite and peat were used with great facility, thus opening the way to the introduction of cheap...districts that have thus far been commercially unimportant from a lack of such power. Experiments with bone coal have given excellent results, showing an efficiency... | |
| Geography - 1910 - 608 pages
...have been used in it with great facility, thus opening the way to the introduction of cheap power in large districts that have thus far been commercially...unimportant, owing to lack of industrial opportunities." Although the gas producer is quite a new institution, the possibilities of this form of power and its... | |
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