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OUR attention has been called to this subject on perusing a paper read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers. In this communication it is attempted to be proved, that the manner in which charcoal unites with oxygen in iron furnaces, explains its alleged superiority over mineral coal.
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BELL, I. On the Combustion of Different Kinds of Fuel . Nature 19, 175–176 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/019175a0
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