Report of the Smoke Abatement Committee 1882 : with reports of the jurors of the exhibition at South Kensington, and reports of the testing engineer to which are added the official reports on the Manchester exhibition.

  • Smoke Abatement Committee.
Date:
1883
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Credit: Report of the Smoke Abatement Committee 1882 : with reports of the jurors of the exhibition at South Kensington, and reports of the testing engineer to which are added the official reports on the Manchester exhibition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANTHRACITE COAL. GARNANT BIG VEINANTHRACITE COAL (The Coal used, with very great success, in the official tests with Open Grates and Stoves). GARNANT COLLIERIES CO., LETRICHEUX & DAVID, SWANSEA. in ?T °H' f-i?AMER0N' Exq;' MJD F-R-C-S-L i Professor of Chemistry and Hygiene Society, 2 &c^ Ireland 5 AnalySt for Dablin and the Agricultural T^J'Tf nmiDed * 8J^men of Garnant Big Vein Malting Coal, submitted to me for that purpose bv Messrs Letricheux & David, and the following are the results at which I have arrived :- P P 7 100 Parts contain— Moisture Carbon . Hydrogen Oxygen ) Nitrogen j Sulphur Ash Specific Gravity, 1-379. 0-107 92-558 2109 4-678 0120 0-428 100-00 leaves Maltster, locally evolution' rfSSSLT7 ^ ^ ^ *h» ^escentVrns steadily, slowly, and with (Signed) ' CHAELES A. CAMERON.' The attention of consumers is specially invited to the following L ^Ivvr83 °f thG buming °f Anthraci*e Coal in house fires at the recent Smoke Abatement ot^C^ above analvsis with that given in 2' ^fcoanr w^VS C°1Hery W°rking the BIg Vein in the truant Valley. This vein sJ^^^Tl^m^yVm^^q^'ad P««ty westwards, L, from the bwansea Valley ; further west than Garnant Colliery it is either worked out or abandoned coals in the localTouse coaTmarket ? ^ B preferred b^0Dd a» o&ff 5. The Garaant Big Vein is specially favoured by Mr. Dowson for the makino- of hi* TW n It makes a gas very pure and rich in marsh gas (C H41 Thi ll fs L o/ ri ?^ ordinary eas ner unit of wr^t c ■ K 8 18 w % cheaper than PLEASE COMMUNICATE DIRECT WITH LETRICHEUX & DAVID, SWANSEA WHO WILL AREANGE FOR DELIVEEY. *