The Coal Regions Of Pennsylvania Being A General Geological Historical Statistical Review Of The Anthracite Coal Districts Illustrated With Colored Maps And Engravings

Author : Ele Bowen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334658518
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book The Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, 1848 written by Ele Bowen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, 1848: Being a General, Geological, Historical and Statistical Review of the Anthracite Coal Districts The Coal in the valley of Wyoming was known, and various experiments made to use it, long before any of the adjacent, or other regions in the United States. Had hdan explo re In the years 1775 and '76, several ark loads of Coal were taken down the Suaque hanna river, and hauled to the United States Armory at Carlisle, for the manufacture of fire-arms. This Coal, as we lear'n from the Report of Mr. Packer, was obtained from land belon ing to the late Judge Hollenback, one mile a ove Wilkesbarre, and near the mouth of the mill-stream. The same bed was open ed about twenty years ago, at the place pointed out by the Judge in his life-time, and upon removing the overlaying earth, the marks of tools were plainly perceptible in the Coal seam. In 1768, it is said, this Coal was first used by an ingenias blacksmith, nam ed Obadiah Gore, is settler from Connecticut; and having fully succeeded in applying it to his business. It eoon became the only fuel employed by the blacksmiths in the Valley. It was first used in a grate by Judge Fall, of Wilkesbarre, in the year 1808, who, to use his words, conceived the idea that, if a body of this Coal were ignited, and confined together, it would burn as a fuel; and to try the experiment, he had a grate erected for the purpose, about eight inches in depth, and twenty-two inches long, and the Coal. After being. Ignited in it, burned beyond the most sanguine expectation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."