A History of Coal Mining in Great BritainMacmillan and Company, 1882 - 273 sider |
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Side 11
... patent of King Edward III . In the beginning of the fourteenth century the coal trade continued to thrive and grow , particularly on the Tyne and the Frith of Forth , and to a smaller extent on the estuaries of the Dee and the Severn ...
... patent of King Edward III . In the beginning of the fourteenth century the coal trade continued to thrive and grow , particularly on the Tyne and the Frith of Forth , and to a smaller extent on the estuaries of the Dee and the Severn ...
Side 37
... patent was granted for employing them to melt bell - metal , & c . , with coal instead of wood . In the following year a patent was solicited for newly - invented furnaces for making glass with coal , a project which occasioned great ...
... patent was granted for employing them to melt bell - metal , & c . , with coal instead of wood . In the following year a patent was solicited for newly - invented furnaces for making glass with coal , a project which occasioned great ...
Side 38
... patent for the process of making glass with coal was purchased from the original patentees by Sir Robert Mansell , Vice - Admiral of England , in 1614-15 , and immediately afterwards a Royal proclamation was issued prohibiting the ...
... patent for the process of making glass with coal was purchased from the original patentees by Sir Robert Mansell , Vice - Admiral of England , in 1614-15 , and immediately afterwards a Royal proclamation was issued prohibiting the ...
Side 39
... patent for making iron and steel and melting lead " with earth coal , sea coal , turf , and peat , " was granted to Thomas Proctor and William Peterson in 1589. The scheme , however , proved a commercial failure . There is a report ...
... patent for making iron and steel and melting lead " with earth coal , sea coal , turf , and peat , " was granted to Thomas Proctor and William Peterson in 1589. The scheme , however , proved a commercial failure . There is a report ...
Side 40
... patent there is distinct allu- sion to the subjecting of the fuel to a preparatory process of coking , or cooking — indeed coked peat was the fuel used in the trial referred to - and immediately afterwards we find the treatment of coal ...
... patent there is distinct allu- sion to the subjecting of the fuel to a preparatory process of coking , or cooking — indeed coked peat was the fuel used in the trial referred to - and immediately afterwards we find the treatment of coal ...
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